Great Lakes Central Updates May 2020

Daily whereabouts of train locations along with sightings for heads ups to other railfans.
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SW
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AANscaleRunner wrote:395 and 397 leaving Cadillac for Clare at 0855 with 20 cars.
Was switching Northern Logistics around 12:30. The northbound train is now in town, with GLC 393 + 396.

2 pm UPDATE: looks like it's preparing to head north with 44 cars.
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Sounded like 382 nb at pitt with lights into durand yard 2230.

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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 0900.


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GLC is in Durand yard currently

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Nb with 2 units near Summerton rd at 1337.

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Returned to Cadillac at 1730.


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Looks like a Petoskey run today. Long string of plastics, cement and buffer cars pulled from Tufford Yard before 1000. Looked like a couple tanks for Kalkaska also.

Edit: North of Mancelona at 1345.

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Early run to AP today and a Middleton run as well.

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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 0930.

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Nb at the south Isabella county line. 2 units. LOADED 8 axle flat car in the mix. 5 empty beam cars 1028

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Sb working the ithaca bean plant at 1653. Pretty long train. Tail end is almost to the 127 bridge and the other end at the switch.

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393 and 396 returned to Cadillac at 1450 with 34 cars. 23 of which are for McBain.

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