east waverly and west Michigan - 03-20-07

[donnieland]

early morning at east waverly

405am - eb - n956 - pushers on rear
455am - wb - e945
530am - eb - k351

n956 met e945 at hudsonville
e945 met k351 at east saugatuck

[~Z~]

On the drive in this morning, between 8:25am and 8:55am, I heard the following:
Amtrak P371 clearing Saugatuck at 8:30, and them clearing Wells around 8:45am.

CSX K351(empty Coke express) departed Wyoming Yard around 8:30, heading east through town.

CSX D801 is at the engine house in GR getting set to put an EOT on and head west.

I heard D708 somewhere out in the distance this morning, maybe heading east clearing Alto..not positive.

Mr Hall was out near Clarksville this morning, and he's seen a few things out and about...
Saw CSX N956 headed towards Lansing..should be almost there by now
CP X500 cleared Clarksville about 8:50 am.
That CSX K351 should be almost out there by now for him as well.

[donnieland]

326 cleared east waverly 905am 2 engines and 93 cars
d801 hasn't cleared east waverly as of this time

[cnw8835]

A few more notes from this morning. Q326 is pulling into Wyoming Yard right now and if I heard correctly Q327 was leaving headed west at the same time. If it was it should be at Hudsonville as I type this.
Also, there are maintainers everywhere this morning. Fox, Elmdale, Plaster Creek and a track inspector going from Grandville to Elmdale. A signal maintainer was talking with the RN about a "707 form" somewhere.
The lead unit on N956, BNSF 9913, was the leader on a D803 for West Olive coming up Saugatuck Hill early Sunday afternoon.

[donnieland]

q327 - wb - csx 7581 had 54 cars main to siding at east waverly 1023am
d801 - nb - bnsf 9893 ld & 9509 trail - lite power to west olive - 1039am
d801 will pull the west empties back south
y121 will head north to work when 801 releases the blocks
d700 will go west when 801 clears east wye switch to benton harbor

jon add edsall to the mix of maintainers, he has the main and siding
at hudsonville intill 1230pm

[donnieland]

d801 southbound in the roost block at 406pm
empties to chicago at this time

[~Z~]

d801 southbound in the roost block at 406pm
empties to chicago at this time

Mr Hall took off after them after they left Wyoming Yard... I was hangin with him from about 1-2pm waiting for them..i wonder if he stuck it out until now to catch them heading south, then west with their empties..

[cnw8835]

d801 southbound in the roost block at 406pm
empties to chicago at this time

Mr Hall took off after them after they left Wyoming Yard... I was hangin with him from about 1-2pm waiting for them..i wonder if he stuck it out until now to catch them heading south, then west with their empties..

Yup, I stuck it out. Went back up to West Olive though. Followed them back to Holland. Recrewed at the Holland station. D801-20 bacame E949-20 at that point.

[cnw8835]

A few non-train but still railroad related happenings today.
-Sperry car working between Grandville and Zeeland. Several defects found and rails replaced.
-Signal issues on the Waverly Wye. To complicate this, the RN and maintainer couldn't decide where the limits of the maintainers permit should be.
-About 3:30 this afternoon the was an accident on the grade crossing at New Holland Ave in Hudsonville. No train invovled, just dumb drivers.
-Track circuit failure at 5PM on the old Ludington Sub between Market and Watson Streets. This activated the crossing gates at Wealthy, Market, Front and Butterworth streets at least. Traffic wasn't in such great condition needless to say.

And one train item. Z739 (NS train B49) was waiting on the Hughert Runner to go up the interchange with GRE but was told to wait until the grade crossing issues were resolved.

[J T]

Yup, I stuck it out. Went back up to West Olive though. Followed them back to Holland. Recrewed at the Holland station. D801-20 bacame E949-20 at that point.