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And now for another episode of........TrainNut85's Durand report!!!

7:15am: Amtrak train 365 shows up, lead unit was #20, rear unit was #68.



9:00am: CN 396 shows up to do a drop off and pick up in the yard. Lead unit was #8848 and secondary unit was #2612


10:00am: CN 149 showed up with some autoracks behind the locomotives, then the rest was the intermodal stacks.


10:35am: this westbound mix showed up, sorry no train symbol for this one since they didn't announce it!


11:00am: HESR 770 shows up with #9712 and the NECR #3852 for power.




3:35pm: CN 393 shows up with CN 2541 leading and a IC SD70 #1005 behind it.



5:00pm: Extra 500 out of Bristol yard in Flint has this GT GP9r #4619 for power, doing a drop off and a pick up in Durand yard.





6:15pm: CN 391 shows up but waits its turn to do a drop off and pick up in the yard, with a GT GP38 leading.


Around 7 I decided to head out so I could get home before dark, but I did see the Flint local leave Durand yard with some cars.




I know that Zack and some of the others stuck around, so if you are reading this guys, fill me in on what I missed.


This has been my Durand report!

I believe the westbound train that you didnt know the number for was 393. Northbound was 491.

The coloring in the first shot is interesting -- looks sepia-toned, all except for that one red light in the RR crossing signal.

I didn't change the color tone for that pic SW, I just timed it just right to get that early sunrise picture, where it turns out just right.

Nice pics the power on the Rocket was cool !!

Anyone know what cars 500 handles from Flint to Durand? It seems to me another through train could handle those cars.

he had mainly auto parts for pontiac and a couple Durands.

he had mainly auto parts for pontiac and a couple Durands.

Thanks, Steven. So it handles auto parts between Pontiac and Flint. There's a parts plant in Pontiac still shipping by rail. I wonder if some of those go east? A through train from Flat Rock would pick up in Pontiac and take them to Durand where 500 would pick up and take to Flint where another through freight would pick and take east.