Great Lakes Central Updates February 2020

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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1000.


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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1000.


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Working the poly plaza in clare 1430

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Returned to Cadillac at 1535.


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Probably 20 or so covered hoppers parked on the main south of the Ithaca bean plant. I didn't see any power around 1100

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Nothing seen or heard on the south end of Cadillac this morning as of 1100. Assuming northbound.

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2 loaded beam cars and an empty log car in mcbain from what I can see 1233

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When I came through Clare letherer truss had an empty beam car. Those hoppers south of the bean plant were gone. Looked like some old tsby hoppers east of 127 on the Middleton district. Nothing to the west. Not sure if they were parked or moving east. 1500

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With a 10mph restriction even when they're moving it looks like they're standing still :lol:
KC8RBK wrote:Not sure if they were parked or moving east. 1500
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Sb working biewer/viking in mcbain. 395 leading 1053

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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1030.


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Nothing seen or heard on the south end of Cadillac this morning. I'm assuming northbound. TC maybe?

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AANscaleRunner wrote:Nothing seen or heard on the south end of Cadillac this morning. I'm assuming northbound. TC maybe?
They were up here sometime Friday. I saw fresh tracks at the Holiday Rd. crossing. No chance to catch them till I get my own car, maybe next month.

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Posted by TC John on 2/7/2020, 2:16 pm, in reply to "GLC in Traverse City today"

A loaded center beam at Amerhart, and at least one gondola at Beacon, with GLC headed back south to Cadillac.
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AANscaleRunner wrote:Nothing seen or heard on the south end of Cadillac this morning. I'm assuming northbound. TC maybe?
They were up here sometime Friday. I saw fresh tracks at the Holiday Rd. crossing. No chance to catch them till I get my own car, maybe next month.
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Leaving Cadillac for Clare around 1000.



Leaving McBain for Clare at 1120.


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One of the trains working the poly plaza 1420

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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1035. Climbing snowbanks again today.


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Looks like a northern run out of Cadillac today. Not sure if TC or Petoskey, they were gone before I got in town.

Edit: Looks like TC.
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Eb east of 127 at 1340

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AANscaleRunner wrote:Looks like a northern run out of Cadillac today. Not sure if TC or Petoskey, they were gone before I got in town.
Thanks for the heads up. I went down to the tracks about 2pm, didn't see a train but at the 5 mile rd. crossing in TC there are fresh tracks in the snow. Maybe they are still in Williamsburg.

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