5 days in a row GRE running to Lowell.. it's been a bit since that has happened.Patriot wrote:GRE - EB Leonard at 11:10 with five CHs
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When was the last time a train ran the GRE at night?~Z~ wrote:5 days in a row GRE running to Lowell.. it's been a bit since that has happened.Patriot wrote:GRE - EB Leonard at 11:10 with five CHs
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Probably 2009-2010 when they were running the storage extras.
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13:20 today: Northbound MQT road freight arriving at Baldwin Station with 3406 leading, 24 cars, about half boxcars and the rest a mix of covered hoppers and tanks.
MQT caboose 3158 is on the east leg of the wye beside the depot with about a dozen loaded ballast hoppers. Bundles of new ties are also staged.
EDIT: sounds like they are heading back south again at 14:05, 5 miles south of Baldwin.
MQT caboose 3158 is on the east leg of the wye beside the depot with about a dozen loaded ballast hoppers. Bundles of new ties are also staged.
EDIT: sounds like they are heading back south again at 14:05, 5 miles south of Baldwin.
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Do you know how far they'll make it before tying down?GP30M4216 wrote:13:20 today: Northbound MQT road freight arriving at Baldwin Station with 3406 leading, 24 cars, about half boxcars and the rest a mix of covered hoppers and tanks.
MQT caboose 3158 is on the east leg of the wye beside the depot with about a dozen loaded ballast hoppers. Bundles of new ties are also staged.
EDIT: sounds like they are heading back south again at 14:05, 5 miles south of Baldwin.
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I don’t, unfortunately. No visual on a southbound. Actually, I’m not even sure it was a road train. Normally we can hear them at a minimum of 2 crossings up at our place up here, but I only heard them at one. I wonder if they might have grabbed some of those ballast cars?
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Really wondering what the situation was at Fuller yard for that train. Did CSX or GDLK drop them off in one big cut over the Alpine bridge and had GRE just pick them up and go?SD80MAC wrote:Probably 2009-2010 when they were running the storage extras.
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Yes, CSX arrived with them, pulled through the interchange and west across Alpine until they were clear of the switch. 24 tied onto the east end, CSX cut away, and 24 took them east.
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CSXT brought a windmill blade train up from Toledo to Plymouth, MI on May 25, 2020. Was in Plymouth at Lilly Road at 1400 waiting on a LSRC crew to take train North. Power is UP 6264.
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GRE - EB Leonard at 8:34 with a single CH
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DCON 836 approaching Milwaukee Jct. with 8-10 gondolas and 1 tank car
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GRE - WB Leonard at 12:00 noon with 13 CHs from King
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GDLK heading north from Elkhart with maybe 30 some cars, including 4 Amtrak ballast hoppers.
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GRE - WB Leonard at 2:03 with a single CH
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GRE - EB Leonard at 9:22 with 7 CHs and 1 tank
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WMI left 2 cars for CSX last night, and it sounds like D700 dropped off 6.
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