Great Lakes Central Updates August 2024

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384 386 came into Cadillac from the south approximately 1515 with a long string of used ties. Heard them head back south shortly before 1600.

Cadillac crew ran north somewhere today.

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GLC got one at Marion today. YOLO

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Hearing them leave Cadillac towards Clare approximately 1045.

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01:27 - on the phone with the CSX RN, beginning work at Ann Pere.

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Current power in Cadillac is 393 396.

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GLC passed the Traverse City depot headed south at 8:15pm with 4 cars- 2 Amerhart empties and 2 Beacon loads. Didn't see the inbound.
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TC Man wrote:
Tue Aug 06, 2024 8:27 pm
GLC passed the Traverse City depot headed south at 8:15pm with 4 cars- 2 Amerhart empties and 2 Beacon loads. Didn't see the inbound.
Should have been at least 1 lumber load, unsure if anything for Beacon.

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Looks like two empties were dropped at Beacon- just drove by.
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They bought in two more loaded center beam for Amerhart.

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Do you censure everyone's post or just mine?

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GP-35 wrote:
Tue Aug 06, 2024 10:57 pm
Do you censure everyone's post or just mine?
Definitely wasn't me, I assume you're referring to an administrator?
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11:25 384 LHF, 382 LHF south past Lakeland headed to Osmer with a mixed load of hoppers, 1 gondola, boxcars, and tankcars.

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GLC brought back another loaded soybean train with primarily those AOK hoppers. at 23:15 they were NB by the Owosso cam with it.

ZFS is unloading it now.

The trains are coming NS>AARR>GLC.

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396 393 light into Cadillac approximately 1000.

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393 396 leaving Cadillac for Clare approximately 1415.

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14:43 382,384 North past Lakeland with a loaded grain train and a regular pickup from Osmer including multiple empty centerbeams, boxcars, hoppers and tankcars.

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TC Man wrote:
Tue Aug 06, 2024 8:27 pm
GLC passed the Traverse City depot headed south at 8:15pm with 4 cars- 2 Amerhart empties and 2 Beacon loads. Didn't see the inbound.
I heard it at work, I meant to post here but got sidetracked by something else.
Consistently confused

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GLC ran to Petoskey today, 396, 393, 4 covered hoppers and 1 tank car returning south through Boyne Falls at 4:22
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09:23 - GLC SB at Durand with 386/399/382 - headed for AP today

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18:28 - NB GLC with 382/399/386 across the durand diamond

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