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Q32611 - JOY HOLDOUT CP MI CG 125 10-11-2008 06:24
Q32710 - E MICHIGAN CITY CP MI CG 126 10-11-2008 05:59
Q32711 - set to leave Detroit at 2pm
Q33411 - ERIE MI CCA125 10-11-2008 06:10
Q33511 - DRY CREEK OS OH CTT 68 10-11-2008 06:27
CP X50010 - hasn't left Chicago yet
D70010 - WAVERLY MI CG 24 10-11-2008 06:23
Amtrak P37111 - hasn't left GR yet
N91408 - LOCKBOURNE OH CJ 85 10-11-2008 06:06(heading north to West Olive)
W08008 - hasn't left Toledo yet (GR and Benton harbor Herzog ballast)
E44610 - WALBRIDGE OH CDA118 10-11-2008 03:30(eastern empties going south)
N90310, N90311 - hasn't left chicago yet
E94910, E94911 - not moving yet
E95109 - ROSEDALE DTC OH BI 105 10-11-2008 06:11(essexville empties towards Chicago)

From JT, K357 just gave up the Cash, Ledge and Field blocks. Heading west.

Caught Amtrak P371 between East Saugatuck and New Richmond - "cabbage" 90215 on front, 86 on back pushing.

Got some pics of Q326 between Holland and Zeeland - CSX 7357, 8541 - 9:37 AM.

Just heard E949 enter the Roost Block heading south - bye!

MORE eastern coal? EXCELLENT!

We had a eastbound K356 go by a few days ago, so I presume today's surprise K357 is the same train going west. Has CSX regained this contract from Indiana Harbor to Detroit via the old Pere Marquette? Will we be seeing a little more action on the Plymouth and GR Subs?

K357-10 CSX 8086,9027 Q335-10 CSX 8142-7897 os Howell 0949. Should be a K902-10 coming with CSX 364-7560 unless they swapped power.

K357 was in and out of GR quickly. Should be near Grand Junction by now. This must be record time for 335, Dry Creek at 06:27 and by Seymour in GR now at 12:30.
The lead unit on 326, 7357, is the ex-CR unit rebuilt after wreck damage that now has its numberboards located above the cab windows. Inbound to GR, 326 had 52 GACX 84000 series 2-bay covered hoppers at the rear of the train. Storage? More cars for Muskegon? I've been seeing some of these around for awhile now but not this many.

Bob M. wrote:K357-10 CSX 8086,9027

Bob, just as a note, second unit was 9037.

Q326 about to depart GR.

X500 is going through Holland - 4:00PM.

Sorry guys for the late report
Q32711 CSXT 8138,7645 44 cars across the diamond at 14:33
most likely in Lansing by now.

Doktor No wrote:The cars on the rear of Q326 are for Nugent. They're hauling away Michigan a hopper car at a time.
Doc

Eh, better to get the sand out first, before we haul too much garbage into the state. When the sand is gone, they can fill the pits in with garbage...

cnw8835 wrote:

Bob M. wrote:K357-10 CSX 8086,9027

Bob, just as a note, second unit was 9037.

Sure enough, just went back to look at my note pad in the "train widow" and my scribbly writing does say 9037. Thanks MUCH! Would have logged in the wrong number if you hadn't have caught that,,,, and I hate that when that happens!!!

Tlout wrote:X500 is going through Holland - 4:00PM.

Got out of work a bit "early" at 4pm.. heard X500 coming into Holland.. was going to get them near 104th, but heard them talking as they passed another train at the depot in Holland.. sure enough, D007 with cars to load ties into was in the siding at Holland. Conductor got back onboard, and off west they went. Got photos at the depot, 64th St, and 55th St down near the Kzoo River.
Took 133rd, to 53rd, to 130th east for the route home..awesome scenery down that seasonal road.

Once again, which has happend frequently of late, a coal train has stalled coming out of Plymouth up to South Lyon, more than two hours ago. Q326-10, originally put into the pass at Brighton to meet them was moved over to South Lyon, while X500-10 took its place at Brighton. RN told Q326 if they couldn't get Y205 to push them up the hill, Q326 would have to come down and pull them up. At 2330 they instructed X500 to move east from Brighton, to where, who knows.

When I left work at 930, a CSX wide cab was stopped in the pass, got home 5 mins later, and heard horns, didn't have much of a will to turn the scanner, or but they moved around at 930pm.

a coal train has stalled coming out of Plymouth up to South Lyon

Forgive my ignorance, but railroads know where these stalling points are. Why don't they add a unit or give them a helper?

because the rr saids that they can make. they do not take an account of the shoefly and the power that give up the ghost just as you start to use them hard. the coal train sat in plymouth from 8:00 to about 4:30 in the moring. it took four crews, two broken knuckle and too many cab to count to get it up the hill.


Rob

because the rr saids that they can make. they do not take an account of the shoefly and the power that give up the ghost just as you start to use them hard. the coal train sat in plymouth from 8:00 to about 4:30 in the moring. it took four crews, two broken knuckle and too many cab to count to get it up the hill.

Thanks Rob. I thought they'd run trains like this up the hill before and knew from experience it wouldn't work because of what Bob M said:

Once again, which has happend frequently of late, a coal train has stalled coming out of Plymouth up to South Lyon...

I didn't realize it was the first coal train running on the Plymouth Sub.