CN Train Location Updates - August 2022

[LansingRailFan]

A450 with light dimmed is slowly along mp222 at 19:46. CN duo #3161 + #2789, GTW #6223, BCOL duo #4602 + #4622, IC #2465, CN trio #2190, #2136, #2142.

Nothing westbound on CN lined and thinking he's awaiting CSX L303 to cross Trowbridge diamond first

Sounds like A450 has gone into emergency and EB P364 will have to take the Lansing Thorofare

[bluewonderrails]

A450 with light dimmed is slowly along mp222 at 19:46. CN duo #3161 + #2789, GTW #6223, BCOL duo #4602 + #4622, IC #2465, CN trio #2190, #2136, #2142.

Nothing westbound on CN lined and thinking he's awaiting CSX L303 to cross Trowbridge diamond first

Sounds like A450 has gone into emergency and EB P364 will have to take the Lansing Thorofare

That be the case. Head end may be roughly near mp222 marker

[LansingRailFan]

Passed Bloomfield Hills at 4:45 pm.

At 1 pm returning NB 515 went by with 5323.

450 just passed 205 at 1915. Long train. Cn 3161/former citi/gtw 6223/2 bc cowls/ic 24**/cn 2190/2136?/2142 heads up if you want to catch some history rolly down the holly in a few

NO!!!!! I bet these are going to Chicago Heights Processing® for "Scrap!!!!" Some are stored in Centralia too! Are there hopes of these "Cowls" etc. coming back to service?

They’ve been sold but to a different buyer

[bluewonderrails]

P364 east alas arrived to East Lansing Station at 22:01. IDTX #4614 front, 6 cabs with pretty much everyone (but not all) exiting the 2nd and 3rd and about 4 boarding after. IDTX #4604 at the end. Began to depart at 22:11.

A450 with light dimmed is slowly along mp222 at 19:46. CN duo #3161 + #2789, GTW #6223, BCOL duo #4602 + #4622, IC #2465, CN trio #2190, #2136, #2142

Clear mp223 at 22:46. Crewman boarded from EL Station. Train started to begin picking up speed afterward.

[LansingRailFan]

EB P364 across S. Washington Ave at 21:51 on the Lansing Thorofare.

A450 broke a knuckle on the 47th car, NWIX 60228

[Manistique]

I have been seeing what appears to be NB 507 passing my house just south of Pontiac before I have been seeing its SB counterpart 508 go by lately. Originally I thought they always met at Moterm and changed crews there so the crews could go back to their originating location when off duty. Maybe I was wrong. Maybe they are changing crews still but wherever they happen to meet on the Holly? Or maybe both crews take the same train all the way each day? 508 seems to be running much later than usual too.

SB 515 with 5323 passed MP 22.5 on the Holly at 7:30 am with a short train of all loaded centerbeams today.

[GTWChris]

Flat Rock Sub happenings at Trenton:
08-25-2022 09:10 SB A450, UP 8531 CN 2600, 127 cars
08-25-2022 12:46 NB E251, CN 8972 IC 2704, 127 cars
08-25-2022 13:08 NB L575, CN 8922, 9 cars
08-25-2022 14:28 NB L507, CN 5477 CN 5483, 3 cars
08-25-2022 15:16 SB L575, CN 8922, 28 cars
08-25-2022 17:16 NB L573, IC 9622, 14 cars
08-25-2022 18:30 SB M385, CN 3106 CN 2879, 148 cars
08-25-2022 21:35 SB L573, IC 9622, 11 cars
08-26-2022 00:52 NB M384, CN 3062 CN 2600 UP 8531, 157 cars
08-26-2022 01:36 SB L506, CN 8945 CN 3855, 75 cars
08-26-2022 02:54 SB L508, CN 3033 CN 8844, 62 cars
08-26-2022 03:59 NB L506, CN 3855 CN 8945, 24 cars
08-26-2022 04:43 SB A450, CN 3161 CN 2789 GTW 6223 BCOL 4602 BCOL 4622 IC 2465 CN 2190 CN 2136 CN 2142, 141 cars

[LansingRailFan]

Flat Rock Sub happenings at Trenton:
08-25-2022 09:10 SB A450, UP 8531 CN 2600, 127 cars
08-25-2022 12:46 NB E251, CN 8972 IC 2704, 127 cars
08-25-2022 13:08 NB L575, CN 8922, 9 cars
08-25-2022 14:28 NB L507, CN 5477 CN 5483, 3 cars
08-25-2022 15:16 SB L575, CN 8922, 28 cars
08-25-2022 17:16 NB L573, IC 9622, 14 cars
08-25-2022 18:30 SB M385, CN 3106 CN 2879, 148 cars
08-25-2022 21:35 SB L573, IC 9622, 11 cars
08-26-2022 00:52 NB M384, CN 3062 CN 2600 UP 8531, 157 cars
08-26-2022 01:36 SB L506, CN 8945 CN 3855, 75 cars
08-26-2022 02:54 SB L508, CN 3033 CN 8844, 62 cars
08-26-2022 03:59 NB L506, CN 3855 CN 8945, 24 cars
08-26-2022 04:43 SB A450, CN 3161 CN 2789 GTW 6223 BCOL 4602 BCOL 4622 IC 2465 CN 2190 CN 2136 CN 2142, 141 cars

Dude thank you for this. I’ve been meaning to catch up on Mt. Clemens Sub trains. I’ve got a pad of paper I have em written down on all week. I’ve been staining my fence at home so it’s taken up a majority of my will and strength. And then beers.

[LansingRailFan]

Q157 is a new train eh? That's great!

Wonder why they aren't routing it across Canada? (My guess is congestion).

Thanks for the update LRF and keep us posted regarding these new 150-series trains. Is there just one new train, or will there be a EB counterpart?

I quote the Canadian Railway Observations: CONTAINER OVERLOAD IN MONTREAL: Canadian National (CN) says it’s doing its best in an effort to relieve congestion at the Port of Montreal and “keep the consumer goods supply chain moving”. However, these issues at the Port of Montreal are forcing Canadian National (CN) to move containers to its facilities outside the city towards the CSX line in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, in South Western Quebec The Port of Montreal, is the largest Port in eastern Canada, but has been grappling with a serious problem of container abandonment by their customers. Uninterested in receiving their goods after arriving late, or not having the necessary storage space, several companies are now postponing taking possession of their goods, causing an unprecedented level of congestion at the Port.

At a fee of $300 per day, the Valleyfield container port is on the CSX line about a hundred kilometers from the Port's unloading docks, near the Ontario border, the CN terminal - formerly owned by the American company CSX - has an area of 3.8 million square feet. This “rescue container park” imposes a shuttle and gatehouse fee of $550 per container, (in addition to storage fees of $300 per day per container). The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) would like other companies to follow the example of CN to free it from containers, empty or full, which compromise its normal activities.

www.canadianrailwayobservations.com

Now the series of trains that they have reinstated for these moves are the Q150-series trains.

Fun fact: Q157 was a twice monthly Halifax to Chicago APL train, similar to the Q170/Q171s that ran to and from Woodhaven/Toronto.

All of the containers on this train were empty and clogging the port of Montreal. CN is betting huge (CP too) on marketing Eastern ports as an alternative to clogged western ones.

[ConrailDetr​oit]

NB by Beaubien. CN & CP

[LansingRailFan]

overnight cn flint sub review - all times MP 205 unless otherwise noted

15:47 - WB Q123 w CN 2871 solo
00:46 - EB Q122 with CN/CN ex-citirail - intermodal only
03:24 - WB M301 with CN/CN 100th unit
04:27 - EB E274 with CN 2902/CN ex-citirail - mostly empty racks today. 42 mixed freight cars and ~90ish autoracks
05:16 - EB L500 with CN/CN f/f and mixed manifest, intermodal, autoracks
05:59 - WB Z149 intermodal with CN pair
09:20 - WB P365
09:48 - WB A491 with CN 5790/CN 3159
10:55 - WB L501 with NS 8142/CN 2291 - yesterday's power on L500
11:28 - WB M399 with CN 3116/GECX 2029/CN 3098

[LansingRailFan]

durand highlights

05:45 - WB L501 with NS 8142/CN thru Durand on M2
06:24 - EB E274 with CN 2902/CN ex-citirail - mostly empty racks today. 42 mixed freight cars and ~90ish autoracks
08:08 - WB P365 at Durand Station on M2
08:23 - WB A491 thru Durand on M1
09:49 - WB M399 thru Durand on M2
10:29 - EB L500 with CN 8812/CN 5666 finally arrives in Durand on M1 for it's work.

[LansingRailFan]

NB by Beaubien. CN & CP

CN 3909/CP 8647

[Manistique]

NB 515 with 5323 just passed MP 22.5 on the Holly on its way back to Pontiac Yard. Like its SB run, it only had centerbeams, all empty, this afternoon. Easier Friday for the local.

[LansingRailFan]

Durand

11:33 - EB L500 with CN 8812/CN 5666 shoves back west across the Durand diamond with its pickup from HESR and GLC
12:09 - EB M302 with CN 3180/CN 2832 thru Durand on M2 as EB L500 is still on M1 tying onto its train.
12:15 - EB L500 proceeds across the Durand diamond - approx 50 double stacks for L508 to take to Moterm tonight.

[Man o' War]

NB by Beaubien. CN & CP

CN 3909/CP 8647

M382. Go finish that fence.

NB 515 with 5323 just passed MP 22.5 on the Holly on its way back to Pontiac Yard. Like its SB run, it only had centerbeams, all empty, this afternoon. Easier Friday for the local.

Must have dumped some cars at East Yard as it was a big train leaving Mount Clemens. Also worked Fraser today. I think, by virtue of your location, you are missing a lot of what 515 is moving around these days.

Man o' War

[KenB]

CN A451 with CN 2879, 3106, IC/CN 9622 departed Flat Rock yard at 1417 on Aug 26, 2022

[LansingRailFan]

E251 NB outta FR with CN 2879/CN 3106/IC 9622

[Man o' War]

L533 working Mount Clemens at 15:30. CN 5740.

Man o' War

[Robertrains]

LansingRailFan, were these old units sold to a "Scrapper?" Or were they sold to a railroad that is going to use them? Would have been nice to see this train. How many "Cowls" etc. remain on CN? Did this train go to Flat Rock? OK, the "Dead Cowls" didn't end up on E251 today! Does anyone where those "Dead" units went now? MAN!!!!

450 just passed 205 at 1915. Long train. Cn 3161/former citi/gtw 6223/2 bc cowls/ic 24**/cn 2190/2136?/2142 heads up if you want to catch some history rolly down the holly in a few

NO!!!!! I bet these are going to Chicago Heights Processing® for "Scrap!!!!" Some are stored in Centralia too! Are there hopes of these "Cowls" etc. coming back to service?

They’ve been sold but to a different buyer