Michigan Short Line Updates: February 2020

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Michigan Short Line Updates: February 2020

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GRE --- EB Leonard at 10:17 with two non-King CHs
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ADBF -JAIL did come north to Lansing this morning but did not pickup the loaded scrap gon from Friedland Industries in Old Town. The two ADBF units were heading south lite power at CP-MA at 12:20 today.

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Michigan Shore is heading south across the Grand River. Can't see them, but I can hear them.

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GRE - EB Leonard at 11:40 with 7 CHs, five of which are for King
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G&W Power update:

HESR 2025 has been sold to Metro East Industries and will be leaving the Michigan Shore soon. MQT GP38-2 2043 will be transferred from MQT to MS to replace it.

GR 2104, once repaired, will be staying on MQT for the time being. MMRR 2057 will continue to work on the GRE.

HESR 3868 has also been sold to MEI. This is the unit MMRR "leases" from HESR for the Alma line. No word on a replacement for that one yet, but it was rumored that G&W bought a handful of ex NS (exx Conrail) GP38-2s from MEI and that at least one would wind up in Michigan.
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MMRR 2057 :D
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GRE - WB Leonard at 3:00 with four CHs, three of which were from King. Shorter trains recently, including a lite move back to GR yesterday afternoon.
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Only a few cars in Lowell this week, and none at the end of last week. There must be a couple dozen in transit somewhere.

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ADBF 1760 just picked up the NW gon at friedland at the end of the Old Town spur in Lansing, 10:50am.

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GRE - EB Leonard at 11:22 with 14 CHs.
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LSRC Z127 north at the Holly diamond at 0821

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GRE on Saturday: Looks like all or most of the 14 from Friday made it to Lowell, all CP's.

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GRE --- EB Leonard at 11:30 lite.

GRE --- WB Leonard at 1:40 with 5 CHs from King
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GRE --- EB Leonard at 7:50 with a single stubby tank car for Amway.
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JAIL pulled two cuts of coal cars out of CN/JAIL interchange and are storing on west side of Lansing. Also have one scrap gon they picked up from CN. Could this be going to Friedland?!?!?!?!?!?’bnbnbbsn z’sbd@$)):&:):¥\€|>{>]?!!!!!

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GRE --- WB Leonard at 1:25 with three CHs from King a stubby tank from Amway.
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JAIL went south across kalamazoo street at 1:15ish today. Took 2 CSX box cars and didn't bring the blue scrap gon with them. Video I took is too large to post but scrap gon could've been left in the yards N of Saginaw/Oakland at the old GM plant. Or could've been left at Padnos. The earth would have shook had they run to Old Town again today.

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Jackson & Lansing northbound at Grand River Ave CSXT mainline in Lansing with 1760, 1758 and a CSXT and GONX gon.

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GRE --- EB Leonard at 10:10 engine lite
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