CSX Train Location Updates: April, 2020

[J T]

Per Bangor chat, q32616 by east end new buffalo MI MP114 at 1:37pm.

Q326-16 @ 2:26pm reported from Benton Harbor with CSX engine #293 leading which has lately been paired up with the CSX #123.

Through Bangor now. 3rd unit is #93.

[trnwatcher]

Per Bangor chat, q32616 by east end new buffalo MI MP114 at 1:37pm.

Q326-16 @ 2:26pm reported from Benton Harbor with CSX engine #293 leading which has lately been paired up with the CSX #123.

Q326-16 SHOULD HAVE 163 CARS\117 LDS\46 MTS, 9624FT, 16572 TONS. NOT SURE WHAT THE TRAILING LOCO(S) IS.

[SD80MAC]

3 AC4400s on Q326, through Bangor at 15:21.

[Tom49801]

Q326-16 @ 3:22:48pm Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 with CSX engines #293 + #123 + #93 & 163 cars. Had a few loaded sand cars & some with old ties.
Got pusher engines at Wells mp CG43.3 and going straight to Grand Rapids.

[LansingRailFan]

D708 in Plymouth grabbing something transformers today

[C&OGP75745]

D708 in Plymouth grabbing something transformers today

False alarm D708 crew not qualified East of Beck Rd for pickup, returning west.

[LansingRailFan]

D708 in Plymouth grabbing something transformers today

False alarm D708 crew not qualified East of Beck Rd for pickup, returning west.

Womp womp.

[Wabash1070]

D708 WB west end of Brighton 4:17

[Robertrains]

I photographed a northbound (crew change from CSX to LSRC) which started crossing 12 Mile Road in Novi at 8:53 a.m. today (4-16)! It had two CSX AC4400CW engines,
#51 (YN2) and #542 (YN3 'Boxcar Logo') with a whole train of "Windmill Turbine Blades" heading north!!!! It had 75 cars. Now, I have not seen any posts of this train! It surprised me as I was going to get the regular LSRC train!!!! How often do these trains go on Lake State Railway®? It doesn't happen very often!!!! WOW!!!!!

[Tom49801]

Q326-16 @ 5:38pm reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 670 axles & 9,499 ft long. CSX engines #293 + #123 + #93 & 163 cars, no stop in Holland was made.

[SD80MAC]

Q326-16 @ 5:38pm reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 670 axles & 9,499 ft long. CSX engines #293 + #123 + #93 & 163 cars, no stop in Holland was made.

Not surprising. There was a fair amount of Holland traffic on the head end, but there also appeared to be a lot of it mixed throughout the train. No matter, it’ll get switched out at Wyoming and put on tomorrow’s 327 to get dropped off.

[LansingRailFan]

I photographed a northbound (crew change from CSX to LSRC) which started crossing 12 Mile Road in Novi at 8:53 a.m. today (4-16)! It had two CSX AC4400CW engines,
#51 (YN2) and #542 (YN3 'Boxcar Logo') with a whole train of "Windmill Turbine Blades" heading north!!!! It had 75 cars. Now, I have not seen any posts of this train! It surprised me as I was going to get the regular LSRC train!!!! How often do these trains go on Lake State Railway®? It doesn't happen very often!!!! WOW!!!!!

Man it looks like you’re the only one that caught it.

I heard once that the Thumb is the third most consistently windy region in the USA.

[SW]

SB LSRC transfer clearing Plymouth. Two CSX units + 94 cars. Too far away to see engine #s

[Tom49801]

D700-16 @ 9:55pm westward mp CG30 with CSX engine #6158.
D700-16 @ 10:36:05pm westward Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with CSX engine #6158 & 2 coil cars. Stopped at Hartford mp CG68.8 & continuing on to Sawyer mp CG 104.6 & will also meet E800-15 there.
E800-15 @ 10:57pm westward reported from mp CG28.
D700-16 @ 11:47pm reported clear of the St. Joseph Bridge.
E800-15 @ 11:51:05pm Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with BNSF engines #6381 + #6274 & 130 empty coal cars.

[Jochs]

D700-16 is currently going eastbound through Benton Harbor. Sounds like CSXT 6158 leading.

[SD80MAC]

Z151 south at Turner St currently.

[Tom49801]

D700-16 @ 02:00am eastward Bangor mp CG60.72 with CSX engine #6158 & 4 tank cars.
Q327-17 @ 07:55am reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 400 axles & 5726 feet long. CSX engines #123 + #293 & 97 cars going into Waverly/Holland mp CG23.
Q32717 @ 09:10am on the move westward from Holland mp CG25.3

[J T]

Q32717 @ 09:10am on the move westward from Holland mp CG25.3

I was hoping they’d have the three unit consist from yesterday’s 326, but it appears they left #93 behind at Wyoming.

[LansingRailFan]

Q32717 @ 09:10am on the move westward from Holland mp CG25.3

I was hoping they’d have the three unit consist from yesterday’s 326, but it appears they left #93 behind at Wyoming.

CSX has started to store engines in Wyoming. #93 and two from Wednesday's train are up there. More to come.

[Robertrains]

» Thu Apr 16, 2020 4:39 pm
I photographed a northbound (crew change from CSX to LSRC) which started crossing 12 Mile Road in Novi at 8:53 a.m. today (4-16)! It had two CSX AC4400CW engines,
#51 (YN2) and #542 (YN3 'Boxcar Logo') with a whole train of "Windmill Turbine Blades" heading north!!!! It had 75 cars. Now, I have not seen any posts of this train! It surprised me as I was going to get the regular LSRC train!!!! How often do these trains go on Lake State Railway®? It doesn't happen very often!!!! WOW!!!!!

Man it looks like you’re the only one that caught it.

I heard once that the Thumb is the third most consistently windy region in the USA.

OK, I know I am not the only one to have caught this "Rare" train; I was just very happy to have gotten such a "Catch" unknowingly! It sounds like between 2 and 5 trains a year! Here's a Facebook® video (© Brian Boyse) of the train near Birch Bun heading north─you can watch the video without being a Facebook® member: https://www.facebook.com/bjboyse/videos ... ater&ifg=1