CSX Train Location Updates - December 2021

[donnieland]

hi tom
700 had 2 motors and 3 cars today
looked to be same power as wednesday

[MQT1223]

Any updates on 705? They must be getting underway soon.

[BL2-1843]

D708-16 with only 12 cars in his train today is approaching Brighton eastward at 14:00. Evidently going to South Lyon today.

[Tom49801]

hi tom
700 had 2 motors and 3 cars today
looked to be same power as wednesday

Thank you Donnie, so it turns out DD19.1 had a +2 error count for D700 today.

[David Collins]

so it turns out DD19.1 had a +2 error count for D700 today.

Just curious, but could there be a reason as to why that detector is not counting axles right? I want to take a guess but you obviously more than me but is there maybe some debris blocking the sensor that counts the axles…?

[Tom49801]

so it turns out DD19.1 had a +2 error count for D700 today.

Just curious, but could there be a reason as to why that detector is not counting axles right? I want to take a guess but you obviously more than me but is there maybe some debris blocking the sensor that counts the axles…?

There are a pair of magnetic transducers that are inside the gage clamped to the rail (sometimes the rail is drilled thru & nuts and bolts are used instead) to hold the transducers near one of the infra-red sensors (scanners) and they are responsible for counting the axles & also tells the scanners when to start & end the infra-red samples that are taken for each wheel bearing. The wheel flanges are sensed by the transducers when their metal enters the transducer's magnetic field. There is no actual physical contact made between the flanges & the transducers.

The spacing & height of the transducers are critical for accurate axle counts. It could be one of the these transducers (called the "A" and "B" transducers) is a bit lower than what it should be, or, has become magnetically weaker. The transducers aren't affected by dirt or snow. Another possibility is there could be an issue with the micro-processor circuit board.

There's also a Transducer Interface circuit board that connects to the microprocessor circuit board & that could be an issue. It has lightning arrestors placed across each of the transducer's wiring to the board.

[Tom49801]

E801-16 @ 14:41 westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 532 axles & 6,984 feet long. BNSF engine #9140 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF #6304.

D700-16 @ 15:05 eastward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 128 axles & 1,485 feet long. CSX engines #6544 + #6546 & 30 cars.

[MQT1223]

D706 clear The PM depot in Lansing

[Steve B]

Eastbound stopped at Harrison Rd. at 1545

[CantBeShook.WeHot]

D70516 guessed at 6pm Detroit departure. d70616 trowbridge lansing. d70816 south lyon MI.
n80116, e80016 in system. e80116 Michigan city.

[amessmann]

D708, who's getting lined out of Howell, has L&I 3001 third from front, must've been picked up at Peaker. 16:49.

[Tom49801]

D801-16 @ 16:59 eastward, siding to main, Grand Jct mp CG54 with BNSF engine #8425 & CSX engines #814 + #735 & 130 loaded coal cars & rear dpu BNSF #9337. This was N800-13 that had tied down in Grand Jct mp CG54 yesterday.

[MQT1223]

Eastbound stopped at Harrison Rd. at 1545

This offers zero insight as to where this could be.

[amessmann]

This offers zero insight as to where this could be.

Harrison Rd. is effectively the west end of Trowbridge siding in East Lansing.

EAS Howell showing a clear aspect as of 17:10 and D708 called an approach for Fowlerville, likely meeting D706 there.

D706 clear pair Fowlerville and clear 59. 17:36.

[Tom49801]

D801-16 @ 17:26 eastward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 544 axles & 7,310 feet long. BNSF #8425 & CSX engines #814 + #735 & 130 loaded coal cars & rear BNSF engine #9337. He's headed to the power plant in West Olive, Mi.

[BL2-1843]

The Louisville & Indiana unit on D708 today looked very clean. It had been at Peaker since June 17th.

[Tom49801]

D801-16 @ 18:02 eastward Holland Depot mp CG25.3 with BNSF #8425 & CSX engines #814 + #735 & 130 loaded coal cars & rear BNSF engine #9337.

[Micah_D]

The Louisville & Indiana unit on D708 today looked very clean. It had been at Peaker since June 17th.

Clear S. Lyon @6:23pm

[LansingRailFan]

Eastbound stopped at Harrison Rd. at 1545

This offers zero insight as to where this could be.

I thought you were an expert and you don’t even know where Harrison Rd is? Shame on you.

[LansingRailFan]

The Louisville & Indiana unit on D708 today looked very clean. It had been at Peaker since June 17th.

Bob - D705 just called OD in Detroit and you’ve got a G077-15? (Scanner stepped on it) in Webberville. Crew has arrived and will be getting on train momentarily. Unit corn train for Rose Hill, NC I believe.