CSX Train Location Updates - June 2022

[Tom49801]

Amtrak P371-04 @ 07:26 westward reported by the Defect Detector site mp CG44.2 in Pearl, Mi with 16 axles & 298 feet long. IDTX engine #4622 & 3 SuperLiner cars.

R597-03 @ 07:37 westward Holland Depot mp CG25.3 with BNSF engine #6430 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF Executive engine #9693 & CSX engines #718 + #253. He’ll go into Wells Siding mp CG41.4 to tie down.

[MQT1223]

327 clear E Saugatuck

[Tom49801]

Amtrak P371-04 westward on the live cam @ 07:41:14 N. Center St crossing Bangor, Mi mp CG60.35 with IDTX engine #4622 & 3 SuperLiner cars with 4 passengers On & 1 Off at the station mp CG60.5

Amtrak P371-04 @ 07:51 westward reported by the Defect Detector site mp CG66.2 in Lakeside, Mi with 16 axles & 309 feet long (we don't hear this DD's report often).

[MQT1223]

R597 clear E Saugatuck

[Tom49801]

M327-04 (formally Q327) @ 08:02 westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 492 axles & 6,702 feet long. CSX engines #461 + #66 & 120 cars.

M327-04 (formally Q327) @ 08:24:04 westward N. Center St crossing Bangor, Mi cam mp CG60.35

[MQT1223]

M327-04 (formally Q327) @ 08:02 westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 492 axles & 6,702 feet long. CSX engines #461 + #66 & 120 cars.

Tom, keep an ear out on the scanner feed… the SS Alpena is due into St. Joseph this morning around 9:15 and I’m curious who is going to get there first, because right now it seems like 327 and the ship are pretty close to arriving at the same time.

[Tom49801]

M327-04 (formally Q327) @ 08:02 westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 492 axles & 6,702 feet long. CSX engines #461 + #66 & 120 cars.

Tom, keep an ear out on the scanner feed… the SS Alpena is due into St. Joseph this morning around 9:15 and I’m curious who is going to get there first, because right now it seems like 327 and the ship are pretty close to arriving at the same time.

Okie dokie, will do, I like the Alpena Are you planning on going up to St Joe?

[Tom49801]

Amtrak P371-04 @ 08:27 westward reported by the Defect Detector site mp CG91.9 St. Joseph, Mi with 16 axles & 307 feet long. IDTX engine #4622 & 3 SuperLiners.

M327-04 (formally Q327) @ 08:39 westward reported by the DD mp CG66.2 Hartford, Mi with 493 axles (+1 error) & 6,913 feet long. CSX engines #461 + #66 & 120 cars. This DD's report was nice & clear - very rare to hear it that good!

Amtrak P371-04 @ 08:45 westward reported by the Defect Detector site mp CG108.9 Lakeside, Mi with 16 axles & 307 feet long.

[Tom49801]

M327-04 (formally Q327) @ 08:02 westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 492 axles & 6,702 feet long. CSX engines #461 + #66 & 120 cars.

Tom, keep an ear out on the scanner feed… the SS Alpena is due into St. Joseph this morning around 9:15 and I’m curious who is going to get there first, because right now it seems like 327 and the ship are pretty close to arriving at the same time.

SS Alepna at 08:50 made his security call saying he's 30 minutes away from the cement dock and plans to be there 5 to 6 hours. Appears they are going to let M327 pass over the St Joseph Bridge 1st. M327 reported from mp CG77 @ 08:55

[Saturnalia]

07:58 CT: P371 by Michigan City

[MQT1223]

M327-04 (formally Q327) @ 08:02 westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 492 axles & 6,702 feet long. CSX engines #461 + #66 & 120 cars.

Tom, keep an ear out on the scanner feed… the SS Alpena is due into St. Joseph this morning around 9:15 and I’m curious who is going to get there first, because right now it seems like 327 and the ship are pretty close to arriving at the same time.

Okie dokie, will do, I like the Alpena Are you planning on going up to St Joe?

Yes I am.

[MQT1223]

327 crossing the bridge now

[Tom49801]

327 crossing the bridge now

M327-04 (formally Q327) @ 09:38 westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 492 axles & 6,849 feet long. CSX engines #461 + #66 & 120 cars.

[Tom49801]

E800-03 @ 09:56 westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 532 axles & 6,816 feet long. BNSF engine #6430 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF Executive engine #9693.

​E800-03 @ 10:17:38 westward Bangor’s Center St crossing cam mp CG60.35 (a deer got cleared just in time).

[Saturnalia]

327 crossing the bridge now

M327-04 (formally Q327) @ 09:38 westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 492 axles & 6,849 feet long. CSX engines #461 + #66 & 120 cars.

09:28 CT: M327 by Michigan City

[Tom49801]

E800-03 @ 11:28 westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 532 axles & 6,985 feet long. BNSF engine #6430 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF Executive engine #9693.

[Saturnalia]

E800-03 @ 11:28 westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 532 axles & 6,985 feet long. BNSF engine #6430 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF Executive engine #9693.

By Michigan City at 11:15 CT

[Tom49801]

L303-04 @ 13:13 Grand Rapids, Mi job briefing with the RN Dispatcher: CSX engines #3138 + mid dpu #717 (58 deep in the train) & 120 cars (65 loads + 55 empties) @ 10,439 tons & 6,547 feet long. He’s doubling up his train & will have work in Lansing. These engines had arrived on the very late Q326-03 with the #717 as a rear DPU. CSX engines #461 + #66 that would have been on today's L303 were by this morning’s M327-04 (formally known as Q327).

[Andy24]

L303-04 @ 13:13 Grand Rapids, Mi job briefing with the RN Dispatcher: CSX engines #3138 + mid dpu #717 (58 deep in the train) & 120 cars (65 loads + 55 empties) @ 10,439 tons & 6,547 feet long. He’s doubling up his train & will have work in Lansing. These engines had arrived on the very late Q326-03 with the #717 as a rear DPU. CSX engines #461 + #66 that would have been on today's L303 were by this morning’s M327-04 (formally known as Q327).

What is the tonnage strength for each individual engine? Since we knew CSX #69 has a tonnage strength of 7,850 tons.

[Tom49801]

L303-04 @ 13:34 on the move eastward reporting from mp CH151.3 & copied his EC1 for Lake Odessa/Ensel. He has CSX engine #3138 + mid dpu CSX engine #717 (58 deep) & 120 cars.