Durand report 2/5/09
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:03 pm
Well its been a while since I last done a report but here we go!
I got in Durand around 9:30am to do some volunteering when I find train 396 backing up on track 1 to go collect the rest of its train on the west side of town. But then I seen them heading for Flint. Power was CN #2710 and #2461(ex-Conrail).
Then train 371 blew thru with CN #2711 & #5461 for power, but I wasn't able to get any pics of them.
Following that train a half hour later was train 385 with CN #2403 & #5761 for power.
About a half hour later train 391 showed up from Pontiac looking to make a drop off and pick up at the yard. Here we see them after hitting the high wye, they back onto the Port Huron wye to go to the yard.
I happen to see this as 391 was backing in on the wye.
And this of course!
For all you GTW fans I spotted this loco on 391 but not in the right paint.
#8823, SD70M-2, is the third power on 391.
#2666, D9-44CW, is the second power on 391.
And the lead loco #5543, SD60F, for train 391.
For all you hardcore CMGN fans, I caught a true CM train with #8903 and #8905 for power. Heres #8905
and #8903.
I was listening for a symbol to this train, I heard 501 or 395 which ever this is, but heres the train on the high wye.
Then 394 showed up with 4 locos.
CN #2596 is the lead loco for 394.
CN(GTW) #5930 is the second power for 394.
CN(ex-Conrail) #2463 is the third loco for 394.
and the fourth power for train 394 is #2678.
395 happen to wait beyond the signal on the Holly before backing into Durand yard, so I manage to get better shots of the locos. Heres BNSF #5827, which later becomes the lead power for 395 or whatever the train is.
and BNSF #9490, which was the lead power.
Well not bad for a day in Durand, I had seen a total of 8 trains, pics and info were unavailable for train 392 which went thru with 5 locos at a good speed, so I was unable to get numbers. This has been my Durand report!
I got in Durand around 9:30am to do some volunteering when I find train 396 backing up on track 1 to go collect the rest of its train on the west side of town. But then I seen them heading for Flint. Power was CN #2710 and #2461(ex-Conrail).
Then train 371 blew thru with CN #2711 & #5461 for power, but I wasn't able to get any pics of them.
Following that train a half hour later was train 385 with CN #2403 & #5761 for power.
About a half hour later train 391 showed up from Pontiac looking to make a drop off and pick up at the yard. Here we see them after hitting the high wye, they back onto the Port Huron wye to go to the yard.
I happen to see this as 391 was backing in on the wye.
And this of course!
For all you GTW fans I spotted this loco on 391 but not in the right paint.
#8823, SD70M-2, is the third power on 391.
#2666, D9-44CW, is the second power on 391.
And the lead loco #5543, SD60F, for train 391.
For all you hardcore CMGN fans, I caught a true CM train with #8903 and #8905 for power. Heres #8905
and #8903.
I was listening for a symbol to this train, I heard 501 or 395 which ever this is, but heres the train on the high wye.
Then 394 showed up with 4 locos.
CN #2596 is the lead loco for 394.
CN(GTW) #5930 is the second power for 394.
CN(ex-Conrail) #2463 is the third loco for 394.
and the fourth power for train 394 is #2678.
395 happen to wait beyond the signal on the Holly before backing into Durand yard, so I manage to get better shots of the locos. Heres BNSF #5827, which later becomes the lead power for 395 or whatever the train is.
and BNSF #9490, which was the lead power.
Well not bad for a day in Durand, I had seen a total of 8 trains, pics and info were unavailable for train 392 which went thru with 5 locos at a good speed, so I was unable to get numbers. This has been my Durand report!
