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Michigan Shore south at Riley St. Holland 10:35 AM.

L301-29 @ 10:37 Grand Rapids, Mi mark up with the RN Dispatcher: CSX engines #8199 + #2428 & ?? cars (call was broken up). He’ll head westward for work at Buzzi Cement mp CG5.2 & then go directly to Hartford mp CG68.7 & will runaround his train at Kirk mp CG70.2 to head back east.

M326-29 @ 11:12 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 444 axles. CSX engine #941 + #525 & 108 cars.

L301-29 @ 11:29 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 113 axles (+1 error). CSX engines #8199 + #2428 & 25 cars.

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:42 am

L301-29 @ 10:37 Grand Rapids, Mi mark up with the RN Dispatcher: CSX engines #8199 + #2428 & ?? cars (call was broken up). He’ll head westward for work at Buzzi Cement mp CG5.2 & then go directly to Hartford mp CG68.7 & will runaround his train at Kirk mp CG70.2 to head back east.


L301-29 @ 11:29 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 113 axles (+1 error). CSX engines #8199 + #2428 & 25 cars.

Passing through Waverly yard and into Holland Michigan @ 11:35

Michigan Shore north at Riley St. Holland 11:35 AM.

R597-28 @ 12:06 copied their EC1 to depart the power plant in West Olive, Mi mp CGP 1.0 with CSX engines #796 + #741 lite power & diverge onto the Fremont sub-div & head south to the Harlem Siding mp CGC28.8 on the Fremont sub-div. to pick up some loaded coal cars & take them to the power plant.

L301-29 @ 12:07 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 112 axles. CSX engines #8199 + #2428 & 25 cars. He has work for Hartford mp & will runaround his train at Kirk mp CG70.2 & head back east. He'll be taking Grand Jct siding mp CG54 to clear up for M326.

M326-29 @ 12:16 eastward Bangor, Mi Division St crossing mp CG60.93 cam with CSX engines #941 + #525 & 108 cars.

L303 is at Seymour

L303-29 @ 12:35 eastward mp CH146 with CSX engines #4757 + #4555 (elephant style) & 40 cars (23 loads + 17 empties) @ 3,540 tons & 2,578 feet long. He has work in Lansing - final destination is Detroit.

L301-29 @ 12:42 westward N. Center St crossing Bangor, Mi mp CG60.35 with CSX engines #8199 + #2428 & 25 cars. He has work for Hartford mp CG68.7 & will runaround his train at Kirk mp CG70.2 & head back east.

M326-29 @ 12:46 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 444 axles. CSX engines #941 + #525 & 108 cars.

L303-29 @ 13:18 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CH126.3 Clarksville, Mi with 172 axles.

Y121-29 @ 13:31 westward Pass Track to Main Track, Holland, Mi Depot mp CG25.3 with CSX engine #2686 & 1 empty Gon. He’ll go to the Holland Depot signal & then back eastward to go westward into the Dock Track mp CG25.

M326-29 @ 13:38 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 444 axles. CSX engines #941 + #525 & 108 cars. M326 had advised Rouge Tower his power would have to be spun around (the CSX #525 cannot be a westward leader due to a bad compressor & a traction motor cut out).

L303-29 @ 14:02 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CH104.3 Mulliken, Mi with 172 axles. CSX engines #4757 + #4555 (elephant style) & 40 cars (23 loads + 17 empties) @ 3,540 tons & 2,578 feet long. He has work in Lansing – final destination is Detroit.

L301-29 @ 14:52 eastward Bangor, Mi Division St crossing mp CG60.93 live cam with CSX engines #2428 + #8199 & 22 cars.

Y121-29 @ 14:55 eastward Holland’s Dock Track diverging onto the Main Track at mp CG25.0 with CSX engine #2686 & 2 Gons loaded with scrap. He’ll back westward to the Holland Depot signal mp CG25.3 & then go eastward into Holland’s Pass Track.

L302-29 @ 15:15 Rougemere Yard/Detroit mark up with the RN Dispatcher sounded like: CSX engines #270 + #6 & 44 cars (20 loads + 24 empties) @ 3,267 tons & 2,926 ft long. He’s picking up his Conductor & departing & has work for Lansing.

L301-29 @ 15:17 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 100 axles. He'll be backing into Waverly mp CG23 for work there & then continue eastward.

Just for the record, M573 south at Cave City, KY on the Mainline Sub at 1425 CDT. CSX 7200 +1 leading. 2 units as midtrain DPU’s. 176 cars.

cnw8835 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 29, 2024 3:44 pm

Just for the record, M573 south at Cave City, KY on the Mainline Sub at 1425 CDT. CSX 7200 +1 leading. 2 units as midtrain DPU’s. 176 cars.

Wow, that’s quite the train. I saw M565-27 with CSX 7042, 7039 with 169 cars yesterday on the Deshler Cam, destination was Barr Yard.

16:59 - L302 west through South Lyon. CSXT 270, CSXT 6, 44 cars. Elephant style.
Green Oak DD at CH39.1 said 188 axles.

17:01- L303 east out of the South Lyon siding. CSXT 4757, CSXT 4555, 37 cars. Elephant style.
Green Oak DD at CH39.1 said 160 axles.

L301-29 @ 16:56 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 276 axles. CSX engines #2428 + #8199 & 66 cars.

R597-28 @ 17:05 copied their EC1 to depart the power plant in West Olive, Mi mp CGP 1.0 & diverge onto the Fremont sub-div & head south to the Grand Rapids sub-div in Holland, Mi with BNSF engine #9718 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF Executive engine #9786 & CSX engines #796 + #741. He’ll take Grand Jct siding mp CG54 & tie down.

R597-28 @ 17:51 westward Holland Depot mp CG25.3 Grand Rapids sub-division.

R597-27 @ 18:34 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 544 axles. BNSF engine #9718 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF Executive engine #9786 & CSX engines #796 + #741. He’ll take Grand Jct siding mp CG54 & tie down.

sparrow24 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:53 pm

16:59 - L302 west through South Lyon. CSXT 270, CSXT 6, 44 cars. Elephant style.
Green Oak DD at CH39.1 said 188 axles.

17:01- L303 east out of the South Lyon siding. CSXT 4757, CSXT 4555, 37 cars. Elephant style.
Green Oak DD at CH39.1 said 160 axles.

L302-29 @ 19:38 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CH104.3 Mulliken, Mi with 220 axles. CSX engines #270 + #6 (elephant style) & 52 cars. He had work in Lansing – final destination is Grand Rapids, Mi.

L302-29 @ 20:19 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CH126.3 Clarksville, Mi with 220 axles.

L302 Clear Madison at 9:02 pm.

I'm trackside tonight. I'm on Buchanan just between Pleasant St signal and Hall Rd.

L302 called approach at Pleasant at 9:04pm. Engines #270 and #6. I never seen a single digit locomotive.

Amtrak P370-29 @ 21:07 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 20 axles. IDTX engine #4616 & 4 cars (2 Venture Coaches + Venture Business + Horizon Cafe).

L302 I think said restricting at Plaster Creek. Rouge Tower said they will have him zig zag and clear for 6 I think. Call Y290 for permission to come in their zone? I think that's what was said. Using terminology I never heard of.

Don't know who Y290 is. I feel like I've never heard that train number.

MikeB89 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:16 pm

L302 I think said restricting at Plaster Creek. Rouge Tower said they will have him zig zag and clear for 6 I think. Call Y290 for permission to come in their zone? I think that's what was said. Using terminology I never heard of.

Don't know who Y290 is. I feel like I've never heard that train number.

Y290 Grand Rapids, Mi works Tue-Sun Wyoming Yard RCO Switcher. East end job. For a list of train symbols see this railroadfan link:

https://railroadfan.com/wiki/index.php/ ... ial_Locals:

Y290 is the second shift switcher at the east end. Normally does not leave the yard so you probably wouldn't hear them on the road channel. Any X90 series yard job is a remote control job. Remote control jobs operating in yard limits have zones consisting of certain tracks or leads. These zones exist so that the remote job can go about its work and not have to worry about switches being thrown by other train crews or running into another train, since there isn't always someone watching the head end. No other train can enter into an established zone without permission from the foreman on the yard job, in this case Y290. Wyoming Yard has zones on the Old Even Lead (W41 switch to the signal at Plaster), Even Lead (E08 switch to the signal at Plaster), E08 track (all of E08), W01 Lead (E36 all the way up to the W01 switch on the Old Even), 33 Lead (W03 switch to the W35 switch, the west end of the odd tracks), and the Back Lead (top of the yard).