Great Lakes Central Updates December 2016

Daily whereabouts of train locations along with sightings for heads ups to other railfans.
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James Sofonia
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Great Lakes Central Updates December 2016

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TC Man wrote:
Per my wife yesterday who saw GLC in Traverse City: "The train was in town and it looks like they have a new engine that they only had time to paint the front half- the back looks like it only got primed and lettered".

LOL!!


That is funny! :)

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Great Lakes Central rolling northbound through Mount Pleasant 1:05pm

GLC 396
GLC 395

6 plastics hoppers
7 coke (2 may have been tie loads)
7 TSBY hoppers
4 pole loads
2 hoppers
1 tie load
2 pole loads
1 hopper

30 total

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Great Lakes Central southbound though Mount Pleasant 2:45pm

GLC 395
GLC 396

2 empty center beams
4 LPG tanks
6 hoppers(plastics)
4 empty tie gons
5 LPG tanks

21 total for Owosso

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393 and 392 left Cadillac for Clare at 1000 with 2 empty centerbeams, 5 tanks, 11 tie loads and 4 additional tanks.

Returned at 1645. Caught 4 coke hoppers, 1 covered hopper, 4 pole loads, 2 feed hoppers, 1 tie load, 2 pole loads and 1 covered hopper.

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Heard them northbound out of Cadillac at 0940.

Heard them come into town around 1900.
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They switch the fertilizer place by the engine house first. There was a guy in a sedan videotaping the switching not sure if that was anybody on this board. They then went to Petoskey and Kalkaska with about 4 covered Hoppers and about 8 tank cars. They picked up about 8 more tank cars that were sitting in Walton Junction. Also, MOW was headed to Traverse City with 2 trucks. One was pulling some sort of trailer generator or something.

Finally, one empty center beam and a Golden West Service box car at Amerhart in Williamsburg/Bates.
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Great Lakes Central north through Mount Pleasant 11:45am

GLC 396
GLC 395
GLC 397
GLC 398
GLC 390

2 tanks
8 plastics
1 feed / Grain hopper
2 pole loads
1 loaded Center beam
18 LPG tanks

32 total

1:48 edit: Horns back south through Mount Pleasant 1:45pm. No visusal

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393 and 392 left Cadillac for Clare at 0930 with 2 pole loads, 2 tanks, 1 covered hopper, 1 tie gon, 1 tank, 2 covered hoppers and 1 tank.

Returned at 1645 with 1 tank, 1 covered hopper, 2 pole loads, 1 loaded centerbeam and 18 tanks.

Couldn't catch loco numbers but 393 has left the north.

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GLC was in TC today- arrived about 11am, left town about 1:30pm. Brought in 1 loaded center beam, and picked up 2 empties (a box car and a center beam).
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390 and 398 are the locos in Cadillac. Caught them switching the yards this morning. Left for Clare sometime after 1020.

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TC Man wrote:GLC was in TC today- arrived about 11am, left town about 1:30pm. Brought in 1 loaded center beam, and picked up 2 empties (a box car and a center beam).
Thanks for the update. I had knee surgery last week and there will be no train chasing for this boy. I'll have to depend on you guys for "what's happining" on the GLC for the next few weeks.

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Great Lakes Central rolling south through CMU campus in Mount Pleasant 3:57pm.

GLC 395
GLC 397
GLC 392

2 pole flats
2 plastics hoppers
2 feed hoppers
6 LPG tanks
3 feed hoppers
1 empty centerbeam
1 feed hopper
11 tie gons/ hoppers (1 appeared to be loaded, 1 was an old woodchip hopper, and 1 was a former NYC hopper)
10 LPG tanks
1 box car (gold west service)
2 tanks
2 plastics
4 LPG tanks

47 total for Owosso

Heard them headed north around 1:30, but didn't get a car count

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390 and 398 return to Cadillac at 1730 with 1 plastics hopper, 7 coke hoppers, 9 tie loads, 1 pole load, 5 feed hoppers and 10 tanks.

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csx801 wrote:Great Lakes Central rolling south through CMU campus in Mount Pleasant 3:57pm.

Heard them headed north around 1:30, but didn't get a car count
Like the reports from Mt. Pleasant csx801. Any chance to take pics from time to time to add to the detailed posts?

Thanks again,
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Nothing but switching in Cadillac today. Moved from Selma to the north after 1230. Don't believe they went out of town.

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Great Lakes Central South through Mount Pleasant 1:10pm

GLC 395
GLC 392

1 feed hopper
2 empty pole flats
2 tanks
2 empty pole flats
1 tank
18 hoppers

26 total for Owosso
C&O6088 wrote:Like the reports from Mt. Pleasant csx801. Any chance to take pics from time to time to add to the detailed posts?
I usually try and get photos, but I never get a chance to upload them. Ill make sure and throw a few on when I manage to grab a decent shot!

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398 and 390 left Cadillac for Clare at 0905 with 3 ex-TSBY hoppers, 1 covered hopper, 1 tank, 1 pole load, 9 tie loads and 18 3 bay hoppers.

390 and 398 returned at 1450 with 5 covered hoppers and 9 or 10 tanks.

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398 and 390 left Cadillac for Clare at 0940 with 5 empty feed covered hoppers, 6 tanks and 6 coke empties.

Heard them return at 1515. No chance to see them.

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Moved from Selma Yard to North Yard around 0900. Haven't heard them since, assuming they went north out of Cadillac.

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Switches were cleaned out this morning in TC- so they may be up here.
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