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GRE headed east with their second cut (18 cars). Their first cut is in the siding at Ada. Have not switched Amway yet. Should be about to College at 14:26. They made it to Ada with the second cut. 15:30 Now switching Amway My son reported the GRE engine is south of Lowell, hooked up to a line of em...

Plannerdad wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 22, 2024 2:19 pm

Now they are pushing them west toward the yard?

I think it went east now. Go figure!

Now they are pushing them west toward the yard?

Plannerdad wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 22, 2024 11:34 am

GRE cleared out a lot of the yard about an hour ago. They stopped across the river and split the train and headed east. Still probably 15 cars on the river bridge and west.

Just returned WB light to pick up the remainder of the train.

GRE cleared out a lot of the yard about an hour ago. They stopped across the river and split the train and headed east. Still probably 15 cars on the river bridge and west.

Went by the GRE yard at Ann St., line of cars for the next EB, with a tank and hopper for AMWAY and around 15 loads for King. They’ll have quite the snowbank to plow through when they shove into Amway. At least 3 feet high on Fulton street. Not much room in Lowell for more cars, but King seems to k...

Went by the GRE yard at Ann St., line of cars for the next EB, with a tank and hopper for AMWAY and around 15 loads for King.

kd_1014 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 15, 2024 7:56 am

GRE on duty at Fuller currently

GRE was in Lowell late am. No visual, but hoppers on most all of the sidings in town.

They must have split the train after the river.

GRE just headed east with close to 30. I hope he makes it up the hill!

Looks like Grand Elk just entered the Elkhart yard with 2 engines and 7 cars (4 tanks and 3 boxes).

This thread brings backs a lot memories. My dad started at American Seating in 1940 as a die maker. He passed away in 1982 as the Supervisor of Tooling. So when I was growing up if my dad went in to his office on Saturday to catch up, I got to wander around the office building that was demolished a...

Drove by the Elk GR yard today. There was a long line of box cars on the outside track along the freeway. Are those storage, or for Otsego or to PCA in Manistee?

MQT Z151-28 @ 10:20 AM Southbound cleared Leonard St, Grand Rapids MI with MQT #3408 + #3391 + #3406 + #3389 & 92 cars(?) GRE @ 10:36 Cleared Leanord St. & Plainwell St. with GRE #2104 & 14 loaded grain hoppers, he has work for King Milling in Ada. Man the way you guys all type everything out the e...

“GRE @ 10:09 awaiting 2 signals to head east with GRE #2104 and x cars . He has to wait until Marquette Rail Z151 passes”

Just headed east with 14 hoppers (10:35a).

Looks like around 20 loaded hoppers in Lowell tonight.

Plannerdad wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 21, 2023 11:39 am

GRE WB at the River at ~11:30a, looked like 15 cars/hoppers.

Continued west and picked up an empty center beam and returned around 12:15 to the yard.

GRE WB at the River at ~11:30a, looked like 15 cars/hoppers.

MQT NB at Turner around 1:45 and switching. Approximately 80 cars.

MQT NB at Richmond St. at 1:00pm with 72 cars; 3389 leading. Then GRE WB at Ann St with 9 cars, possibly 1 from AMWAY.