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WB mixed freight through Durand at 18:22. CN 8816 and BCOL 4618 (CN Paint) leading.

L502 working Durand with CN 2147 and CN 2309.

Been a while since an update lol. Some Michigan area updates for today: TV-25D arrived at Detroit at 18:11 with CR C40-8W 6119 leading UP SD70AH 9021. ML-433 to arrive at Sterling at 20:45 with CR SD70ACe 7210 leading solo. STEL to depart Sterling at 20:15 with BNSF C44-9W 1037 leading CREX ES44AC 1...

OLDER LOCOMOTIVE FLEET STATUS Some older locomotives are finding themselves in storage due to slumping traffic levels. C40-8: 40 units in total, 21 in service, 19 stored serviceable. C40-8u: 60 units in total, 59 in service, 1 stored unserviceable. SD40-2 - 200 units in total, 133 in service, 63 sto...

Returned to Claypool this past Sunday and was able to see eight trains. Train 1 - NS 22R: 13:43 UP 8390 (SD70ACe) - Flag Train 2 - NS 174: 13:54 NS 9216 (C44-9W) - Old NS NS 9170 (C44-9W) - Horsehead Train 3 - NS 701: 14:13 BNSF 5928 (ES44AC) - H3 BNSF 9581 (SD70MAC) - Executive Green/Cream BNSF 911...

Back with a short update. Not much happened since my last post: KCC&E INTERESTED IN SEVERAL KCS SD70MACs: The Kansas City Southern has recently put their SD70MAC fleet, including the two remaining TFM units and two SD70MACe conversions, up for auction at Belleville, Illinois, on June 26th. The KCC&E...

Amtrak 352 EB through Porter, IN, at 14:52 CT (15:52 ET). On Michigan Line now.

No defects

Amtrak 350 through Porter, IN at 9:44 AM ET. Getting ready to turn on the Michigan Line

Amtrak 57 leading

Amtrak 371 through Porter, IN, at 8:07 AM CT (9:07 AM ET).

IDTX 4613 leading. 310 feet

CSX Q326-20 through Porter, IN, at 7:42 AM.

CSXT 3234 leading, 328 axles, 5138 feet

NS 20N-19 EB through Chesterton, IN at 10:53

UP SD70AH 8920 leading solo

CSX Q326-19 through Porter, IN at 11:17. Could not ID the leader's number clearly but it sounded like a 3000 Series GEVO.

Went trackside Sunday afternoon at Claypool. Times are in Eastern. HH - Horsehead Train 1 - WB to NB Mixed: 12:02 - 365 BNSF 8324 (ES44C4) - H3 Train 2 - WB to NB Intermodal: 12:18 - 200 UP 7477 (C45ACCTE) - Flag NS 9915 (C44-9W) - HH Train 3 - WB Local: 12:30 - L41 NS 3243 (SD40-2) - HH Train 4 - S...

Some TV trains out of Chicago this evening

TV-2H has CR SD50-2 6800 leading
TV-24 has CR SD70ACe 7170 leading
TV-200 has UP SD70M 4288 leading
TV-604 has BNSF ES44C4 4256 leading

E800-06 through Bangor at 14:40

With power mentioned earlier, BNSF 9328 and 5640

Detroit Area Freights: Observed at CP-West Detroit CN M38461-06 - 5:38 AM CN 2178 (C40-8W) CN 2294 (ES44DC) - 107 cars CR STIN-6 - 7:17 AM CR 5906 (ES44AC) CR 7001 (SD70M-2) CR 5594 (SD60I) - 96 cars CR TOST-A-6 - 10:11 AM CR 6290 (C44-9W) - Only 13 cars today CN M38531-06 - 10:50 AM BCOL 4645 (C44-...

N801-06 through Bangor at 13:27

BNSF 5809 and 6428 leading

CSX Q326-06 through Chesterton/Porter, IN at 9:25 CT (10:25 ET), but is stopped due to an issue with one of the cars.

CSXT 7851 (CW40-8) leading.

We all know that Conrail, one of the most successful railroads in history, and the railroad that saved railroading in the east, was split between Norfolk Southern and CSX in 1999. It was the end of an era. But...what if the split never happened? What if NS and CSX left Conrail alone? In my scenario,...

Amtrak 352 through Chesterton/Porter, IN at 15:35 ET (14:35 CT). Getting on Michigan Line

No defects.

Thomas B.

Kansas City, Chicago, and Eastern Updates - April 28, 2019 LOCOMOTIVE STORAGE: The KCC&E has placed six more SD70ACe-T4s in storage at Chicago: 5603, 5616, 5623, 5624, 5672, and 5696. This puts the current total in storage at 56. SD40-2 MAYHEM: Along the Chicago Subdivision in Goshen, Indiana, on Sa...