CSX Train Location Updates - September 2023

[Tom49801]

M327-07 @ 09:20 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 436 axles. CSX engines #3371 + #5281 & 106 cars (30 loads + 76 empties) @ 6,633 tons & 6,289 feet long.

[Tlout]

Y121 south at Riley St. Holland 9:50 AM.

[Tom49801]

L301-07 @ 09:53 Grand Rapids, Mi job briefing with the RN Dispatcher: CSX engines #4070 + #6248 & 12 cars (6 loads + 6 empties) @ 964 tons & 851 feet long. He is headed westward directly into Waverly mp CG22.8 & then later to Hartford mp CG68.7 with only 1 car & will return eastward from there as lite power.

C801-06 @ 10:15 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 with 532 axles. BNSF engine #5987 & 130 loaded coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #(??). He’ll add CSX engines #3243 + #759 behind his leader at Grand Jct mp CG54 & head to the power plant in West Olive, Mi.

L301-07 @ 10:20 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 58 axles.

[SD80MAC]

Y106 east by CH 146 with 2 Geeps and 11 cars 10:45.

[Tom49801]

M326-07 @ 10:59 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 228 axles. CSX engine #3071 + 1 & 54 cars.

E800-06 @ 11:01 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 with 532 axles. BNSF engine #8534 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #8787. He'll be meeting C801-06 at Kirk mp CG72.3

[GP30M4216]

11:00, L303 power moving around Plaster Creek from East Tower to build theirbtraon. Around the same time, Z151 Marquette rail inbound with 3408, 3406 and 3391 and 66 cars, about evenly split between Ludington and Manistee traffic with 2 empty centerbeams right behind the power.

[Tom49801]

L301-07 @ 11:24 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 14 axles. CSX engines #4070 + #6248 & 1 Reefer car. He has work for Hartford mp CG68.7 & will return eastward from there as lite power. He’ll take Gross Siding mp CG61.3 to clear up for M326.

E800-06 @ 11:26:25 westward N. Center St crossing Bangor, Mi mp CG60.35 live cam with BNSF engine #8534 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #8787.

L301-07 @ 11:43:33 westward N. Center St crossing Bangor, Mi mp CG60.35 live cam.

[GP30M4216]

MQT turning north at Sunnyside for the north country with 33 cars. L303 departing east at Plaster Creek CSXT 5299 and 7200, 81 cars by manual count.

Y197 keeping busy switching out a bunch of cars with a single geep on the Service Track.

[Tom49801]

MQT turning north at Sunnyside for the north country with 33 cars. L303 departing east at Plaster Creek CSXT 5299 and 7200

L303-07 @ 11:50 Grand Rapids, Mi job briefing with the RN Dispatcher: CSX engines #5299 + #7200 & 81 cars (18 loads + 63 empties) @ 4,410 tons & 4,990 feet long.

[pudgy]

L301-07 @ 11:24 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 14 axles. CSX engines #4070 + #6248 & 1 Reefer car. He has work for Hartford mp CG68.7 & will return eastward from there as lite power. He’ll take Gross Siding mp CG61.3 to clear up for M326.

C80106 running just ahead of M326. Both meeting the empties at Kirk.

[Tom49801]

L303-07 @ 12:17 eastward with a Medium Clear signal at Seymour mp CH148.1 with CSX engines #5299 + #7200 & 81 cars.

C801-06 @ 12:20:40 eastward Bangor’s Division St crossing mp CG60.93 live cam with BNSF engine #5987 & 130 loaded coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #5608.

[GP30M4216]

Y197 exiting the east end of the Service Track with the following lineup: CSXT 6538, 1 empty centerbeam, 4 high cube TBOX boxcars, 2 covered hoppers, 1 high side cotton seed gon, 1 KCS standard 50’ boxcar, I loaded scrap gon.

[Tom49801]

M326-07 @ 12:36 eastward Bangor, Mi Division St crossing mp CG60.93 cam with CSX engines #3071 + #5228 & 54 cars. They are going to "loop" around C801-06 via the siding track at Grand Jct mp CG55.6 as soon as C801-06 gets CSX engines #3243 + #759 out of the siding to be added behind their leading engine.

E800-06 @ 13:05 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi. with 532 axles. BNSF engine #8534 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #8787.

L301-07 @ 13:12:40 eastward Bangor, Mi Division St crossing mp CG60.93 cam with CSX engines #6248 + #4070 lite power.

L303-07 @ 13:16 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CH126.3 Clarksville, Mi with 336 axles. CSX engines #5299 + #7200 & 81 cars (18 loads + 63 empties) @ 4,410 tons & 4,990 feet long. He has work in Lansing.

M326-07 @ 13:26 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 228 axles.

[Tom49801]

C801-06 @ 13:42 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 with 544 axles. BNSF engine #5987 & CSX engines #3243 + #759 & 130 loaded coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #5608. He's headed to the power plant in West Olive, Mi.

L301-07 @ 13:51 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 10 axles. CSX engines #6248 + #4070 lite power. He'll be going into Holland mp CG25.3

M326-07 @ 14:14 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 228 axles. CSX engines #3071 + #5228 & 54 cars.

L303-07 @ 14:14 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CH104.3 Mulliken, Mi with 336 axles. CSX engines #5299 + #7200 & 81 cars (18 loads + 63 empties) @ 4,410 tons & 4,990 feet long. He has work in Lansing.

C801-06 @ 14:23 eastward Holland, Mi Depot mp CG25.3 In about ½ mile he’ll diverge onto the west end of the Wye & then onto the Fremont sub-division.

L301-07 @ 14:39 eastward Holland, Mi Depot mp CG25.25 on the Main Track & diverging onto the Pass Track with CSX engines #6248 + #4070 lite power.

[Tom49801]

L301-07 @ 15:22 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 62 axles. CSX engines #6248 + #4070 & 13 cars.

[GP30M4216]

L301-07 @ 15:22 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 62 axles. CSX engines #6248 + #4070 & 13 cars.

Did they get hit with a hotbox? I passed them just a bit ago stopped between 76th and 72nd street crossing. Consist was 1 MT bulkhead flat, 3 TBOX boxcars, covered hoppers and tankcars.

[Tom49801]

L301-07 @ 15:22 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 62 axles. CSX engines #6248 + #4070 & 13 cars.

Did they get hit with a hotbox? I passed them just a bit ago stopped between 76th and 72nd street crossing. Consist was 1 MT bulkhead flat, 3 TBOX boxcars, covered hoppers and tankcars.

Their PTC enforced a speeding violation & stopped them. It was determined the leading engine's speedometer isn't accurate. I don't know what CSX's PTC rules are for "speeding". When I was working with a Signals Engineering firm in Jacksonville, FL I was assigned to the NS account for PTC design/installation & NS considered 3 mph over the speed limit as a speeding violation.

[TSBy390]

At approximately 16:20 a very short WB went over us23, couldn't see it and didn't have a scanner but I have to assume it was L302 or L305.

[BL2-1843]

L303-07 approaching Brighton at 18:20. They sat in the Fowlerville pass for an hour blocking both middle of the siding crossings, waiting for L305 to finish their Howell work. After it was determined that 305 would fit in the siding at Howell, 303 came to Howell to meet 305. L305 had a much larger train leaving Howell than what was reported at Brighton earlier. Now approaching Fowlerville at 18:25. Starting next week, L305 will have a 9:00 call time. I hope that's 9am and not 9pm.

[BL2-1843]

L30207 by Howell at 19:35 with 44 cars. 7252 + 5347 on the head end. 5347 replaces 799 that was with 7252 last week.