Great Lakes Central Updates October 2016

[TC Man]

4 center beam loads in Cadillac now. Lots of Coke cars too. Seems more than usual coke cars?

I'm betting on a TC run tomorrow with those 4 cars! 3 came in yesterday, but the one has been there since Monday- wonder if Amerhart is getting anxious, or there were cool with waiting....

[AARR]

Selma Yard had coke cars on three of the yard tracks last Sunday. Maybe around 20 total. They seem to go through 10 a week.

Lots of Coke cars too. Seems more than usual coke cars?

[AANscaleRunner]

396 and 395 returned to Cadillac at 1615 with 1 covered hopper, 3 coke hoppers, 8 tie loads, 10 tanks and 1 boxcar.

[TC Man]

Holy cow! With the box car, we're looking at a 5 car train to Traverse City tomorrow! Pixl, you going to be on the case tomorrow with your camera?

[James Sofonia]

Well I'll try. With a few appointments I do have the day off. Stay tuned.
Time departed from Cadillac will help.

[AANscaleRunner]

Moved to Cadillac's North Yard around 0930. Don't know if they have headed north out of town yet.

[AANscaleRunner]

Northbound out of Cadillac at 1015

[AARR]

AA southbound under Michigan Ave. with what looks like a grain unit.

[TC Man]

Thanks for the update! That should put it arriving into TC about 12:30 or so. Hopefully I can scoot over and see it a moment...

[TC Man]

GLC arrived in Traverse City about 12:10, ran around the train and headed to Williamsburg (Bates) about 12:20. Followed to 3 Mile Road, but couldn't get pics- barely able to keep up with it in traffic. GLC hi-rail following about 1 mile behind. Nice to see a decent sized train up here (probably longest since the 2 33 car ballast trains a couple years ago).

One of the center beams has a REALLY bad flat spot pounding quite loudly.

[James Sofonia]

Yea it can be hard to chase a train thru TC due to the traffic and lights. I was in a restaurant at the time and missed the show. I might be able to catch the return but will probably be just two locos and no cars as usual all I see here.

[James Sofonia]

Well thinking they usually take two hours to come back thru TC I sat at the Bunker Rd. crossing from 2:15 to 2:30 no train for me. Anyone see it come back?

[TC Man]

They were back in TC by 2:15pm (heard the horns). So they must have just left the cars at Amerhart (with 5 loads, might as well give them the weekend to unload) and came right back.

[AARR]

I read at MichiganRailrods.com it was three center beams and a box car. They brought back one empty center beam. Whether it's four or five inbound loads that's a nice unit train fro Traverse City .

They were back in TC by 2:15pm (heard the horns). So they must have just left the cars at Amerhart (with 5 loads, might as well give them the weekend to unload) and came right back.

[TC railman]

I caught the train in TC yesterday I will get the videos up as soon as possible!!! Chased it to amehart!!

[TrainStuff13]

Southbound grain with GLC 399, 385, 390?, 398 in Durand at 10:15 AM.

[TC railman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtflBkuibhc

[AANscaleRunner]

Drove past Selma Yard this evening. Those empty centerbeams that came into town a short while back are still there. Maybe someone on the board can find out where they came from and where they are headed once they start moving again.

Reporting marks: LRS 178, 179, 180 and 181.

[AARR]

Biewer Sawmill in McBain, maybe?

Drove past Selma Yard this evening. Those empty centerbeams that came into town a short while back are still there. Maybe someone on the board can find out where they came from and where they are headed once they start moving again.

Reporting marks: LRS 178, 179, 180 and 181.

[TC Man]

Went to Geers Farms in McBain today with the family, and made a few observations:

Cadillac north yard at the Mac facility were about 6 TSBY/GLC hoppers at the transload, being loaded. Many tanks, plastics hoppers, an empty NOKL center beam from Traverse City (they did have 4 loads plus a box car last week, they just happened to sneak one load a couple days before Fridays 4 car train.

Two locos sitting outside the engine house. 2 hoppers at the Andersons facility (Richardson or something like that).

In McBain, McBain Grain (?? I think) has 2 hopper cars on their siding, which looks like GLC has been digging out of the mud and replacing ties and some rail.

At Viking Energy, 5 tie cars on the spur lead and 5 or 6 on each of the two unloading sidings.