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I'm going to battle creek this weekend and will be railfanning at the amtrak station. When do most of the freights run through there?

How often do they run BNSF coal on the CN through battle creek?

Whenever they need more coal

Mr. Tops wrote:Whenever they need more coal

topping, i love you man.

Tops ,your a beast!

nssd70m-2 wrote:Tops ,your a beast!

and you're the only person i know who can laugh at a diss against themselves..

props.

Y@ wrote:

nssd70m-2 wrote:Tops ,your a beast!

and you're the only person i know who can laugh at a diss against themselves..

props.

Well do u want me to lie? Tops is a beast ,i'll admit it ,even though the answer was a bit obvious. I was looking for something a little more specific.

Y@ wrote:

nssd70m-2 wrote:Tops ,your a beast!

and you're the only person i know who can laugh at a diss against themselves..

props.

Yes, this is a good thing. Don't really want to hurt anyone's feelings. Don't take my beastlieness seriously, but take my words seriously.

Coal trains run as needed, my friend. Literally, they run when they need more coal. They are not like freight trains that run on a "schedule". As obvoious as the answer is, that's all there is to it.

And that's the bottom line, cauz Mr. Tops said so.

after spending about 4 hours in BC this past Sunday 6/14, I can report there was NO activity whatsoever on the CN excepting Amtrak 364, which apparently had the Flint sub to itself. Not even a road train at the fuel pad, nor any job working the yard.

some photos of BC Amtrak action from Sun. uploaded in this week's edition of Heartlandrails.com:

http://heartlandrails.com/home/home.asp

The streets of BC were devoid of any traffic, it was like I had the town to myself.

chico wrote:after spending about 4 hours in BC this past Sunday 6/14, I can report there was NO activity whatsoever on the CN excepting Amtrak 364, which apparently had the Flint sub to itself. Not even a road train at the fuel pad, nor any job working the yard.

some photos of BC Amtrak action from Sun. uploaded in this week's edition of Heartlandrails.com:

http://heartlandrails.com/home/home.asp

The streets of BC were devoid of any traffic, it was like I had the town to myself.

Most of BC's Action is in the morning say 6 till noon Than it drops off till Night for the most part

There is no need for Battle Creek after breakfast.

The houses don't even have addresses, they have cereal numbers.

The schedule is probably about what I saw posted elsewhere to a similar question. The train will run about 15 minutes before you get there and about 15 minutes after you leave.

Hogger1225 wrote:The schedule is probably about what I saw posted elsewhere to a similar question. The train will run about 15 minutes before you get there and about 15 minutes after you leave.

What a great schedule!

Hogger1225 wrote:
The schedule is probably about what I saw posted elsewhere to a similar question. The train will run about 15 minutes before you get there and about 15 minutes after you leave.


It is the railfan curse or blessing when you railfan alone the last train was right before u got there and the next one is right after u leave. Or when your railfanningin a group anew railfan will show up and the trains will stop running ( or some time start running) when the railfan leaves then trains will resume usedto happen in holland all the time.....