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q32602 arrived grand rapids 10am. q32702 set for 5pm grand rapids.
d70002 kirk MI MP 73. d70701 arrived lansing 5am. d70802 on duty lansing.
n80001 departed Chicago 8am, no update since. n80002 on duty 4pm. e80127 arrived Chicago 3am.
e80102, e80002 in system.
q15002 on duty north Baltimore. q15102 sibley road MP 103 MI. q13101 avon IN. q13201 arrived Detroit 9am, q50802 overpeck junction OH. q50902 le Moyne OH.

BNSF 9046, 6427 with West Olive empties south at Riley St. Holland 3:10 PM.

Tlout wrote:BNSF 9046, 6427 with West Olive empties south at Riley St. Holland 3:10 PM.

E801 is currently going through Riverside.

D80102 was down at wells a bit earlier, but now seems to be going north towards Tlout. Can you let us know what that train is, just lite power? N80001 loaded coal had issues, setting out a car at Kirk MP71 I believe around 2:30pm, still down there. Crew probably running low on time.

BNSF 5141, 9211 north at Riley St. Holland 5:07 PM. CSXT 449, 3054 pushing.

E800-02 is currently going through Benton Harbor. Sounds like 9046 leading. They stopped in Benton Harbor for awhile, not sure if was for the problem at North Shore Dr. or a problem with their train.
I thought earlier they said they were E801. There should be an E801-02 coming some time.

SB local just cleared Main St. in Plymouth. CSX 2053 + 1 covered hopper, 6 boxes, and 6 steel coil cars.

P370-02 is currently going through Riverside. Sounds like IDTX 4610 leading.
Q327-02 is currently going through St. Joseph. Sounds like CSXT 587 leading.
Sounds like Q327 will go in at New Buffalo to meet an eastbound loaded coal train.

Amtrak P371-03 has IDTX 4610, 4 single levels, and the Pennsylvania Frank Thomson private car. Departed St. Joseph at 08:17.

q32603 new buffalo. amtrak p37103 st joseph. q32702 arrived chicago 4am. q32803 arrived detroit 8am. q32903 annpere MI.
e80102, e80003 in system. e80002 arrived chicago 1am.
q15003 set for 10am north baltimore. q15103 set for 10:30am detroit. q13102 cp anderson IN. q13202 QT13 OH. q50803 set for 10am cincinnati. q50903 erie MI.
d70003 Saugatuck MI. Likely at least one coal train down the hill at Saugatuck.

Q32903 by Howell at 08:50 after flagging Ann Pere diamond with CSX 3090 single unit and 70 cars. D708 brought 29 cars back to Lansing yesterday for pick up if they get them. Always wondered what were in those tall brown fairly new open top cars lettered PMRX cars covered with a black tarp that have been running on Q328 & Q329. Am still baffled after seeing a whitish material right up to the top of the car with the tarp partially dragging over the sides after one of the straps broke on the engineers side. (Already reported to the train)

Q32803 went east at 05:06 with CSX 5294+8833 with 117 cars with the last 50 or more being stone empties. 328 did not clear Ann Pere under nearly 05:40 after flagging the diamond as well with red blocks from both directions.

BL2-1843 wrote:Q32903 by Howell at 08:50 after flagging Ann Pere diamond with CSX 3090 single unit and 70 cars. D708 brought 29 cars back to Lansing yesterday for pick up if they get them. Always wondered what were in those tall brown fairly new open top cars lettered PMRX cars covered with a black tarp that have been running on Q328 & Q329. Am still baffled after seeing a whitish material right up to the top of the car with the tarp partially dragging over the sides after one of the straps broke on the engineers side. (Already reported to the train).

It may be cotton seed. Michigan gets a fair amount of that stuff for cattle feed. Usually hauled in boxcars though. At least when I've loaded it. Which is a huge pain to unload without losing s bunch of it. Open top cars would be way easier to load, not sure on the unloading side. If there's side doors you'd have the same problem as a boxcar. Not saying that's what it is but it's a possibility

Most of the cotton seed that moves by rail (in West MI, anyway) is moved in those large, open-top gondolas (a lot of them are ex BN, some are brown like BL2 described) with tarps strapped to the top. The ex BN cars have a door on one end that opens. Wyoming Warehouse in Grand Rapids will drive their front end loader into the car, scooping up the cotton seed until its empty.

q32603 east at Bangor at 10:26am. CSXT 3301 leading, CSXT 8138 trailing 62 cars.
D70003 west at Bangor 9:10am, CSXT 4032 long hood forward, 2 empty bulkhead flats, 1 boxcar, 1 empty bulkhead flat, 9 short covered hoppers, 5 steel coil cars, and 1 loaded centerbeam.
D70003 east at Bangor at 13:22, CSXT 4032, 1 loaded centerbeam, 1 steel coil car, 9 short covered hoppers, 1 empty bulkhead flat, boxcar, and 2 empty bulkhead flats.
D80202 with loaded coal from last nights dead coal load at Kirk. By Bangor at 14:39 with BNSF 8459 leading. CSXT 449 and CSXT 3054 pushing.

CSXT 3054, 449 light power south at Riley St. Holland 11:15 AM.

BNSF 9211, 5141 with West Olive empties south at Riley St. Holland 1:00 PM.

13:20 hrs: D708 EB past MA in Lansing with twin SD40-3 units facing west and 12-15 cars.

Earlier, Q329 by at 9:40 with consist as described.

Q32903 Clear 115 @ 12:11

GP30M4216 wrote:13:20 hrs: D708 EB past MA in Lansing with twin SD40-3 units facing west and 12-15 cars.

Earlier, Q329 by at 9:40 with consist as described.

D708 is currently stopped in Williamston at the 75.2 signal. There is a Hi-Rail truck parked at Zimmer Road. Looks like they are having problems.

15:15, Y121 is setting off two loaded centerbeams at Zeeland Lumber, none to pickup. They also have 2 boxcars and the bay window caboose in their train. Power is CSXT 6460....what happened to its road slug? Other Zeeland sidings are presently empty.