Michigan Shortlines Updates - October 2014

[AANscaleRunner]

GLC 398 and 396 left Cadillac towards Clare at 0945 with 10 sand hoppers, 15 empty tie hoppers/gons and 1 tank car.

GLC returned to Cadillac around 1535 with 2 tank cars.

[Raildudes dad]

Cut of inbound Kings at the GRE. Trackwork going on just west of Lowell.

[J T]

Z151 with a daylight run today? I just heard the dispatcher trying to call them.

[~Z~]

Z151 with a daylight run today? I just heard the dispatcher trying to call them.

dunno for sure.. z151 was at Turner St 4 minutes after you posted this at 10:49am, but haven't heard anything out of them since.. so not sure if north or southbound.

[Saturnalia]

Z151 with a daylight run today? I just heard the dispatcher trying to call them.

dunno for sure.. z151 was at Turner St 4 minutes after you posted this at 10:49am, but haven't heard anything out of them since.. so not sure if north or southbound.

I know why! The MQT 2040 is sitting at interchange with the GRE! The 24 is in the barn blue flagged, and there is a trailer with something large on it...traction motor? At any rate looks like the 2040 is the new GRE power for at least a little while!

The 2040 is the old 2004, BTW

[csx801]

1216 is headed to north yard with a cut from Nugent. Yesterday I ran into them headed to henry street yard light power to switch out the cut for today before going back to the barn for the evening. Everything is back to normal in north yard for the most part, all conflicting Maintenance is finished which has MS back on their normal schedule.

[Patriot]

GRE --- MQT 2040 pulling 11 CHs EB at Leonard/Plainfield at 8:50

[csx801]

Wet leaves didnt treat 2019 well on Henry street hill. 6 loads for Webb and 2 buffer cars and the 1216 bringing up the rear was just a little too much for the lone GP38.they made it to laketon before having to back down and try again.

[Patriot]

GRE --- WB Leonard/Plainfield at 12:40 with 9 CHs

[Raildudes dad]

Blue flag still on the engine house lead at the GRE. 24 spent the day outside with it's rear truck out from under it. Big Gelock crane there most of the day. 2040 tied up outside the yard office on the interchange track.

[trnwatcher]

Blue flag still on the engine house lead at the GRE. 24 spent the day outside with it's rear truck out from under it. Big Gelock crane there most of the day. 2040 tied up outside the yard office on the interchange track.

SOUNDS LIKE TRACTION MOTOR ISSUES MAYBE?

[AANscaleRunner]

Yesterday (10/29) GLC left Cadillac towards Clare at 1120 with 2 grain hoppers, 5 plastics hoppers, 2 tank cars, 1 plastics hopper, 4 tank cars, 2 plastics hoppers and 3 tank cars.

First corn I have seen shipped out. There are still a few cars spotted at the MAC facility. Assuming they went to Petoskey Wednesday with the amount of hoppers pulled out of town. Nice to see a blue tank car in the mix.

They returned around 1700, but I didn't get to see them.

[J T]

Sounds like Grand Elk might be working in Wayland right now. I'm a couple miles north of town and I've heard a few horn blows. When I crossed the tracks, I thought I saw something so I grabbed the zoom lens and saw what appears to be a number of tank cars. Didn't see any power though.

[Raildudes dad]

A few inbounds at the GRE, the 2 ballast cars in the yard and the crew going on duty.

[Patriot]

GRE --- EB Leonard/Plainfield at 8:10 with just one tank. Blue power back on point

[Patriot]

GRE --- Just returning to port with 9 CHs and 3 tanks.

[AANscaleRunner]

GLC 396 and 398 left Cadillac towards Clare in a blinding snowstorm at 1015 with 1 corn hopper and 15 empty tie hoppers/gons.

GLC 398 and 396 returned to Cadillac at 1535 with 1 coke hopper and 11 sand hoppers. They headed to Yuma shortly after that.

[ConrailDetr​oit]

Huron & Eastern

702, HESR 1721 & 2661 was by Saginaw around noon on their way to Durand.

740, HESR 3867 & 2029 was at Genesee Yard at 1pm.

HESR 3036 was switching the South End of Genesee Yard around 1pm.

HESR 2026 was tied up in Wenona Yard.


Lake State

Z126, LSRC 6302, 6301 & 5921 arrived back into Saginaw Yard around 1.30pm.

Something was headed towards Flint from Saginaw Yard around 1.45pm.