CN Updates August 2016

[Dan Cluley]

CN 9524, 514 coming back north from Pontiac turned at Durand & headed to Flint at 04:59

CN 2684 west (no ID, but 149 seems likely) has an approach at Vernon at 6:45
Met CN 8946 east (probably 348) at 6:55

Amtrak 365 arrived Durand at 8:04.

I believe that is everything that ran through Durand overnight.

[detroitbench]

3 CN Locos headed north towards Nolan from The Milwaukee Junction.

[SD70ACe Fan]

CN 9524, 514 coming back north from Pontiac turned at Durand & headed to Flint at 04:59

CN 2684 west (no ID, but 149 seems likely) has an approach at Vernon at 6:45
Met CN 8946 east (probably 348) at 6:55

Amtrak 365 arrived Durand at 8:04.

I believe that is everything that ran through Durand overnight.

UHH OH, I sure hope EJ&E 667 didn't leave on a train that goes to like South Bend or Gary!! I hope it's still in between Flint and Pontiac, or better.... I hope it replaced Lansings Switcher, CN 9671!!!

[SD70ACe Fan]

Ok guys, I'm asking for the BIGGEST favor from
Wabash1070
Robertrains
Strugglin
kc8bdr
Detroitbench &
MtClemensRailFan. I'm asking for a "Team up"! I want you guys to help me find EJ&E SD38-2s #667 & #656. I'm not gonna play stupid anymore with these 2!! I was dumb enough to play that with 669 and didn't see it (669 is in Joliet last I heard). Last place I heard 667 was in Holly, MI on a local and 656 last I heard was in Flat Rock, MI (to give you guys pointers to where they are^^^) Now, when you guys see any of the 2 locos, name the Train ID, name the town it went through, and put the direction of the train (North, South, East, West). I know you guys have been pros and have most likely have seen 667 quite frequently, I wanna be one of you guys and say that I've seen 667 and 656 (I have seen the 656, but I wanna see it 1 last time), so good luck finding them and let me know when you see them

Thanks!!!,
Brendan Sharp (SD70ACe Fan)

[MtClemensRailFan]

Ok guys, I'm asking for the BIGGEST favor from
Wabash1070
Robertrains
Strugglin
kc8bdr
Detroitbench &
MtClemensRailFan. I'm asking for a "Team up"! I want you guys to help me find EJ&E SD38-2s #667 & #656

I'm up at Michigan Tech starting my first year, so I don't know how much of help I can give.

[Dan Cluley]

116 CN 2226 & 2691 by East Lansing at 22:14

[ConrailDetr​oit]

CN Painted 4626 shunting autoracks at Torrey Yard.

[Dan Cluley]

HESR backing a coal train out of Durand yard to head north at 23:15

116 meeting a northbound coming off the Holly sub (probably 391) at 23:17

GLC north at Pitt at 23:31

Just another typical Durand midnight.

edit 23:43
505, CN8946 just arrived at Flint

edit 01:10
394, CN 2326 just went through Durand

[Dan Cluley]

CN 8806 8857 westbound through Durand at 2:15 (probably 399)

BNSF 4893 eastbound through East Lansing at 2:26

148 CN 3064 through East Lansing at 2:39 - By Durand at 3:40

505 starting their work at Durand at 2:40

514, GTW 4626 ready to depart Flint at 2:50. Around the wye headed south at Durand at 3:30

The BNSF train is going to follow 514 down the Holly sub. They are by the detector at mp59 at 4:05

[Dan Cluley]

505 ready to depart Durand at 4:50

[AARR]

Pontiac Yard job working south end. Not many cars present today.

[detroitbench]

533 CN 5476 is heading south approaching the Milwaukee Junction with 20 cars.

[ConrailDetr​oit]

515, GTW 4907 going around the Sugarhouse back to Pontiac.

[Manistique]

Lite Power Moves on Holly Sub:

I have been seeing between 4 and 7 am the last two days a lite GP38 heading north on the Holly by my house on the way to Pontiac. I presume it is coming back from working Moterm Yard overnight? Didn't catch him going south either day.

At 3:00 pm today a lite NS unit mu'ed with a BNSF unit drifted by my house toward Pontiac. It was not 451 as that went by earlier. Maybe that BNSF train's power mentioned in an earlier post heading onto the Holly last night? Maybe an extra 119 doublestack with power coming back from Moterm to Pontiac? Didn't see any southbound with this power this morning.

A number of track repair equipment headed south out of Pontiac around 9 am this morning.

Lastly, yesterday a CN police car turned off Opdyke Road in Bloomfield Hills at the tracks around 9 am and followed the railroad access path along the west side of the Holly Sub heading south. I have never seen a cop car do this before at this location.

[Dan Cluley]

The BNSF NS combo picked up an empty coal train at Durand. They just went west through East Lansing at 19:50

[MtClemensRailFan]

502, CN 3096, is going through Birmingham.

[Dan Cluley]

Couldn't get the number (sorry), but one of the EJ&E engines was the 3rd unit on a westbound through East Lansing at 00:15

[Robertrains]

Couldn't get the number (sorry), but one of the EJ&E engines was the 3rd unit on a westbound through East Lansing at 00:15

I am guessing EJ&E SD38-2 #667 is this loco! Maybe they are taking it back to the "J" tracks where it belongs!!!!
I am so "Happy" I got it (3 times) while it was here in Michigan!!!!

[SD70ACe Fan]

Couldn't get the number (sorry), but one of the EJ&E engines was the 3rd unit on a westbound through East Lansing at 00:15

Yep I knew this would happen, I totally prepared for this, I knew I would t see this EJ&E unit, and who ever knows when I'll see another one up here in Michigan. I thought Canadian National was better than this.. I really did, now I curse this railroad for buying the EJ&E railway, and I will curse this railway till CN is awesome enough to bring one up to Lansing IN EJ&E paint and do the switching jobs at Cory yard, and if that happens, I hope I see this loco MORE THAN ONCE!!!! Now I'm starting to have doubts with CN, I can't believe they'd do this. I hope I see a EJ&E painted loco again, I hope I see more than 1, until next time future EJ&E unit


Brendan Sharp (SD70ACe Fan, also the most likely #1 EJ&E fan )

[SD70ACe Fan]

Couldn't get the number (sorry), but one of the EJ&E engines was the 3rd unit on a westbound through East Lansing at 00:15

Yep I knew this would happen, I totally prepared for this, I knew I would t see this EJ&E unit, and who ever knows when I'll see another one up here in Michigan. I thought Canadian National was better than this.. I really did, now I curse this railroad for buying the EJ&E railway, and I will curse this railway till CN is awesome enough to bring one up to Lansing IN EJ&E paint and do the switching jobs at Cory yard, and if that happens, I hope I see this loco MORE THAN ONCE!!!! Now I'm starting to have doubts with CN, I can't believe they'd do this. I hope I see a EJ&E painted loco again, I hope I see more than 1, until next time future EJ&E unit


Brendan Sharp (SD70ACe Fan, also the most likely #1 EJ&E fan )

All I wanted was to have a great summer of Railfanning and to see a bunch of cool stuff. I've only seen 3 EJ&E units this year and the were EJ&E 656, EJ&E 662, and EJ&E 672 I also saw a rare loco on 393 back in May, it was QNS&L 314 (Quebec, North Shore & Labrador) that was cool, I just wish I couldve seen more cool things this summer like more EJ&E, GTW, QNS&L, BLE, and maybe a DMIR. Now going back to school next week thinking about all of this, is gonna be hard, I wish CN was better about bringing more cool stuff on the Flint sub..... All you guys I asked to help me find the loco, disregard that since they're all gone.