CSX Train Location Updates: April 2017

[BL2-1843]

Regarding the 220 car D705 on Thursday that never materialized because they left 56 cars behind, having only 164 cars by Howell, the 56 cars left behind was a 56 car stone load. These, and 54 other freight cars, for a total of 110, went by Howell at 23:25 last night, as a day in advance D70508, with CSX 5482+710 on the head end. All stone and sand trains system wide, per E.H.H. orders are now picked up by local's and taken to main terminals and then tacked onto road trains for delivery (Have to keep those train starts down you know) A big discussion occurred on what to do with D70508 occurred after it went by me when they got to Lansing. Somebody was switching the yard, and D906 was still dead somewhere around Lansing still with no crew available. With no discussion on either train today. Assume yesterdays D706 is still dead there at the noon hour on Saturday, and evidently, so is D70508.

[Raildudes dad]

I've been tracking Standard Lumber's in-bounds for almost 2 years. I was skeptical when the GR-Toledo trains went away. But I was pleasantly surprised that the Toledo to Plymouth to Lansing to GR seemed to work fairly well.

The last car which arrived at the GRE last night via D705/906/297, departed Toledo 25 hours earlier.

[trnwatcher]

1415 EDT TRACK GEOMETRY TRAIN TIED UP AT DIESEL HOUSE IN WYOMING. CSXT 2034 DRIILING CARS ON THE EAST END.

[CN_Okemos]

CSX 3263 leading a mixed manifest east through Williamston at 16:47

[BL2-1843]

CSX 3263 leading a mixed manifest east through Williamston at 16:47

D90608, CSX 3263+8624 by Howell at 17:15. 126 cars. Must have sat off his third unit at Lansing.

[Tlout]

BNSF 9138, 6339 light power south at Riley St. Holland 6:17 PM.

[Tier4GEVO]

Northbound empty grain train CSX V765-04 cleared Pontiac Trail in Wixom, MI at 6:58 PM with;
CSXT 8711 - EMD SD60.
CSXT 8665 - EMD SD50-2.
80 cars.
332 axles.
4,951 feet.

[trnwatcher]

BNSF 9138, 6339 light power south at Riley St. Holland 6:17 PM.

1915 EDT D801 TYING ONTO N800 GETTING READY TO SHOVE THE HILL.

[justin_gram]

Amtrak Pee-three-seventy-ohhh-eight is finally making its way to the CSX in Porter at 22:25 ET, over 2 hours late.

24 axles, 468 feet at 131.3 DD.

AMTK 57 leading, should be 4 Superliners, and AMTK 42 Veterans trailing.

[trnwatcher]

22:54 EDT SOMETHING IS GETTING AIR TESTED AT WYOMING. MULTIPLE ENGINE LASH UP. PROBABLY IS Q OR S327.

[justin_gram]

Amtrak Pee-three-seventy-ohhh-eight is finally making its way to the CSX in Porter at 22:25 ET, over 2 hours late.

24 axles, 468 feet at 131.3 DD.

AMTK 57 leading, should be 4 Superliners, and AMTK 42 Veterans trailing.

P370-08 with AMTK 57 leading east has a clear indication at Vine at 23:13 ET. 24 axles, 456 feet at 91.9 DD.

22:54 EDT SOMETHING IS GETTING AIR TESTED AT WYOMING. MULTIPLE ENGINE LASH UP. PROBABLY IS Q OR S327.

CSXT 118 just called Lamar, probably something to do with this.

[trnwatcher]

23:15 EDT CSXT 118 SLOW CLEAR "SOME TRACK TO ANOTHER TRACK". IT'S 327 JUST HAVEN'T HEARD IF IT IS Q OR S SYMBOL.

[Saturnalia]

23:15 EDT CSXT 118 SLOW CLEAR EVEN TO THE MAIN AT LAMAR. IT'S 327 JUST HAVEN'T HEARD IF IT IS Q OR S SYMBOL.

How do you go from the Even to "the Main" at Lamar?

[trnwatcher]

23:15 EDT CSXT 118 SLOW CLEAR EVEN TO THE MAIN AT LAMAR. IT'S 327 JUST HAVEN'T HEARD IF IT IS Q OR S SYMBOL.

How do you go from the Even to "the Main" at Lamar?

I FIXED MY POST.

[trnwatcher]

23:55 EDT HASN'T BEEN DETERMINED IF Q/S327 IS WAITING AT LAMAR OR GOING TO HUDSONVILLE FOR AMTRAK. SOUNDS LIKE THEY MIGHT BE "TOO" LONG FOR THE SIDING.

[trnwatcher]

00:07 EDT TRAIN AT LAMAR IS Q327-05. SLOW CLEAR #1 TO THE MAIN AT LAMAR (THEIR WORDS, NOT MINE."

[trnwatcher]

00:47 EDT CSXT118 MEDIUM APPROACH EAST END HUDSONVILLE, Q32705 OUT.

[trnwatcher]

01:05 EDT P37008 JUST MET Q32705 AT HUDSONVILLE. LOOKED GOOD ON THE ROLL BY.

[MQT1223]

371 underway in Wyoming, 42 leading.

[justin_gram]

Amtrak P371-09 went west through Stevensville at 08:23 ET, on-time. AMTK 42 Veterans leading, 4 Superliners, and AMTK 57 trailing.

Arrived into Chicago at 09:20 CT, 9 minutes late.