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Time Direction Railroad Train Notes
20:57 E AMTK 30
21:25 W CP 23T
21:25 E CSX K908 ballast?
21:34 E NS 18A 95 cars, mostly lumber reefers and boxes
21:52 W NS 17V big, auto parts, a few reefers, many tanks
22:05 W ?? ??
22:15 W NS 681 detroit coal
22:52 E NS 34G big, mostly c. hoppers and tanks. Some reefers and lumber
22:58 W AMTK 355 4 cars
23:04 E CP 24T 15 autos, 49 cons, 28 freight
23:19 E NS 20Q 219 dom. cons, few ie
23:32 W NS 21Q 252 dom. cons
0:08 E AMTK 48
0:20 W NS 21N 92 ie cons
0:30 W CP 29T 44 autos, 4325 ft
0:32 E NS 24V 132 cons, 21 pigs
2:02 E NS 20R 166 cons, ie block up front
2:07 W NS 37M 138 cars, all grains up front, many boxes, tanks, mt lumber
2:20 W NS 25Z 210 dom. cons, 3 yellow pigs
2:26 E CP X500 GR sub, 57 cars. Mainly autos
2:34 E CSX Q326 29 cars, some lumber, flats
2:48 E CP 22T 115 ie cons
3:21 E NS 22K 18 pigs, 60ish cons
3:50 E NS 365 96 cars, everything
4:20 W NS 17W 125 cars, mainly CN mts
5:01 E NS 34E 144 cars, mainly gons, tanks and steel
5:42 E NS 20K 42 pigs, 50 stacks mix. Hot trailers
5:49 E NS 206 35 pigs, more truckers than usual, usxpress, doboer
7:07 W NS 21E 77 ups
7:14 E NS 24M 80 pigs, mainly ups
7:22 W NS 417 FEPX
7:27 E NS 32G 60ish cars, mainly c. hoppers
7:34 W NS 21V 134 ie cons
7:42 E NS 10R 47 cars, mostly ins. Boxes
7:43 W NS 21J 90 pigs, 30ish stacks
7:58 E NS 20E 83 pigs, 2 fedex, many ltl, not as many ups
8:15 E NS 17R 123 cars, many omya tanks, lumber and boxes all CN. CN train M342
8:54 W NS 21G 146 cons mix
8:54 E CP 36T some autos, many mt flats, log mts, some boxes and c. hoppers
9:14 W AMTK 29
9:23 E NS 16E 106 cars, mostly bnsf and cp grains
9:27 W AMTK 49 10 pass, baggage on rear
9:40 W NS 23W 15 pigs, mainly usxpress, 110 cons mix, mainly ie. Big block of maersk
9:47 E NS 559 109 cars, 5535 ft, 2220 tons, NORX mts
9:49 W AMTK 371
10:10 W NS 21M 99 pigs, 24 stacks
10:19 W NS B09 30 mt steel flats
10:30 E AMTK 350
10:37 W NS 33E 121 cars, gons, boxes and c. hoppers, many reefers. UP power, run through
10:49 W CP 25T 78 cons, 30 freight, a few pacer and emp cons
11:01 W NS 31G many steel coils, 25 coal lds on end
11:09 E NS 20G 174 cons, first half mostly ie, last half all dom.
11:11 W AMTK 365
11:20 W NS 23M 66 total mix cons, about 25 dom.
11:30 W NS B32 short local
11:43 W NS 33G some reefers
12:25 W AMTK 351
12:47 W NS 23Z 90 cons, mostly ie
13:20 W NS 31K 60 cars, ins. Boxes, 3 coal cars
13:32 E CSX K903 GR sub coal to Olive MI from BNSF. PSTX, JSCX, FSTX rms
13:49 E NS 14A 86 cars, many gons and boxes, some coal
13:50 W NS 864 108 NS lds
14:08 E NS 616 MBKX lds, to Toledo
14:14 E AMTK 352
14:33 E NS B08 50 steel coil lds
14:41 E NS 26N 203 cons, 4 dom. bnsf power
15:02 W CP 33T short CP freight
15:07 E NS 24W 66 ie cons
15:14 W NS 205 106 dom cons, 15 jbh pigs
15:30 E NS 36J 111 cars, gons, steel mts on rear. UP power
15:51 E NS 20N 90 ish ie cons
15:59 W CSX Q327 74 cars, tanks, 1 reefer
16:10 W NS 35J onto branch, missed
16:26 E NS 26T 146 dom cons
16:42 E AMTK 364
17:01 W NS 35E 104 cars, many tanks, ethanol, big block of reefers, UP power
17:04 E NS 34J 73 cars, solid tanks and grains from Corn Products and ADM. From Cedar Rapids?
17:22 W AMTK 353
17:44 E NS 34G 103 cars, mainly older c. hoppers from CP and BNSF. CR power
18:02 W NS 31Q 75 cars, mainly tanks
18:10 E NS M7R 82 cars, mainly lumber and boxes
18:25 W NS 31M 108 racks, down Porter branch
18:43 W NS 19A 28 cars, tanks, c. hoppers, some mt lumber
19:08 E AMTK 370
19:13 W NS 23K 31 pigs, england, schneider, ups, 80ish stacks
19:16 E CP 24T 93 ie cons, 7 emp. 4 autos
19:25 W CP 23T 136 ie cons
19:47 E AMTK 354
20:36 W CP 25T 120 ie cons, CP sd40s
I know I am missing several scheduled trains. If I would have arrived 20 or so minutes earlier I would've caught trailer trains 22W and 20W. They must have been running early and of course they are running later than that the previous evening. Figures I miss 2 of my favorite trains. 22W showed up 9:31 Sat. night and I think 20W was right behind him. And there are several WB intermodals that I never saw either. 21Z shouldve been by sometime after 5pm, but it has a tendency to be late. 25K I saw at 9:48. But I never saw 21G or 23N. So that is 6 Intermodals that shoud've been by that weren't. There are a few freights too that I never saw - 30Q and 324 (they still run that?). I really didnt see as many coal trains as usual either.
I had an awesome time and will be heading back next weekend. The second crossing just east of the junction is closed right now. They are working on the tracks. It made for a wonderful night though, nice and peaceful.
And does anybody know exactly what is going on with all the trackwork there? New signals are in place everywhere, but not yet activated, including a new one on the siding track for WB's. They have new switches sitting alongside the tracks. Surely they will be doing some reconfiguring, but does anybody know what it will look like?
I know my notes are a little weird, but this is the stuff I like to record. Sorry, engine #s and models are too much to write down, and I currently have no cameras.
Well thats it everybody. Please comment and let me know what I am doing wrong.