Great Lakes Central Updates November 2017
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Not 100 %, but sounded like northbound out of Cadillac around 0930. I haven't heard them since.
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Big train coming from the north, They are recrewing at Marit this AM 41 cars. Should be around 70 cars when they go south. hopefully AARunner can cath them.
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Where is "Marit"? No such city, or is it a railroad name??GP-35 wrote:Big train coming from the north, They are recrewing at Marit this AM 41 cars. Should be around 70 cars when they go south. hopefully AARunner can cath them.
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I believe he means Merit Energy, which I think is in the Kalkaska area, but I'm not sure.TC Man wrote:Where is "Marit"? No such city, or is it a railroad name??GP-35 wrote:Big train coming from the north, They are recrewing at Marit this AM 41 cars. Should be around 70 cars when they go south. hopefully AARunner can cath them.
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Merit Energy is in McBain
Todd_F wrote:I believe he means Merit Energy, which I think is in the Kalkaska area, but I'm not sure.TC Man wrote:Where is "Marit"? No such city, or is it a railroad name??GP-35 wrote:Big train coming from the north, They are recrewing at Marit this AM 41 cars. Should be around 70 cars when they go south. hopefully AARunner can cath them.
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HaS there been a train to TC in a while?
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I believe he means Merit Energy, which I think is in the Kalkaska area, but I'm not sure.[/quote][/quote]AARR wrote:Merit Energy is in McBain
Where is "Marit"? No such city, or is it a railroad name??
Viking Energy is in McBain. Merit Energy is indeed the place south of Kalkaska that gets the tank cars.
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Oops You re correct TC Man I thought of McBain because of the number of cars GP35 said was in the consist. 40-70 car trains between Cadillac and Clare while not common have occurred. A 40 car train north of Cadillac is very rare.
TC Man wrote:Viking Energy is in McBain. Merit Energy is indeed the place south of Kalkaska that gets the tank cars.AARR wrote:Merit Energy is in McBain
Where is "Marit"? No such city, or is it a railroad name?? I believe he means Merit Energy, which I think is in the Kalkaska area, but I'm not sure.
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It's okay AARR, I mean you are getting OLD. LOL! Actually probably about the same as me...HMMM....AARR wrote:Oops You re correct TC Man I thought of McBain because of the number of cars GP35 said was in the consist. 40-70 car trains between Cadillac and Clare while not common have occurred. A 40 car train north of Cadillac is very rare.TC Man wrote:Viking Energy is in McBain. Merit Energy is indeed the place south of Kalkaska that gets the tank cars.AARR wrote:Merit Energy is in McBain
Where is "Marit"? No such city, or is it a railroad name?? I believe he means Merit Energy, which I think is in the Kalkaska area, but I'm not sure.
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I don't know when those centerbeams slipped past us. I looked at the tracks yesterday and again today. They have about a week or so of rust on them.TC Man wrote: There are 2 empty center beams at Amerhart in Williamsburg. Not sure when they arrived as loads....
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They may have been dropped more than a week ago?Pixl wrote:I don't know when those centerbeams slipped past us. I looked at the tracks yesterday and again today. They have about a week or so of rust on them.TC Man wrote: There are 2 empty center beams at Amerhart in Williamsburg. Not sure when they arrived as loads....
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Heard them on the north end of Cadillac at 1340. Heard them moving around for the next couple of hours. No chance to see what they brought back into town, I hate it when work interferes with train watching.
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Left Cadillac for Clare at 0900.
Here they are going through Lucas at 0915.
Here they are going through Lucas at 0915.
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Great Lakes Central north through Mount Pleasant at 1200
GLC 385 Leading
GLC 390
GLC 396
9 plastics hoppers
1 hopper
4 coke hoppers
5 tie gondolas
10 woodchip gondolas
1 woodchip gondola (tie loads)
1 coke hopper
18 LPG tanks
4 feed hoppers
1 hopper
3 LPG tanks
1 tank
58 total
GLC 385 Leading
GLC 390
GLC 396
9 plastics hoppers
1 hopper
4 coke hoppers
5 tie gondolas
10 woodchip gondolas
1 woodchip gondola (tie loads)
1 coke hopper
18 LPG tanks
4 feed hoppers
1 hopper
3 LPG tanks
1 tank
58 total
- James Sofonia
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Nice job on that video, thanksAANscaleRunner wrote:Left Cadillac for Clare at 0900.
Here they are going through Lucas at 0915.
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Great Lakes Central south through Mount Pleasant at 1530
GLC 390 leading
GLC 385
2 plastics hoppers
5 feed hoppers
5 LPG tanks
1 plastics hopper
3 LPG tanks
1 wood chip gondola
5 plastics hoppers
8 empty tie gondolas
20 cement hoppers
50 total
GLC 390 leading
GLC 385
2 plastics hoppers
5 feed hoppers
5 LPG tanks
1 plastics hopper
3 LPG tanks
1 wood chip gondola
5 plastics hoppers
8 empty tie gondolas
20 cement hoppers
50 total
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392, 393 and 396 return to Cadillac at 1600 with 51 cars in tow.