CN Train Location Updates - June 2024

[Carsan Peterson]

CN M383 Through CP Beck @12:54 PM with CN 2929, CN 2892 (Every Child matters) , Mid DPU CN 8100

[MtClemensRailFan]

E251 struggling up the hill in Royal Oak at around 12:30. CN 8001 & 2663 with 122 cars, most of which were auto racks.

[LansingRailFan]

E251 struggling up the hill in Royal Oak at around 12:30. CN 8001 & 2663 with 122 cars, most of which were auto racks.

You’ve got an E294 out of flat rock coming too.

[Graham Halverson]

Amtrak 350 into Royal Oak at 2:02

[LansingRailFan]

10:55 - WB E271 with CN 2268/CN 5663 thru Charlotte

11:26 - EB M396 with CN 8847/CN 2675/UP 5650 thru Charlotte

13:00 - WB M399 with CN 2935/GECX 2040/CN 5707 thru Charlotte

13:55 - EB Q116 with CN 8942/CN 8828 thru Potterville

14:00 - EB A492 with CN 3045/CN 3175 at Trowbridge on M1

[LansingRailFan]

Yesterday’s A492 had CN 2992/CN 2989/CN 5261. CN 5261 is an SD40-2W that was rebuilt by CN to test running on LNG.

M399 had CN 3814/CN 2872/CN 2889
M396 had CN 8922/CN 5608/CN 2235
Z149 had CN 2302/CN 8832


On 6/7
M302 had CN 2929 and rear DPU CN 8100
M394 had CN 3134/CN 3817
A492 had CN 2974/CN 3177/CN 5670
M399 had CN ex-CitiRail 2774/CN 3184
M396 had CN 3839/CN 2630

EB G897 with CN 2239/CN 2243 thru Charlotte at 06:10 with 98-car empty grain train for GLC>MMRR in Alma - they arrived in Durand at 08:10. WB P365 arrived in Durand at 08:15. G897 shoved into Durand using the Port Huron Wye. Then they picked up 68 loaded covered hoppers from ZFS in Ithaca and 4 empty asphalt tanks off of the MMRR. They resymbolled the train as X396 (X39661) and continued on to Toronto, departing Durand around 10:15 am.

05:44 - EB L501 with CN 8951 solo thru Charlotte
05:32 - EB Q122 with CN 2268/CN 5633 thru Charlotte

[LansingRailFan]

13:55 - EB Q116 with CN 8942/CN 8828 thru Potterville

14:00 - EB A492 with CN 3045/CN 3175 at Trowbridge on M1

14:20 - EB M396 with CN 8847/CN 2675/UP 5650 thru Charlotte at Attica

14:25 - EB Q116 with CN 8942/CN 8828 rolling slowly thru Trowbridge on M1. Must be meeting a WB at Okemos.

14:30 - EB M302 with CN 3273/CN 3189 and mid DPU CN 3871 by Charlotte cam

WBs due up between Durand and Battle Creek
E251
X275 for Cory Yard
E294
WB M397 (in Sarnia) with CN 8008 leading

EBs due up out of BC
M394 with CN 3023 (EJE HU)
X396 out of Champaign

[LansingRailFan]

14:55 - WB X275 with CN 2986 solo at Trowbridge. They had a G/R so presumably meeting EB M302 at Cedar. X275 from Toronto to Cory Yard with empty racks.

[LansingRailFan]

15:45 - EB M302 with CN 3273/CN 3189 and mid DPU CN 3871 clear Harrison Road. They’ve come to a stop on campus right now, most likely for WB E251.

[LansingRailFan]

15:05 - WB X275 with CN 2986 solo, light power by the Charlotte cam. They dropped their train at Cory Yard

15:22 - WB E251 with CN 8001/CN 2663 limps by the Charlotte cam

[LansingRailFan]

18:00 - WB M397 with CN 8008 leading at Imlay City

EB A492 approaching Imlay City

[LansingRailFan]

18:05 - EB M394 with CN 3023 (EJ&E HU)/CN 3306 and mid DPU CN 2904 thru Charlotte. 18k feet long and 11k tons today hoss

18:30 - WB M397 with CN 8008/CN 2314/CN 8884 clear Imlay City

18:35 - WB E294 with CN 5768/CN 3345 clear Trowbridge

18:48 - EB M394 with CN 3023 (EJ&E HU)/CN 3306 and mid DPU CN 2904 thru Trowbridge

[David Collins]

18:05 - EB M394 with CN 3023 (EJ&E HU)/CN 3306 and mid DPU CN 2904 thru Charlotte. 18k feet long and 11k tons today hoss

GAHLLY HOSS I BET MAH GEE EMM TEE EIGHT HUNNIT COUL PULL ALLAT WITH OUT NEEDIN NO STINKIN DISTRIBUTD POWAH GOBBLESS

[LansingRailFan]

18:05 - EB M394 with CN 3023 (EJ&E HU)/CN 3306 and mid DPU CN 2904 thru Charlotte. 18k feet long and 11k tons today hoss

GAHLLY HOSS I BET MAH GEE EMM TEE EIGHT HUNNIT COUL PULL ALLAT WITH OUT NEEDIN NO STINKIN DISTRIBUTD POWAH GOBBLESS

BIG DOG I meant 18k tons and 11k feet long hoss

[LansingRailFan]

19:55 - EB M394 with CN 3023 (EJ&E HU)/CN 3306 and mid DPU CN 2904 thru Bancroft

20:00 - WB M397 with CN 8008/CN 2314/CN 8884 clear Imlay City

20:15 - WB M301 with CN 3280/CN clear Attica

[LansingRailFan]

21:10 - EB X396 with CN 3060/CN 8835 clear Trowbridge

M1 now lined for WB M301

WB M301 with CN 3060/CN 8835 clear dd 219.5 at 21:25

21:57 - EB CSX L306 running as H710 on the CN Flint Subdivision with CSX 755 solo clear Imlay City. Desk 10 had to run them around EB M394 as M394 tripped up the dd with a hot wheel.

[Burb8145]

22:40 - A485 south through Wyandotte.

[LansingRailFan]

02:11 - EB Q122 with CN/CN and five double stacks and 74 loaded autoracks by the Charlotte cam

05:32 - WB A491 with CN/CN ex-CItirail by the Charlotte cam

08:04 - WB Z149 with CN 2939/CN 3277 by the Charlotte cam

08:39 - WB P365 arrives in East Lansing on M2.

08:35 - EB L501 with CN 5261 solo and 94 axles by the 205 cam

[LansingRailFan]

09:27 - EB L501 with CN 5261 solo clear East Lansing Amtrak station on M2

09:42 - EB M396 with CN 2225/CN 25XX/CN 2233 by the Charlotte cam - they tripped the hot box detector at MP 205.2 with axle #31 on the right side of the engine - they are sitting on M1 just west of Windsor HWY and waiting for the car repair truck to come from Flat Rock - "Your estimated time for service is at 16:00. Thanks for calling xfinity."

[Delray]

Caboose led mixed freight by the Fort St cam at 4:03 CN x1