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09:40 - Owosso yard job is NB out of Owosso with 391/393 and 25 from ZFS Ithaca for The Andersons in Oakley

10:20 - NB OW12 aka ONTN with 396/382 and 61 cars

13:51 - NB OW11 aka OSTN is NB into Durand Yard with 384/383 and 6 cars

09:38 - SB OW11 aka OSTN thru Durand with 383/382 elephant style and a long train for CSX at AP

I watch several videoers who post on YouTube and it seems GLC is assigning more engines to their trains lately

AARR wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 04, 2024 10:08 am

I watch several videoers who post on YouTube and it seems GLC is assigning more engines to their trains lately

2 or 3 tops. I'm not sure where you're seeing a massive increase?

The videos are mostly from Ithaca where three to four engines are common.

Videos south of Owosso usually have two or three unless it’s a unit grain then there might be one more.

LansingRailFan wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 04, 2024 11:15 am

AARR wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 04, 2024 10:08 am

I watch several videoers who post on YouTube and it seems GLC is assigning more engines to their trains lately

2 or 3 tops. I'm not sure where you're seeing a massive increase?

AARR wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 04, 2024 12:20 pm

The videos are mostly from Ithaca where three to four engines are common.

Videos south of Owosso usually have two or three unless it’s a unit grain then there might be one more.

LansingRailFan wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 04, 2024 11:15 am

AARR wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 04, 2024 10:08 am

I watch several videoers who post on YouTube and it seems GLC is assigning more engines to their trains lately

2 or 3 tops. I'm not sure where you're seeing a massive increase?

Recently they did use four engines to go north with a road train. Left two with the train and two stayed in Ithaca.

Grain trains get 3 to 4 depending on engine and weight of train. I thought you were referring to them using 4 or more engines on a standard daily train.

There's lots of shuttle moves between Middleton/Durand and Ithaca.
Nothing new on them using any more or less engines than before for heavy trains.
Sounds like crews are enjoying the regular start times, customer switches and job duties.

Thank you for the updates

LansingRailFan wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 04, 2024 1:25 pm

Recently they did use four engines to go north with a road train. Left two with the train and two stayed in Ithaca.

Grain trains get 3 to 4 depending on engine and weight of train. I thought you were referring to them using 4 or more engines on a standard daily train.

There's lots of shuttle moves between Middleton/Durand and Ithaca.
I'm not sure if they've resumed Oakley-Ithaca shuttles as they had stopped last year.
Nothing new on them using any more or less engines than before for heavy trains.
Sounds like crews are enjoying the regular start times, customer switches and job duties.

OW12 aka ONTN today had 329/384/396/393. They are currently at ZFS.

GLC was in TC and switched Beacon and Amerhart this afternoon.

Leaving Cadillac for Clare approximately 1300.

09:26 - Southbound thru Durand. Thanks LRF for the info regarding the CSX gondolas in their consist (reported in the CSX TLUs).
12:00 - On the phone with CSX RN to open up at Ann Pere and begin working.
15:42 - Off the switch at Pitt (Holly Sub MP 65.5) and lined north into Durand.

LansingRailFan wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 04, 2024 4:03 pm

OW12 aka ONTN today had 329/384/396/393. They are currently at ZFS.

On Tuesday they ended up with 329 slightly off the rails in Ithaca.

Looks like a relief crew finally brought the train down yesterday around 7:15 with 393/396/384/329 and 94 cars all from ZFS (12 long boy tank cars and 82 covered hoppers)

Wednesday's OW12/"ONTN" had 396/384/383 and was too long to count due to my addhd. it was a long train and at some point i stared off into the abyss as it rolled by. had to have been 80-100 cars but who knows just slenderman knows.

Thursday

09:29 - OW11/"OSTN" was SB thru Durand with 382/329 at and a long train today with probably half of it being empty scrap tie gondolas from McBain. Outside of the loads from ZFS the train looked to be all empties.

Hearing them leave Cadillac towards Clare approximately 1300. Kalkaska run yesterday.

OW12 working MMRR interchange at 15:58 with 384-383.

383/384 NB out of Owosso with the 98-car empty grain train that CN dropped off on Friday. Headed to Alma to hand off to the MMRR (for Breckenridge)

11:35 329,382 North past Lakeland

GLC@ZLT wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 10, 2024 11:55 am

11:35 329,382 North past Lakeland

They were Sb thru Durand at 08:11 with a boxcar, 7 covered hoppers, a loaded centerbeam, 7 empty scrap tie gons (6 Ns, 1 NSSX) and four tank cars.

GLC@ZLT wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 10, 2024 11:55 am

11:35 329,382 North past Lakeland

13:27 - 329/382 NB into Durand at 13:23

OW12, "ONTN" would take 329/382 and 6 cars and go north out of Owosso at 15:00

06:14 - NB 396/10 tall ballast hoppers "SGVY" reporting marks/ 393 thru Owosso - there was a trackwork project north of town somewhere yesterday which is why "ONTN" was late to depart.

08:15 - GLC OW11 "OSTN" is SB thru Durand with 382/329 and 60-odd cars for CSX in Howell, over half of which were empty scrap gondolas.

10:50 - 384/383 and one covered hopper )TGSX 1064) NB thru Owosso - this is the yard job going to Cargill - they ran to Oakley yesterday with a dozen hoppers for the wheat elevator

11:15 - 383/384 SB into San Yard light power.

GLC OW-11 NB Howell 16:00 329 382