CSX Train Location Updates August - 2024

[amessmann]

05:50 - L304 west pulled a cut into the EE of the siding at Trowbridge and continued out the west end power-lite. They ended up returning to Ensel after sitting west of the diamond for half an hour.
It sounds like they intended to grab their EoT off the east end, but could not back down the main as CN took control of the diamond once they were through.

[Andy24]

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...

Yeah it’s Tippy Cow. Multi tasking at best and I put Daily Cow . Only 1 GRE car, wow. Guessing the red BNSF hopper and the green Burlington Northern hopper wasn’t for GRE than

[Tom49801]

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

M327-14 @ 06:30 westward reported from Ivanrest mp CG4.7 with an Approach Medium signal. CSX engines #1972 (Family Lines Heritage Unit) + #3010 & 102 cars (42 loads + 60 empties) @ 7,298 tons.

Amtrak P371-14 @ 06:36 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 in Zeeland, Mi with 20 axles. IDTX engine #4602 & 4 cars (Venture Coach + AmCafe + Venture Coach + Venture Business).

[GRHC]

M327-14 @ 06:30 westward reported from Ivanrest mp CG4.7 with an Approach Medium signal. CSX engines #1972 (Family Lines Heritage Unit) + #3010 & 102 cars (42 loads + 60 empties) @ 7,298 tons.

Into Zeeland Michigan @ 07:00

[Tom49801]

M327-14 @ 07:03 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 420 axles. CSX engines #1972 (Family Lines Heritage Unit) + #3010 & 102 cars (42 loads + 60 empties) @ 7,298 tons.

Amtrak P371-14 @ 07:12 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 in Pearl, Mi with 20 axles. IDTX engine #4602 & 4 cars (Venture Coach + AmCafe + Venture Coach + Venture Business).

Amtrak P371-14 @ 07:32:16 westward W. Monroe St crossing Bangor, Mi mp CG60.72 cam.

M327-14 @ 07:54 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 420 axles.

[Tom49801]

M327-14 @ 08:16:37 westward W. Monroe St crossing Bangor, Mi mp CG60.72 cam. CSX engines #1972 (Family Lines Heritage Unit) + #3010 & 102 cars (42 loads + 60 empties) @ 7,298 tons.

[MuskegonRailfanning]

Here’s M327 in Hudsonville this morning.

[Tom49801]

Amtrak P371-14 @ 08:25 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 20 axles. IDTX engine #4602 & 4 cars (Venture Coach + AmCafe + Venture Coach + Venture Business).

[Tom49801]

M327-14 @ 09:30 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 420 axles. CSX engines #1972 (Family Lines Heritage Unit) + #3010 & 102 cars (42 loads + 60 empties) @ 7,298 tons.

M327-14 @ 09:55 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG108.9 Lakeside, Mi with 420 axles.

[Tom49801]

M327-14 @ 10:34 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG131.3 Doran (Porter, IN) with 420 axles. CSX engines #1972 (Family Lines Heritage Unit) + #3010 & 102 cars (42 loads + 60 empties) @ 7,298 tons.

[SteveHiuzenga]

this was him in Zeeland last night on 326

[Tom49801]

L301-14 @ 12:13 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 168 axles. CSX engines #4057 + #8801 & 39 cars. He’s headed into Waverly mp CG22.8

[GRHC]

Hi-rail MOW vehicle eastbound passing through Zeeland Michigan @ 12:48

Fun fact: I used to live right on the other side of the MOW vehicle approximately 90 feet from the tracks.
That was location #4 of where I lived by the tracks I am now on #5

[Tom49801]

L303-14 @ 14:03 Grand Rapids mark up with the RN Dispatcher that sounded like: CSX engines #542 + #5362 & 151? cars (81 loads + 70?? empties) @ 10,102 tons & 8,256?? feet long (a lot of static). He’s still building his train & is a “Key Train” (hazardous). He has work for Lansing & Trowbridge mp CH83.1 - final destination is Detroit.

L301-14 @ 14:57 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 76 axles. CSX engines #4057 + #8801 & 16 cars. He has work for Hartford mp CG68.7 & possibly Coloma mp CG76.7 & at Sawyer mp CG105.2

[Tom49801]

L301-14 @ 15:27:20 westward W, Monroe St crossing Bangor, Mi Station mp CG60.72 live cam with CSX engines #4057 + #8801 & 16 cars. He has work for Hartford mp CG68.7 & Sawyer mp CG105.2 He was delayed at the west end of Wells Siding due to MoW tie work.

[Andy24]

L303-14 @ 14:03 Grand Rapids mark up with the RN Dispatcher that sounded like: CSX engines #542 + #5362 & 151? cars (81 loads + 70?? empties) @ 10,102 tons & 8,256?? feet long (a lot of static). He’s still building his train & is a “Key Train” (hazardous). He has work for Lansing & Trowbridge mp CH83.1 - final destination is Detroit.

L303-14 @ 15:58 eastward Breton Road mp CH146. CSX #542 + CSX #5362 (elephant style) with 151 cars. In the consist:

1st section was 36 loaded crushed stone, 18 mixed cars, small section of 17 more stone hoppers, than more mixed manifest, 5-10 tankers of hazardous materials, 2 high loads of utility poles with 1 bulkhead with wires(?), 7-10 LPG tankers at mid train and several brand new TILX / MWAX covered hoppers.

[Tom49801]

M326-14 @ 16:45 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 460 axles. CSX engine #3235 + 1 & 112 cars.

L303-14 @ 16:58 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CH126.3 Clarksville, Mi with 616 axles. CSX engines #542 + #5362 & 151 cars (81 loads + 70 empties) @ 10,102 tons. He is a “Key Train” (hazardous) & has work for Lansing & Trowbridge mp CH83.1 - final destination is Detroit.

L301-14 @ 17:16 westward reported from the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 120 axles. CSX engines #4057 + #8801 & 27 cars. He is headed to Arlington Metals in Sawyer, Mi mp CG105.2 to pick up a coil car(s), he has none to set off.

L303-14 @ 17:39 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CH104.3 Mulliken, Mi with 616 axles.

[Tom49801]

M326-14 @ 17:52:29 eastward Bangor, Mi W. Monroe St crossing mp CG60.72 cam with CSX engines #3235 + mid dpu CSX engine #3168 & 112 cars.

[SD80MAC]

Today’s L302 has a big block of steel for Chicago on it.

[BL2-1843]

L302-14 by Howell at 18:05 with returning power from yesterday's L303 with 93 cars. First 47 cars I have no idea what they were with a loaded product on flat cars with supporting beams across the center to hold the product up. Six digit number starting with 6046xx. No delay at Brighton today for hours like the past two days, I suspect because there is no L305 in the picture. Last nights L304 went east by Howell at 00:40, took their entire train to Brighton, left it there, came back to Howell power light, moved the 76 cars from the Howell pass onto the main that GLC left yesterday, went back to Brighton to get the cars they left there and put them in the siding and went back towards Lansing after 04:00. Cars they took back are probably the ones parked at Trowbridge. SD80Mac just explained the cars I just saw on L302 in the thread above.