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MQT1223 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 29, 2021 4:16 am

Spotted what I’m guessing is a stopped D706 on the 28th street overpass. I’m guessing their head end is around Schaffer?

D905-28 (D705) @ 05:03am westward reported from Seymour mp CH148.1 with CSX engines #738 + #3211 (dpu?). No DD reports found in the archives for mp CH104.3 & CH126.3 Too many other radio calls stepping on D905's radio calls. Too bad they don't use a Yard Channel for Rouge & the moves inside Grand Rapids - those radio calls just dominate everything else trying to be heard on the Road Channel. Same situation with Amtrak P370 & P371 when they're inside Grand Rapids.

371 and 327 friday
327
304 will be lead with 846 trail engine today
327 having trouble with comm's too fred on rear of train.
plan now - 327 run as a 30 mph train to waverly and get
another fred on at waverly that can est. comm's with headend power.
700a - clear dewent
704a/714a- clear ee/we hudsonville
730a - 19.1 - 392 axles, 5337'
735a - clear east waverly
304 ld,846 trail, 95 cars
737a - clear waverly
working west end waverly, train consist is on the main at holland
sounds like 327 picked up 24 cars at waverly
909a - restricting holland - main to main, back onto their consist
949a - 327 on the pull
1020a - clear pair east saugatuck
rn to 326 - you will be going into gross for 327, 327 just knocked down we east saugatuck
1040a - clear pair wells
1045a - 44.2 - 488 axles, 6785 - 119 cars'

371
600a - depart grand rapids -eb
603a - med app pleasant st - wb
605a - rouge to 371 - permission down the main plaster creek to lamar
608a - restricting plaster creek
614a - clear lamar
619a - clear grandville - 2 tk to main
626a/629a - clear ee/we hudsonville
636a - 19.1 - 16 axles, 305'
640a - clear east wy
641a - clear waverly
644a/647a - arr/depart holland
655a - clear pair east saugatuck
709a - clear pair wells
711a - 44.2- 16 axles, 303'
720a - clear pair grand junction

hi tom
17 with a full moon and partly cloudy here in zeeland

Amtrak P371-29 @ 07:26:42am westward Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with IDTX engine #4614 & 3 Superliner cars (2 passengers boarded at the station mp CG60.5)
Amtrak P371-29 @ 08:22am westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 16 axles & 307 feet long.

Q326-29 @ 09:35am eastward reported by DD mp CG91.9 w/ 372 axles & 5,190 feet long. CSX engines #5247 + #362 & 90 cars.
Q326-29 @ 09:50am eastward reported clear of the St Joseph Bridge by the Bridge Tender. Q326 will be going into Gross siding mp CG63.1 to meet Q327.

Grain empty V714 went west by Howell at 09:23 with CSX 127+569 on the head end and 92 cars, After taking a 45 minute delay at Fowlerville waiting for MofW ahead to clear up, they proceeded west again. If it doesn't show up in Lansing, then it went to Webberville again.

Q327-29 @ 10:47am westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 488 axles & 6,785 feet long. CSX engines #304 + #846 & 119 cars. He had picked up 24 cars from Holland this morning.

CSXT 579, 989, BNSF 6429, 6412 with West Olive empties south at Riley St. Holland 10:54 AM.

Q327-29 @ 11:06:36am westward Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with CSX engines #304 + #846 & 119 cars.
Q326-29 @ 11:19:25am eastward Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 with CSX engines #5247 + #362 & 90 cars.

Tlout wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 29, 2021 10:57 am

CSXT 579, 989, BNSF 6429, 6412 with West Olive empties south at Riley St. Holland 10:54 AM.

This is D801-29 westward & reported from mp CG30 @ 11:29am. The CSX engines will be dropped off at the west end of Grand Junction siding mp CG55.6 for N801-27 that was tied down there last night. The BNSF engines #6429 + #6412 were from N800-28 that had tied down in Wells siding mp CG41.4 last night, too.
D801-29 will be going into the east end of Wells siding mp CG41.4 to leave the empty coal train inside of Wells siding. Q326 at 11:59am had called an Approach signal at the west end of Wells mp CG43.3

D905-28 @ 12:12pm westward reported by DD mp CG19.1 w/ 264 axles & 3,689 feet long. CSX engines #2742 + #6926 & 64 cars.

hi jon
702 wb by 112th ave 1217p 2 4 axles and 64 cars.
15 to 20 were gons with boulders for jon

Q327-29 @ 12:27pm westward reported by DD mp CG91.9 w/ 488 axles & 6,848 feet long. CSX engines #304 + #846 & 119 cars.

D801-29 @ 1:00pm westward reported by DD mp CG44.2 w/ 12 axles & 132 feet long. CSX engines #579 + #989 lite headed to the west end of Grand Junction siding mp CG55.6 to be the pushers for N801-27 that had tied down inside there last night.

Q326-29 @ 1:03pm eastward reported by DD mp CG19.1 w/ 372 axles & 5,160 feet long. CSX engines #5247 + #362 & 90 cars.

My mom just sent me the picture attached below. It's a City of Brighton Facebook post saying:
"CSX is conducting a controlled burn of the tracks today. Please note that all safety measures and precautions will be followed."

Anyone know what's that's all about? I presume it's to remove foliage and residue from the track? Maybe that's the MOW equipment BL2 briefly mentioned.

Saturnalia wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 03, 2021 3:12 pm

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 03, 2021 2:03 pm

He had a mix of coal cars I haven't seen before & having different colors used for the end car markings for the rotary couplers. These are the markings seen: CRIX, DEEN, DEEX, DETX, FURX, HEQX, NDYX, NEQX, NOYX, OFOX, & SPSX.

Wonder if it might be a mis-route? Last time this happened, it was BNSF who mistakenly handed off a DTE train which was supposed to go to Detroit as a Consumers Power train for West Olive. Consumers figured it out when it got to West Olive, so it was then run via Grand Rapids to Detroitland. IIRC it was the last loaded coal train through GR.

Today, Jan 29th, 2021 @ 12:09pm (verified via the CSX West Michigan scanner archives) what sounded like a conversation going on at Wells siding: "4th from the end" & the reply was "apparently it wasn't clean coal". I'm wondering if this was in reference to my post on January 3rd for N801-03 being seen with loaded coal cars having multiple company markings. Since then, I haven't seen those coal cars returning as empties, nor, heard of any coal cars moving on the Plymouth sub.

amessmann wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 29, 2021 1:17 pm

My mom just sent me the picture attached below. It's a City of Brighton Facebook post saying:
"CSX is conducting a controlled burn of the tracks today. Please note that all safety measures and precautions will be followed."

Anyone know what's that's all about? I presume it's to remove foliage and residue from the track? Maybe that's the MOW equipment BL2 briefly mentioned.

Could be for melting the snow & ice from the track switches - I've seen that done before. Maybe, the propane switch heaters failed or the propane tanks are empty.

donnieland wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 29, 2021 12:25 pm

hi jon
702 wb by 112th ave 1217p 2 4 axles and 64 cars.
15 to 20 were gons with boulders for jon

Oh boy!

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 29, 2021 1:50 pm

amessmann wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 29, 2021 1:17 pm

My mom just sent me the picture attached below. It's a City of Brighton Facebook post saying:
"CSX is conducting a controlled burn of the tracks today. Please note that all safety measures and precautions will be followed."

Anyone know what's that's all about? I presume it's to remove foliage and residue from the track? Maybe that's the MOW equipment BL2 briefly mentioned.

Could be for melting the snow & ice from the track switches - I've seen that done before. Maybe, the propane switch heaters failed or the propane tanks are empty.

"Controlled burn" - maybe to quell fears of the railgrinder?

Yes, the rail grinder could certainly "spark" the townspeoples' curiosity!

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 29, 2021 1:24 pm

Saturnalia wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 03, 2021 3:12 pm

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 03, 2021 2:03 pm

He had a mix of coal cars I haven't seen before & having different colors used for the end car markings for the rotary couplers. These are the markings seen: CRIX, DEEN, DEEX, DETX, FURX, HEQX, NDYX, NEQX, NOYX, OFOX, & SPSX.

Wonder if it might be a mis-route? Last time this happened, it was BNSF who mistakenly handed off a DTE train which was supposed to go to Detroit as a Consumers Power train for West Olive. Consumers figured it out when it got to West Olive, so it was then run via Grand Rapids to Detroitland. IIRC it was the last loaded coal train through GR.

Today, Jan 29th, 2021 @ 12:09pm (verified via the CSX West Michigan scanner archives) what sounded like a conversation going on at Wells siding: "4th from the end" & the reply was "apparently it wasn't clean coal". I'm wondering if this was in reference to my post on January 3rd for N801-03 being seen with loaded coal cars having multiple company markings. Since then, I haven't seen those coal cars returning as empties, nor, heard of any coal cars moving on the Plymouth sub.

There is still some OFOX Cars at J.H. Campbell

Talk wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 29, 2021 2:36 pm

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 29, 2021 1:24 pm

Saturnalia wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 03, 2021 3:12 pm

Wonder if it might be a mis-route? Last time this happened, it was BNSF who mistakenly handed off a DTE train which was supposed to go to Detroit as a Consumers Power train for West Olive. Consumers figured it out when it got to West Olive, so it was then run via Grand Rapids to Detroitland. IIRC it was the last loaded coal train through GR.

Today, Jan 29th, 2021 @ 12:09pm (verified via the CSX West Michigan scanner archives) what sounded like a conversation going on at Wells siding: "4th from the end" & the reply was "apparently it wasn't clean coal". I'm wondering if this was in reference to my post on January 3rd for N801-03 being seen with loaded coal cars having multiple company markings. Since then, I haven't seen those coal cars returning as empties, nor, heard of any coal cars moving on the Plymouth sub.

There is still some OFOX Cars at J.H. Campbell

The rest of them (the cars with the other company markings) must be somewhere there, too.