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LansingRailFan wrote:eyes in the hood have a very large D708 headed east soon. Tons of traffic going to GLC lately.

That biomass plant in mcbain changed hands recently which i believe effects their traffic. Also that mean plant in ithaca has really been cranking out material a good portion of the time. They're not only shipping oil and soy meal but receiving grain as well. There was a couple days in the last week or two they had almost no cars then all the sudden the yard was almost full. That may be cars being delayed getting to them. They stay on top of switching that place.

KC8RBK wrote:

LansingRailFan wrote:eyes in the hood have a very large D708 headed east soon. Tons of traffic going to GLC lately.

That biomass plant in mcbain changed hands recently which i believe effects their traffic. Also that mean plant in ithaca has really been cranking out material a good portion of the time. They're not only shipping oil and soy meal but receiving grain as well. There was a couple days in the last week or two they had almost no cars then all the sudden the yard was almost full. That may be cars being delayed getting to them. They stay on top of switching that place.

Yes. Plus we've seen cars for ZFS get dropped off to CN in Durand and taken to the AA in Osmer as well. That ZFS facility is cranking out the soybean stuff.

Q326-15 @ 2:27pm cleared the St Joseph Bridge with CSX engine #3015 leading.

Per Bangor chat, n80014 and e80015 going on duty about 3pm. e80015 would be grabbing those empties from grand junction, i can only guess.

Q326-15 @ 3:22:55pm at Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 with CSX engines #3015 + #2356 + #6956 & 107 cars & rear DP CSX #3225. He is going to Grand Rapids non-stop today.
​E800-15 @ 6:50:20pm at Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with BNSF engines #6272 + #5752 & 130 empty coal cars.
N800-14 @ 7:29pm reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with BNSF engines #9092 + #8594 & 130 loaded coal cars.

N800-14 is currently going through Benton Harbor. Sounds like BNSF 9092 leading.
E800-15 is currently stopped with engine trouble, and is contact with the mechanical desk. They are somewhere around Riverside.

Tom49801 wrote:Q326-15 @ 3:22:55pm at Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 with CSX engines #3015 + #2356 + #6956 & 107 cars & rear DP CSX #3225. He is going to Grand Rapids non-stop today.
​E800-15 @ 6:50:20pm at Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with BNSF engines #6272 + #5752 & 130 empty coal cars.
N800-14 @ 7:29pm reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with BNSF engines #9092 + #8594 & 130 loaded coal cars.

Tom49801

As info Q326 does not stop at holland anymore, all holland traffic from Chicago goes to Grand Rapids
to be placed on 327 to be set off.

95duck wrote:

Tom49801 wrote:Q326-15 @ 3:22:55pm at Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 with CSX engines #3015 + #2356 + #6956 & 107 cars & rear DP CSX #3225. He is going to Grand Rapids non-stop today.
​E800-15 @ 6:50:20pm at Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with BNSF engines #6272 + #5752 & 130 empty coal cars.
N800-14 @ 7:29pm reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with BNSF engines #9092 + #8594 & 130 loaded coal cars.

Tom49801

As info Q326 does not stop at holland anymore, all holland traffic from Chicago goes to Grand Rapids
to be placed on 327 to be set off.

Thank you for the info 95Duck

Q326-15 @ 3:22:55pm at Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 with CSX engines #3015 + #2356 + #6956 & 107 cars & rear DP CSX #3225.

First time in a year and a half + that a RD SLUG has arrived in west Michigan! As a tidbit of history, that #2356 is the former CSXT 4289, originally C&O 3909, an unusual GP39 type unit. Now it's just a slug, giving the crew some rare bit of quiet and no need for a sore neck so they can operate forward in either direction, but today it is on home rails at age 51. I hope it sticks around somewhere for a bit!

N800-14 is currently going through Riverside. BNSF 9092 leading. They met E800-15 on the double track around Gray.
E800-15 is now going through Benton Harbor at 8:07 pm with BNSF 6272 leading.

Jochs wrote:N800-14 is currently going through Riverside. BNSF 9092 leading. They met E800-15 on the double track around Gray.
E800-15 is now going through Benton Harbor at 8:07 pm with BNSF 6272 leading.

E800-15 @ 8:22pm cleared the St Joseph bridge with BNSF engines #6272 + #5752 & 130 empty coal cars.

N800-14 @ 8:44:05pm at Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 with BNSF engines #9092 + #8594 & 130 loaded coal cars.

327 os 19.1 825a
612 axles - 8557' - has 148 cars - 3 eng ( may have a 4 axle also trees are getting thick again )

327 all stop at east wy and at the tower here, head end at waverly
327 on move again

Q327-16 @ 08:27 was reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 612 axles & 8,557 feet long with CSX #3225 leading. From a Bangor viewer near there, he had reported seeing Q327 with a couple of 6 axle & a couple of 4 axle engines. Appears Q327 has the same power from yesterday's Q326: CSX #3225 + #3015 + #2356 + #6956 & 148 cars. He's going into Holland & suspect the CSX #2356 + #6956 will be dropped off there.
Q327-16 @ 10:03am on the move westward reporting from mp CG30.

D901 eastbound currently between Fox and Elmdale with CSX 3200 in the lead and 3230 trailing. Going to Ann Pere and back. 83 cars.

Q327-16 @ 10:56:44am Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with CSX engines #3225 + #6956 + #2356 + #3015 & 135 cars. Same 4 engines that were on yesterday's Q326 with the #2356 being a slug unit.

GP30M4216 wrote:

Q326-15 @ 3:22:55pm at Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 with CSX engines #3015 + #2356 + #6956 & 107 cars & rear DP CSX #3225.

First time in a year and a half + that a RD SLUG has arrived in west Michigan! As a tidbit of history, that #2356 is the former CSXT 4289, originally C&O 3909, an unusual GP39 type unit. Now it's just a slug, giving the crew some rare bit of quiet and no need for a sore neck so they can operate forward in either direction, but today it is on home rails at age 51. I hope it sticks around somewhere for a bit!

These same 4 CSX units went westward on today's Q327-16 at Bangor at 10:56:44am. I was thinking they were going to drop off the CSX #6956 + #2356 in Holland this morning.

Q327-16 is currently going through Benton Harbor. Sounds like CSXT 3225 leading.

Any info on Q326-16 and will there be an X today?

dave989 wrote:Any info on Q326-16 and will there be an X today?

Hi davey, as of 1:16pm, Q326-16 is waiting on the St Joe Bridge for boat traffic to clear up. I don't think there will be a X326, since there wasn't an early Q326 this morning.