Hmmnn.. I wonder who gets the box car?AANscaleRunner wrote:Returned to Cadillac at 1720 with 1 wood chip hopper, 8 tie loads, 5 tanks and 1 boxcar.
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The lumber yard in Bates? Amerwood?
Pixl wrote:Hmmnn.. I wonder who gets the box car?AANscaleRunner wrote:Returned to Cadillac at 1720 with 1 wood chip hopper, 8 tie loads, 5 tanks and 1 boxcar.
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Amerhart.AARR wrote:The lumber yard in Bates? Amerwood?Pixl wrote:Hmmnn.. I wonder who gets the box car?AANscaleRunner wrote:Returned to Cadillac at 1720 with 1 wood chip hopper, 8 tie loads, 5 tanks and 1 boxcar.
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Great Lakes Central North though Mount Pleasant 11:08AM
GLC 393 leading
GLC 396
1 plastics Hopper
1 IORY 3 bay hopper (feed?)
2 tie loads
1 LPG tank
1 coke load
5 LPG tanks
1 plastics hopper
6 LPG tanks
18 total
GLC 393 leading
GLC 396
1 plastics Hopper
1 IORY 3 bay hopper (feed?)
2 tie loads
1 LPG tank
1 coke load
5 LPG tanks
1 plastics hopper
6 LPG tanks
18 total
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GLC just arrived in Traverse City. One box to drop off and an empty center beam to pick up. At depot now.
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I saw the Hi-rail truck going toward town on the Williamsburg branch behind Bob Evans at 12:40. Did he meet up with the GLC train?TC Man wrote:GLC just arrived in Traverse City. One box to drop off and an empty center beam to pick up. At depot now.
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They would have made it to Bates well before the train. They usually go up to M72 crossing and get off the rail there then head towards Kalkaska back down to Cadillac.
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Well in this case they were inbound to TC, and just about the same time you saw the boxcar train.
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They playing a game of chicken? LOL. I'm sure they radio to each other and just get off the rail to let the train pass. Normally when I see them they hi-rail FROM TC to Bates, not TO Traverse City from Bates. Probably came from Kalkaska so it made sense to just hop on in Bates and inspect heading TO town this time.
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Owosso crew went back south through mount Pleasant around 3:15. Heard horns but was unable to see them.
Does anybody know about their day to day operations south of Owosso? I know the majority of their traffic is interchanged with CSX in Howell, but aside from that, I don't know what goes on. How much daily traffic goes via AA at Osmer, and how frequently do they operate the line south of Howell to Osmer?
Does anybody know about their day to day operations south of Owosso? I know the majority of their traffic is interchanged with CSX in Howell, but aside from that, I don't know what goes on. How much daily traffic goes via AA at Osmer, and how frequently do they operate the line south of Howell to Osmer?
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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 0905. Too foggy to see anything.
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Great Lakes Central South through Mount Pleasant 12:22pm
GLC 395
GLC 399
1 empty centerbeam
2 wood chip loads
2 tie gons
1 tank
6 total
Was this the cadillac crew? I didn't see the Northbound this morning, and 395/ 399 were assigned to cadillac last I checked
GLC 395
GLC 399
1 empty centerbeam
2 wood chip loads
2 tie gons
1 tank
6 total
Was this the cadillac crew? I didn't see the Northbound this morning, and 395/ 399 were assigned to cadillac last I checked
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Returned to Cadillac at 1345.
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You've had good luck getting 393 . Looks like more fertilizer and wood chip cars on the head end.
AANscaleRunner wrote:Returned to Cadillac at 1345.
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What's better than having a day off? Catching a train coming into town on my day off.
AARR wrote:You've had good luck getting 393 . Looks like more fertilizer and wood chip cars on the head end.AANscaleRunner wrote:Returned to Cadillac at 1345.
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Kewl !AANscaleRunner wrote:What's better than having a day off? Catching a train coming into town on my day off.
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395 and 396 south through Howell with around 15 cars, give or take a few.
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GLC switching Selma yard now. 396 and 393. Also a railfan in a small green card here looks to be reading a train magazine. Anyone on here?
9:25- headed south with only 4 tie hoppers.
9:25- headed south with only 4 tie hoppers.
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Heard them leave Cadillac, too much fog between my vantage point and the tracks.
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Returned to Cadillac at 1055. Figured they were only going as far as McBain with the 4 tie loads.