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251 went past MP 22.5 around 12:30 pm. Going fast, good sized train.

353 had an extra car today, five Ventures and one older snack car. If one of the Ventures was a snack car it looked the same as the coaches from the outside.

SB 515 went past MP 22.5 around 7:15 am with 5466.

507 thumping up the Hill with two GE's passing MP 22.5 at 7:36 pm.

SB 515 with 5466 passed MP 22.5 at 7:17 am.

507 with two locomotives tonight passing MP 22.5 at 7:20 pm. Mostly containers tonight.

508 with two CN's, containers first, a lot of sand cars and gondolas, and autoracks on the rear passed MP 22.5 at 7 pm.

Amtrak 350 went past MP 22.5 about on time this afternoon, around 2:05 pm. As it was passing 251 was blowing its horn at Opdyke Road, MP 22.2. It was holding back, notch 3 or 4, because Amtrak was going to be doing its crossover in front of it in a mile or so. It had two CN's and a long typical 251 ...

116 went past MP 22.5 at 5:50 pm following Amtrak down the Hill with one locomotive, racks then stacks.

507 passed 116 in Birmingham or Bloomfield Hills as it went past MP 22.5 around 5:57 pm also with only one locomotive today and a decent sized train.

251 passing MP 22.5 at 11:27 am. The third locomotive, it didn't seem to be pulling, was IC 9569, a GP38.

Graham Halverson wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:23 pm

Does L508 still have the Zebra or is that gone?

I think it is gone. As is the SD40 that was working Pontiac locals for a few days, or so it seems.

SB 515 with 5466 went past MP 22.5 at around 8:30 am.

508 is passing MP 22.5 at 6:39 pm with 8880 as the only power, a lot of racks and containers on the rear. Moving pretty fast going down the Hill.

507 went past MP 22.5 around 5:10 pm.

SB 513 with 9607 and one box and one tank went past at 5:45 pm, following Amtrak 355 down the Hill.

251 passing MP 22.5 with a 5700 leading a GE at 1:54 pm, rushing to beat Amtrak 350 to Pontiac, which is running on time and is arriving in Troy about now. It had a CN hopper in the consist, something I don't see much of.

116 with a single CN, racks then stacks passed MP 22.5 at 1:20 pm.

SB 515 just went past MP 22.5 with a short train and what in the dark looked like another 5400 SD60 at 7:15 am.

507 struggling up the Hill with only a single locomotive tonight, passing MP 22.5 at 8:22 pm.

When I last poked around the CSAO lines in Detroit about ten years ago it seemed that NS power handled the line from North Yard to Sterling Yard with the former DTRR line to the Jeep plant. And CSX power handled everything out of old Junction Yard (also known as Livernois Yard), including the former...

There is a passing siding on the other side of the elevator that looks like it can hold 20ish cars. However, I’m told there’s no place to spot them at the interchange without separating them in several blocks. Idk how that elevator could possibly handle unit trains. Also CN would not let CHS 3 acce...