CSX Train Location Updates August - 2024

[GRHC]

M326-13 passing through Holland Michigan @ 18:51

Cleared Waverly yard Holland Michigan @ 18:57

CSX engine #3010 + mid dpu CSX engine #1972 (Family Lines HU) +168 cars.

[Tom49801]

E800-12 @ 18:58 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 532 axles. BNSF engine #6372 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #9224.

M326-13 @ 19:08 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 684 axles. CSX engine #3010 + mid dpu CSX engine #1972 (Family Lines HU) & 168 cars.

[MQT1223]

M326-13 passing through Holland Michigan @ 18:51

Cleared Waverly yard Holland Michigan @ 18:57

CSX engine #3010 + mid dpu CSX engine #1972 (Family Lines HU) +168 cars.

Now this power should sit until Thursday when the next 327 runs correct?

[Tom49801]

M326-13 passing through Holland Michigan @ 18:51

Cleared Waverly yard Holland Michigan @ 18:57

CSX engine #3010 + mid dpu CSX engine #1972 (Family Lines HU) +168 cars.

Now this power should sit until Thursday when the next 327 runs correct?

M327's schedule changed where they are now off only on Sundays & M326 now off only on Mondays (effective Aug. 8th).

E800-12 @ 19:24:20 westward W. Monroe St crossing Bangor, Mi mp CG60.72 with BNSF engine #6372 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #9224.

[Andy24]

M326-13 @ 19:08 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 684 axles. CSX engine #3010 + mid dpu CSX engine #1972 (Family Lines HU) & 168 cars.

M326-13 @ 19:25 eastward Grandville mp 6.0 with a clear signal. CSX 1972 is facing west and likely leading M327 tomorrow (I am aware my photo is backlit a lot)

Customers at Tippy Cow Ice Cream nearby had a great show, seeing a massive freight rush by as everyone was eating ice cream

Great consist of cars (6 ish potash cars, 14 LPG loaded tankers, 2 high wide loads of utility poles, 10 ish grain cars for GRE, 2 reefers for WMI, quite a bit of OCCX hoppers for MQT, along with high cube boxcars, short tankers, short 2 bay hoppers, and empty gondolas)

[Steamlogger]

M326 ran out of time before making their double to two track.
R597 is recrewing M326

[BL2-1843]

L302-13 sat in Brighton for nearly two and half hours waiting for L305 to get there. L305 wound up never getting beyond Fowlerville. 302 finally got by Howell at 19:52 with over 100 cars and returning power from yesterday's L303. Right behind L302 was a G077-12 grain empty with 747 & 928 on the head end and 89 cars but may have slipped up on the car count. Both L302 & G077 had to run through the siding at Fowlerville. L302 will bypass their Lansing work. Never heard where G07712 was going. Last I knew, L304 will be recrewing L305 in the night again tonight.

[Tom49801]

Amtrak P370-13 @ 20:34 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG131.3 Doran (Porter, IN) with 22 axles (+2 error). IDTX engine #4602 & 4 cars.

Amtrak P370-13 @ 20:59 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG108.9 Lakeside, Mi with 20 axles.

E800-12 @ 21:06 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi. with 532 axles. BNSF engine #6372 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #9224. He'll take Livingston Siding mp CG97.4 to clear up for Amtrak P370-13.

E800-12 @ 21:24 westward, siding to Main Track, Livingston, mp CH99.3

[amessmann]

21:19 - L302-13 west thru Okemos Rd. CH 81 with 110 cars (452 axles) behind elephant-style 542 and 5362. CSXT 483385 in the mix.
Looks like G077-12 will be following them thru East Lansing.
L304 had passed the Okemos DD early this morning, but from my new location I can only hear the "first stage", no second stage/axle count.
21:36 - G077-12 west thru Okemos Rd. CH 81 with 90 cars (372 axles) behind 747 and 928

Regarding the DD, at Green Oak, if I do get a first stage, it is always of less quality than the second stage. I wonder if each "stage" has a transmit power setting that can be changed.

[Tom49801]

Amtrak P370-13 @ 21:30 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 20 axles. IDTX engine #4602 & 4 cars.

[sparrow24]

Regarding the DD, at Green Oak, if I do get a first stage, it is always of less quality than the second stage. I wonder if each "stage" has a transmit power setting that can be changed.

I’ve noticed this as well at Green Oak. I notice the difference in sound and on the visual s-meter of my fixed ham radio, which is what I use to listen to the DD and other radio traffic when I’m home.

I always assumed the passing train causes RFI or other unintentional changes to the transmitter’s RF radiation pattern because of the large amounts of conductive material in the passing train.

[pudgy]

Regarding the DD, at Green Oak, if I do get a first stage, it is always of less quality than the second stage. I wonder if each "stage" has a transmit power setting that can be changed.

I’ve noticed this as well at Green Oak. I notice the difference in sound and on the visual s-meter of my fixed ham radio, which is what I use to listen to the DD and other radio traffic when I’m home.

I always assumed the passing train causes RFI or other unintentional changes to the transmitter’s RF radiation pattern because of the large amounts of conductive material in the passing train.

It's more likely the transit power degrades the longer it's "keyed up". Even the dispatcher and locomotive radios have time out features so they don't burn up the transmitters. Could also just be catching some interference that degrades the perceived power and signal strength...

[Mikeyt2004]

L302-13 @ 23:27 westward clear Breton Rd into Grand Rapids.
Looks like they are getting held at Seymour for Amtrak P370, visually slowing down to nearly a stop. There’s a lot of hoppers and a lot of tank cars on the consist.

[amessmann]

23:42 - G077-12 tucked into the plant at Grand Ledge. Looks like interesting discussion that I will have to read thru later, thank you all in advance.

[Tlout]

Coal drag north at Riley St. Holland 1:21 AM.

[Mikeyt2004]

~Night Shift~

L302-13 @ 22:07 westward reported by the Defect Detector CH104.3 Mulliken, MI with CSX~542 + ??? and 110 cars.

Amtrak P370-13 @ 22:33 eastward reported by the Defect Detector CG44.2 Pearl, MI with IDTX~4602 and 4 cars.

L302-13 @22:48 westward reported by the Defect Detector CH126.3 Clarksville, MI 452 axles.

Amtrak P370-13 @ 23:12 eastward reported by the Defect Detector CG19.1 Zeeland, MI with 20 axles.

L302-13 @ 0:01 set back off on the main at CH148.1 Seymour after waiting half an hour for Amtrak to arrive at GR station.

Me @ 2:15 tying down for the night lol talk to y’all tomorrow.

[pudgy]

M326-13 @ 19:08 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 684 axles. CSX engine #3010 + mid dpu CSX engine #1972 (Family Lines HU) & 168 cars.

M326-13 @ 19:25 eastward Grandville...

Customers at Daily Cow nearby had a great show, seeing a massive freight rush by as everyone was eating ice cream

Great consist of cars (6 ish potash cars, 14 LPG loaded tankers, 2 high wide loads of utility poles, 10 ish grain cars for GRE, 2 reefers for WMI, quite a bit of OCCX hoppers for MQT, along with high cube boxcars, short tankers, short 2 bay hoppers, and empty gondolas)

Only 1 GRE car in the train this time. The rest of what I'm guessing you thought were GRE cars were potash for LSRC handoff. Roughly half of the train was for MQT in their various customer cars.

Did the ice cream place change names? I thought it was called the Tippy Cow...

[Tom49801]

~Night Shift~

L302-13 @ 22:07 westward reported by the Defect Detector CH104.3 Mulliken, MI with CSX~542 + ??? and 110 cars.

Amtrak P370-13 @ 22:33 eastward reported by the Defect Detector CG44.2 Pearl, MI with IDTX~4602 and 4 cars.

Amtrak P370-13 @ 22:12:41 was eastward at the W. Monroe St crossing Bangor, Mi mp CG60.72 live cam with IDTX engine #4602 & his car consist was: Venture Coach + AmCafe + Venture Coach + Venture Business.

[MuskegonRailfanning]

M327 is sitting just out of Wyoming Yard, both engines on the head end, 1972 is in the lead.

There’s an empty coil car behind both of the engines

[Tom49801]

Coal drag north at Riley St. Holland 1:21 AM.

That was R597-12 that had departed from Grand Jct Siding mp CG54 & proceeded eastward to the power plant in West Olive, Mi with BNSF engine #9124 & CSX engines #966 + #819 & 130 loaded coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #6179 (25th Anniversary Unit). This was C800-13 that had tied down there early on 08/13.

R597-12 @ 00:27 eastward was reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 544 axles.

He was to return to Grand Jct siding with the CSX engines (#819 + #966) as lite power & tie them down.

R597-12 @ 04:46 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 12 axles.