east waverly os - 01-11-07

[donnieland]

p371 wb 822am at east waverly
k351 eb 850am - 2 engines - 64 cars
n956 eb 952am - bnsf 5754 ld 6025 trail 124 cars
d801-11 eb 1016am bnsf 9789 and 9772 trail - pushers from n956
q326 at waverly making the pickup
hy rail movement from fremont sub to wyoming yard eb by east wye
switch 1020am
also another heavy train is enroute up the hill
rn held d801 at east wye switch intil she know the following train could
make the hill and would not need d801 help.

[J T]

Hey Donnie, do you ever hear any scanner activity for the crew that goes to Hamilton every Thursday?

[donnieland]

i really don't hear much on the scanner about y121
going to hamilton,in the morning i'm downstairs at the comput
radio reception downstairs is not very good.
keep up the good pic's.

[donnieland]

q326 eb 7905 ld and 8855 trail with 73 cars by at 1100am
roadmaster by at 1115am hy rail east toward wyoming in
the orange mow ballast tamper? could be the movement of mow equip
from west olive from the relay of the con power long lead that doc
mentioned a few weeks back.

[J T]

Thanks, donnie.

[donnieland]

for jt the y121 is working the hamilton spur at this time.

d801 9772 ld and 9789 trail was returned to waverly to pickup
hot cars not on 326's pickup, 326 was pumping air when cars
were noticed, d801 had the time to work the pickup, q326 would
have been to close to hos to go back and make the pickup.
d801 has a 7 car pickup and air test , then they will head to wyoming yard

[Grandville]

D801 followed N956 to Grandville but then headed back to Holland to pick up the cars. They were going to go into the siding at Hudsonville to meet 326.

[donnieland]

d801 eb by east waverly 1258pm with 2 cream n green bnsf's and 7 cars

[J T]

for jt the y121 is working the hamilton spur at this time.

Believe it or not, I left my place at 12:10 (almost 20 minutes after your post) and caught up to them about half way between Holland and Hamilton while I was cruising down M-40. I live off of Lake Michigan Dr on the west side of GR, so I was surprised I was able to catch them. I guess the 5mph restriction must really take them a while to get there. Anyway...FIRST time EVER seeing a train going across the Hamilton trestle and I got pictures. Woohoo!

[donnieland]

look forward to seeing the pic's posted
did you get k357 wb this afternoon
went by e waverly at 153pm, waited at the taco shop for
15 mins , then went for gas for the suv, hello mr murf,
they were wb and i was eb to the bp sta on lakewood,
have a good day
don

[~Z~]

I posted this in the shout box, but wanted to post here too:
Saw a westbound CSX Coke train heading through Zeeland at 1:50pm. Didn't get a symbol as my broken coax decided not to get the transmission. New mag mount being ordered tonight.

[J T]

look forward to seeing the pic's posted
did you get k357 wb this afternoon
went by e waverly at 153pm, waited at the taco shop for
15 mins , then went for gas for the suv, hello mr murf,
they were wb and i was eb to the bp sta on lakewood,
have a good day
don

Yeah, about the time you posted about them heading down to Hamilton, I heard on the scanner some chat about 357. I think they were preparing to leave. So on my way to Hamilton, I took Chicago Dr. thinking I'd pass them along the way...maybe near Hudsonville. No luck, but I DID see a maintenance truck driving down the tracks between Jenison and Hudsonville, so I figured they were going to wait until that cleared before leaving the Wyoming yard.

So, after I got the pictures in Hamilton, I headed back up to Holland and took Waverly Rd to Chicago drive and started heading back to GR...I caught 357 in Zeeland at that point, so I turned around and headed back to East Saugatuck. The sky had gotten pretty dark around that time, so the lighting was awful. I wanted to see how a train looked on this curve, so I took some shots anyway.

[C&O6088]

Believe it or not, I left my place at 12:10 (almost 20 minutes after your post) and caught up to them about half way between Holland and Hamilton while I was cruising down M-40. I live off of Lake Michigan Dr on the west side of GR, so I was surprised I was able to catch them. I guess the 5mph restriction must really take them a while to get there. Anyway...FIRST time EVER seeing a train going across the Hamilton trestle and I got pictures. Woohoo!

Can't wait to see updated pics from Hamilton Trestle, my hometown that I grew up in. Did you get pics after it switched and would be heading back north to Holland......that is a great view from the Park down by the River. Shots from the M-40 Bridge would be cool too

Looking forward to them.

C&O

[J T]

Can't wait to see updated pics from Hamilton Trestle, my hometown that I grew up in. Did you get pics after it switched and would be heading back north to Holland......that is a great view from the Park down by the River. Shots from the M-40 Bridge would be cool too

Looking forward to them.

C&O

Only got it going across, as I stood at the bank of the river directly underneath the M40 bridge. Here you go! IIRC, there were 11 cars in tow, including the caboose.



After they crossed, I drove over to watch them move cars around for a few minutes, and then I was on my way. Had to go hunt down 357.

[C&O6088]

Thanks JT. 11 Cars, quite a few for Hamilton as it usually is 3-5 cars.

Sometime, you'll need to catch the return going to Holland, Stand by the Gravel Parking area and you can catch the nose really well as well as the trestle.

Thank you for sharing!

C&O