Great Lakes Central Updates April 2017

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392, 395 light power south through Mount Pleasant 12:55
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395, 392 back north through mount pleasant at 1:35pm. Im guessing the Cadillac crew met the Owosso crew in Shepherd today.

4 plastics hoppers (first one had really patriotic graffiti)
13 tie loads
2 feed hoppers
3 cement hoppers
1 lumber load

23 total

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Returning to Cadillac at 1615.


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Northbound out of Cadillac at 0915 with cement and lumber. Taken at speed at Missaukee Junction.

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Should be a long day. The round trip from Walton Jct. to Bates takes probably 3-4 hours. Then a run to Elmira which is about another 40 miles past Walton Jct.
AANscaleRunner wrote:Northbound out of Cadillac at 0915 with cement and lumber.
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Great Lakes Central north through mount pleasant 12:10pm with 397, 396 and 28 cars

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Back south through Mount P. at 3:30pm

396
397

11 mixed hoppers
7 tie empties

18 total

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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 0945.


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Returning to Cadillac at 1545.

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That's an excellent curve to video, AANR 8)
AANscaleRunner wrote:Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 0945.
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Great Lakes Central North through Mount Pleasant at 1:07pm with GLC 398, GLC 396, and 26 cars.

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back south through mount pleasant at 2:50 with 49 cars.

These increasing train sizes, and consist variety is making a detailed car count increasingly difficult. GLC is doing a great job of bringing in new business!

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Returned to Cadillac at 1655.


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392 leaving Cadillac towards Clare at 0840. Leaving Selma Yard.


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395 and 392 return at 1010 with 2 wood chip hoppers, 1 pole load, 1 tie load, 1 coke hopper, 1 wood chip hopper, 9 tie loads, 2 tanks and 1 covered hopper.

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And leaving towards Clare once again at 1120. 392 and 395 with 3 covered hoppers, 1 pole load and 2 wood chip hoppers.


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Horns north through CMU campus at 11:50pm.

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Great Lakes Central South through Mount Pleasant at 3:07pm

GLC 390
GLC 385

3 hoppers
13 tie empties

16 total

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395 and 392 return to Cadillac at 1510 with 2 coke hoppers, 4 wood chip hoppers and 7 covered hoppers (looked like mostly feed hoppers.)

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392 and 395 leaving Cadillac towards Clare at 1010 with 5 wood chip hoppers. Spent the morning switching both yards.

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