CSX Train Location Updates - May 2024

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Amtrak P370-07 @ 22:32 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 in Pearl, Mi with 20 axles. IDTX engine #4613 & 4 cars (Venture Business + 2 Venture Coach + AmCafe).

L302-07 @ 22:42 westward reported stopped at Pleasant Street mp CH151.3 with CSX engine #912 & 34 cars.

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Eastbound at Vine 92 at 22:55 ET. Sounds like coal loads.

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justin_gram wrote:
Tue May 07, 2024 10:56 pm
Eastbound at Vine 92 at 22:55 ET. Sounds like coal loads.
C800-07 @ 22:58 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 532 axles. BNSF engine #6270 & 130 loaded coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #5762.

L301-07 @ 23:02 eastward reported from mp CG39 with CSX engines #4057 + #2428 & 31 cars. He has work for Hartford mp CG68.7 & Coloma mp CG76.7 & at Sawyer mp CG105.2

Amtrak P370-07 @ 23:08 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 in Zeeland, Mi with 22 axles. IDTX engine #4613 & 4 cars (Venture Business + 2 Venture Coach + AmCafe).

L301-07 @ 23:10 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 136 axles.

​​L301-07 @ 23:35:11 westward N. Center St crossing Bangor, Mi mp CG60.35 live cam.

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C800-07 @ 00:47:44 eastward Bangor’s W. Monroe St crossing mp CG60.72 live cam with BNSF engine #6270 & 130 loaded coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #5762. He had taken Grand Jct siding mp CG55.6 & tied down.

W047-08 @ 01:38 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG66.2 Hartford, Mi with 86 axles. CSX engine #5452 & 20 cars. Headed to Benton Harbor to tie down his cars there & then go eastward as lite power to the Wye in Waverly/Holland to spin his engine.

L304-07 @ 01:52 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CH104.3 Mulliken, Mi with 48 axles. CSX engines #8315 + #8054 & 9 cars. He had work for Woodbury mp CH116.3

L301-07 @ 03:51:44 eastward Bangor, Mi W. Monroe St crossing mp CG60.72 live cam with CSX engines #2428 + #4057 & 28 cars.

L304-07 @ 03:56 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CH104.3 Mulliken, Mi with 40 axles. CSX engines #8054 + #8315 & 7 cars. He was returning to Ensel (Lansing) mp CH90.

W047-08 @ 04:06:57 westward Bangor, Mi W. Monroe St crossing mp CG60.72 cam with CSX engine #5452 (solo & long hood forward) lite power headed to Waverly to spin their engine on the Wye.

M327-08 between 04:28/04:58 Grand Rapids, Mi mark up with the RN Dispatcher: CSX engines #5501 + #5335 & 153 cars (62 loads + 91 empties) @ 11,033 tons & 8,460 feet long. These engines are from Monday’s M326-06. He's building his train.
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M327-08 between 04:28/04:58 Grand Rapids, Mi mark up with the RN Dispatcher: CSX engines #5501 + #5335 & 153 cars (62 loads + 91 empties) @ 11,033 tons & 8,460 feet long. These engines are from Monday’s M326-06. He's building his train.
Heard lots of horns around 5:15am, hard to tell from what direction with the sound bouncing off houses. Either a local doing some work or 327's power being turned on the wye?
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Amtrak P371-08 @ 06:36 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 in Zeeland, Mi with 20 axles. IDTX engine #4613 & 4 cars (Venture Business + 2 Venture Coach + AmCafe).

W047-08 @ 06:52 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 6 axles. CSX engine #5452 lite power. His original plan was to head back westward to the Wye to spin his engine. He reported from mp CG9 at 07:12. Rouge Tower @ 07:22 had told them they are to tie onto the 2 engines in the Yard Lead in Grand Rapids.

Amtrak P371-08 @ 07:13 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 in Pearl, Mi with 20 axles.

M327-08 @ 07:26 westward reported from Grandville, Mi mp CG6.0 with a Medium Clear signal. CSX engines #5501 + #5335 & 153 cars (62 loads + 91 empties) @ 11,033 tons & 8,460 feet long. These engines are from Monday’s M326-06.

Amtrak P371-08 @ 07:32:36 westward N. Center St crossing Bangor, Mi mp CG60.35 with 1 passenger On at the station mp CG60.5

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M327-08 @ 07:55 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 624 axles. CSX engines #5501 + #5335 & 153 cars (62 loads + 91 empties) @ 11,033 tons & 8,460 feet long. These engines are from Monday’s M326-06.

G076-07 (grain train) @ 08:16 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CH79.9 Okemos, Mi with 378 axles. CSX engines #3288 + #710 + #98 & 90 cars. He's headed to Joy Road, Plymouth mp CC84.2 (CSX engine #3288 was the trailing engine on last night's L302-07 that was set off in Lansing)

Amtrak P371-08 @ 08:19 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 20 axles. IDTX engine #4613 & 4 cars (Venture Business + 2 Venture Coach + AmCafe).

Amtrak P371-08 @ 08:37 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG108.9 St Lakeside, Mi with 20 axles.

M327-08 @ 08:49 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 624 axles.
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M327-08 @ 09:19:55 westward Bangor, Mi N. Center St crossing mp CG60.35 cam. CSX engines #5501 + #5335 & 153 cars (62 loads + 91 empties) @ 11,033 tons & 8,460 feet long. These engines are from Monday’s M326-06.

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Y106 east by CH 146 in Kentwood 09:25.
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Csx grain train, 3 engines gevo 710, 98 clear peaker going wb at 930am
as we say on the garret sub for csx q003 and q004 clearin a signal Highball
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P371 arrived at CUS, clear CP Taylor
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Y121 north at Holland 10:24 AM.

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M327-08 @ 10:33 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 624 axles. CSX engines #5501 + #5335 & 153 cars (62 loads + 91 empties) @ 11,033 tons & 8,460 feet long. These engines are from Monday’s M326-06.

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Grand Elk Z439 heading east at Godfrey 10:35 19 cars with geep 35s for power.

CSXT Y197 with 6549 east off the Service Track toward Plaster Creek 10:50 with a boxcar, a high side cotton seed gon and a covered hopper.

Nice to see a reefer at the MNS dock at Judd.
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Y121 heading south at Riley St. Holland after swapping out cars at Stow 10:50 AM.

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L303-08 @ 11:17 Grand Rapids mark up with the RN Dispatcher with: CSX engines #912 + #5452 & 49 cars (19 loads + 30 empties) @ 3,250 tons & 2,709 feet long. He’s building his train & has work for Lansing - final destination is Detroit. The #5452 was the solo power on today's W047-08.
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Michigan Shore south at Riley St. Holland 11:29 AM.

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Y106 west at Breton Ave in Grand Rapids 11:58.
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L303-08 @ 12:12 eastward departing Grand Rapids from Plaster Creek mp CGT 2.0 with CSX engines #912 + #5452 & 49 cars (19 loads + 30 empties) @ 3,250 tons & 2,709 feet long. The #5452 was the solo power on today's W047-08. He has work for Lansing.

Y121-08 @ 12:31 westward Pass Track to Main Track, Holland, Mi Depot mp CG25.3 with CSX engine #6085 & 1 empty Hopper car & the OLS Caboose. He’ll go to the Holland Depot signal & then back eastward to go westward into the Dock Track mp CG25.

L303-08 @ 12:48 eastward mp CH139.8
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Michigan Shore north a Riley St. Holland 1:04 PM.

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