CSX GRE MQT Train Location Update 06-14-08

[Tlout]

Amtrak P371 at East Saugatuck 9:14 AM.

Coal drag (N903-11) heading north at Riley St. 9:14 AM - BNSF 9858 lead unit. BNSF 6051, 9280 pushing.

Q326-14 clear mp 27 9:19 AM. CSXT 7605 leading.
Clear Holland Depot 9:23 AM.

Heard Dispatch mention X500...
EDIT: X500-13 clear mp 27.

[donnieland]

925am - 326 clear east waverly 7605 ld and 1 trail approx 15 cars
with up bnsf in iowa, minn, and wis a mess due to weather car counts will be down for awhile, even with reroutes
940am x500 by east waverly cp 8783 ld and 2 motors in trail 6233' 302 axles 71 cars --- looks like the x500 of old - all stack train except for a
lone auto rack at the head end
945am - 19.1

[~Z~]

Again...another sunny saturday with q326 and x500 back to back in morning light...too bad i was up till 2am or so and didn't wake up..ohs well.

D70013 - GREY MI CG 83 06-14-2008 07:56
Q32614 - GRAND RAPIDS MI CG 1 06-14-2008 09:40
Q32714 - set to leave Detroit at 2pm
Q33414 - PICKLE ROAD OH CTT 52 06-14-2008 09:22
Q33514 - hasn't left Toledo yet
CP X50013 - GRANDVILLE MI CG 6 06-14-2008 10:05
N90311 - WEST OLIVE MI CGC 33 06-14-2008 09:31
N90314 - hasn't left Chicago yet
E94912 - not moving yet
Amtrak P37114 - GROSS MI CG 62 06-14-2008 10:05 (runnin late)

[Tlout]

E94912 south at Riley St. with west Olive empties. BNSF 6051, 9280.

[BL2-1843]

Q335-14 just hit a copper colored pick up at Hyne Street in downtown Brighton at 633pm tieing up the whole town crossing wise. Police on seen requesting fire and ambulance. Hyne is the first crossing east of Main Street, an angled crossing, more than likely the truck going from west to east making the driver hard to see the train despite the flashers on and working. Engineer says truck was stopped and then pulled out in front of them. Brighton police wants the train the train off the crossings but RN Tammy (first day back from a 17 day vacation) says,,, not on her shift they won't unless someone in authoity shows up and says so. No fatilies involved.

[trnwatcher]

P370-14 cleared MP6.0 Grandville at 0030 6-15-08 with AMTK 90413 in lead. No word on why it's so late.

[Racer]

CP X500 and Q326 were stopped side-by-side west of Plymouth diamond this evening. Apparently there a problem with the track at the diamond (Again) and ran a track inspector for about 30 minutes at the diamond before they both went through one after another.

X500 had CP 8783 (ES44AC), CP 9768 (AC4400CW), and CP 9525 (AC4400CW "Flag" scheme that was really fading) and the cars from Fisher Body and the rest was intermodal. Q326 had CSX 7605 (C40-8 ) leading and 3 cars. There was also Q335 about 10 minutes later after Q326. Interesting lash-up on Q335. CSX 5384 (ES44DC), CSX 8312 (SD40-2 in still in YN1 paint scheme) and CSX 9136 (B30-7 drone in YN3 paint scheme). Q335 also had alot of MQT boxcars and one was still in DM paint scheme, plus the new IHB coil cars and the last car on the train was a CSX platform shoving car for yard jobs. Number of the shover was CSXT 9198.


CP X500


Q326


Q335


CSXT 9198 on the back of Q335 (Shoving Platform).


Southbound G864