CSX Train Location Updates - Oct. 2023

[Tom49801]

L301-17 @ 10:05 Grand Rapids, Mi job briefing with the RN Dispatcher: CSX engines #8839 + #6033 & 24 cars (13 loads + 11 empties) @ 1,976 tons & 1,669 feet long. He has work for Buzzi Cement mp CG5.2 & then he’ll go into Waverly mp CG22.8 Later he’ll head west for work at Hartford mp CG68.7 & Sawyer mp CG105.2

[LansingRailFan]

02:50 - SB M453-16 with CSX 3375/3352 thru Avon Park, FL

06:55 - NB M452-17 with CSX 853/CSX 33## thru Avon Park, FL

[Tom49801]

M326-17 @ 10:56 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 380 axles. CSX engine #5228 + 1 & 92 cars.

L301-17 @ 11:23 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 110 axles. CSX engines #8839 + #6033 & 25 cars. He’s headed into Waverly mp CG22.8 & later he’ll head westward for work at Hartford mp CG68.7 & Sawyer mp CG105.2

[Steve B]

Eastbound by Okemos Rd at 1128.

[Tom49801]

L303-17 @ 11:54 Grand Rapids, Mi job briefing with the RN Dispatcher: CSX engines #3161 + #3171 & 38 cars (18 loads + 20 empties) @ 2,965 tons & 2,580 feet long. He’s building his train & has work in Lansing.

M326-17 @ 12:02 eastward Bangor, Mi Division St crossing mp CG60.93 cam with CSX engines #5228 + #3427 & 92 cars.

L301-17 @ 12:06 westward, Pass Track to Main Track, Holland, Mi Depot mp CG25.3 with CSX engines #8839 + #6033 & 23 cars. He has work at Hartford mp CG68.7 & Sawyer mp CG105.2 He'll take Saugatuck siding mp CG32.1 to clear up for M326-17.

Y121-17 @ 12:07 southward on the Hamilton Branch in Holland with CSX engine #2724 & 3 cars (1 empty Bulkhead Flat car + 1 Box car + 1 Tank).

M326-17 @ 12:30 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 380 axles.

[GP30M4216]

M326 CSXT 5228 cruising right along by the zeeland fall colors 13:15.

[Tom49801]

L301-17 @ 13:17 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 102 axles. CSX engines #8839 + #6033 & 23 cars. He has work for Hartford mp CG68.7 & Sawyer mp CG105.2

[Tom49801]

M326 CSXT 5228 cruising right along by the zeeland fall colors 13:15.

M326-17 @ 13:21 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 380 axles. CSX engines #5228 + #3427 & 92 cars.

L303-17 @ 13:23 eastward at mp CH141.4 with CSX engines #3161 + #3171 & 38 cars.

L301-17 @ 13:37:05 westward N. Center St crossing Bangor, Mi mp CG60.35 live cam with CSX engines #8839 + #6033 & 23 cars. He has work for Hartford mp CG68.7 & Sawyer mp CG105.2

L303-17 @ 13:50 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CH126.3 Clarksville, Mi with 164 axles. CSX engines #3161 + #3171 & 38 cars (18 loads + 20 empties) @ 2,965 tons & 2,580 feet long. He has work in Lansing.

[Tom49801]

L303-17 @ 14:58 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CH104.3 Mulliken, Mi with 164 axles. CSX engines #3161 + #3171 & 38 cars (18 loads + 20 empties) @ 2,965 tons & 2,580 feet long. He has work in Lansing.

L301-17 @ 15:15 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 86 axles. CSX engines #8839 + #6033 & 19 cars. He has work at Arlington Metals in Sawyer, Mi mp CG105.2

[Tom49801]

L301-17 @ 16:25 eastward reported from the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi (no report heard - Engineer had said "no defects"). CSX engines #6033 + #8839 & 21? cars. When he had gone westward he had 19 cars & had told the St Joseph Bridge Tender they were just picking up a couple of cars from Arlington Metals in Sawyer, Mi mp CG105.2

L301-17 @ 17:17:34 eastward Bangor, Mi Division St crossing mp CG60.93 live cam with 21 cars. He's headed straight into the Grand Rapids Terminal.

[Tom49801]

L301-17 @ 17:44 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 94 axles. CSX engines #6033 + #8839 & 21 cars.

[BL2-1843]

L302-17 by Howell at 17:38. 868 + 5464 on the head end with 78 cars. Meeting L303 at Fowlerville.

[Tom49801]

L301-17 @ 18:22 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 94 axles. CSX engines #6033 + #8839 & 21 cars.

R597-17 @ 18:42 copied their EC1 to depart the power plant in West Olive, Mi mp CGP 1.0 & head southward to the Grand Rapids sub-div in Holland, Mi with BNSF engine #6268 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #5852 & CSX engines #759 + #3243 on the rear. He’ll take Grand Junction siding mp CG54 to tie down. He'll then cutaway his CSX power to pickup loaded coal train C800-16 that had tied down in Wells mp CG41.5 early this morning.

[Tlout]

R597-17 West Olive empties south at Riley St. Holland 7:07 PM.

[Tom49801]

R597-17 West Olive empties south at Riley St. Holland 7:07 PM.

R597-17 @ 19:59 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 with 544 axles. BNSF engine #6268 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #5852 & CSX engines #759 + #3243. He’ll take Grand Jct siding mp CG54 & tie down. He'll then cutaway his CSX power to pickup loaded coal train C800-16 that had tied down in Wells mp CG41.5 early this morning.

[Saturnalia]

19:31 CT: P370 by Michigan City, 4 minutes early. Earliest I've ever heard them here.

[Tom49801]

L302-17 by Howell at 17:38. 868 + 5464 on the head end with 78 cars. Meeting L303 at Fowlerville.

L302-17 @ 20:49 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CH104.3 Mulliken, Mi with 364 axles. CSX engines #868 + #5464 & 88 cars. He had work in Lansing.

[Tom49801]

R597-17 West Olive empties south at Riley St. Holland 7:07 PM.

R597-17 @ 19:59 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 with 544 axles. BNSF engine #6268 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #5852 & CSX engines #759 + #3243. He’ll take Grand Jct siding mp CG54 & tie down. He'll then cutaway his CSX power to pickup loaded coal train C800-16 that had tied down in Wells mp CG41.5 early this morning.

R597-17 @ 20:59 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 12 axles. CSX engines #3243 + #759 lite power headed to e/e Wells siding mp CG41.4 They'll move out C800-16 sometime after Amtrak P370-17 clears by.

[Tom49801]

19:31 CT: P370 by Michigan City, 4 minutes early. Earliest I've ever heard them here.

Amtrak P370-17 @ 21:04ET eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi. with 16 axles. IDTX engine #4624 & 3 cars.

L302-17 @ 21:35 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CH126.3 Clarksville, Mi with 364 axles. CSX engines #868 + #5464 & 88 cars. He had work in Lansing.

Amtrak P370-17 @ 21:48:58 eastward Division St crossing Bangor, Mi mp CG60.93 with IDTX engine #4624 & 3 cars (Venture Coach + Horizon Coach + AmCafe) with 2 passengers Off at the station mp CG60.5

[SD80MAC]

L302 west at Fox 22:00.