Great Lakes Central Updates August 2024

[KingsleyRailFan]

Trains in Cadillac as of 8/25: 393 and 396, 395 and 399. Looks like there will be 2 crews this week.

[dalek ling]

Trains in Cadillac as of 8/25: 393 and 396, 395 and 399. Looks like there will be 2 crews this week.

It’s kinda surprising that they haven’t have 2 crews earlier, I would think they would just have 3 engines up there (2 for southbound and 1 for northbound) and there could be daily Cadillac to Clare trains

[AARR]

TSB had two crews and three engines assigned to Cadillac prior to being acquired in 2006. One crew with two engines handled Yuma to Clare daily. The other crew / engine handled everything Cadillac and north. However, there were busy customers in Yuma (sand) Traverse City (bottled juice, scrap metal and lumber) and Elmira (cement) that required multiple, sometimes daily, switches per week.

Trains in Cadillac as of 8/25: 393 and 396, 395 and 399. Looks like there will be 2 crews this week.

It’s kinda surprising that they haven’t have 2 crews earlier, I would think they would just have 3 engines up there (2 for southbound and 1 for northbound) and there could be daily Cadillac to Clare trains

[dalek ling]

TSB had two crews and three engines assigned to Cadillac prior to being acquired in 2006. One crew with two engines handled Yuma to Clare daily. The other crew / engine handled everything Cadillac and north. However, there were busy customers in Yuma (sand) Traverse City (bottled juice, scrap metal and lumber) and Elmira (cement) that required multiple, sometimes daily, switches per week.

Trains in Cadillac as of 8/25: 393 and 396, 395 and 399. Looks like there will be 2 crews this week.

It’s kinda surprising that they haven’t have 2 crews earlier, I would think they would just have 3 engines up there (2 for southbound and 1 for northbound) and there could be daily Cadillac to Clare trains

The glory days of Northern Michigan Rail

[AARR]

TSBY resurged business in Traverse City in the late 1990's up until their sale in 2006. Under the new owner, GLC, business took a sharp downturn (they economy went into a recession around 2008) and rail business never really picked up again in Traverse City afterwards. I am not saying it was GLC's fault, I don't know any details to say one way or the other. GLC has built up traffic in McBain and Kalkaska but Traverse City just can't seem to get any traction.

TSB had two crews and three engines assigned to Cadillac prior to being acquired in 2006. One crew with two engines handled Yuma to Clare daily. The other crew / engine handled everything Cadillac and north. However, there were busy customers in Yuma (sand) Traverse City (bottled juice, scrap metal and lumber) and Elmira (cement) that required multiple, sometimes daily, switches per week.

It’s kinda surprising that they haven’t have 2 crews earlier, I would think they would just have 3 engines up there (2 for southbound and 1 for northbound) and there could be daily Cadillac to Clare trains

The glory days of Northern Michigan Rail

[LansingRailFan]

382/386/385 out of shops and SB at 19:55 to pick up the loaded soybean train that CN dropped off the other morning.

at 20:18-27, 382/386/385 are NB thru San yard with the loaded soybean train for ZFS.

[LansingRailFan]

13:36 - 382/386/385 NB across CN in Durand with a pickup from Ann Pere

[AANscaleRunner]

393 396 southbound out of Cadillac approximately 1315.

[GLC@ZLT]

13:36 - 382/386/385 NB across CN in Durand with a pickup from Ann Pere

21:38 385,391 South at Lakeland with a smaller train for Osmer

[LansingRailFan]

13:36 - 382/386/385 NB across CN in Durand with a pickup from Ann Pere

21:38 385,391 South at Lakeland with a smaller train for Osmer

Ok so they did run two jobs yesterday. iiiinteresting.

[KingsleyRailFan]

There was a TC run this afternoon, it got to town around 16:00. I did not visually see the train.

[KingsleyRailFan]

Update: 396 and 393 left Kingsley at 19:51. One empty from Amerhart headed back South.

[AANscaleRunner]

396 393 departing Cadillac for Clare approximately 1545.