CSX Train Location Updates: October, 2020.

[BL2-1843]

D70527 by Howell at 14:20 with 133 cars. CSX 3329+595+751. DPU 751 on the rear of the train today. D70827 in the siding at Fowlerville for 705.

[AARR]

Looks like a southbound in Plymouth Yard with lights off

[Tom49801]

West Olive empties south at Riley St. Holland 1:05 PM.

This is D802-26 & is on the move @ 2:32pm Holland mp CG25.3 with BNSF engines #8408 + #9725. Most likely will be going into Wells siding at mp CG41.4 for an "E" crew to take it to Chicago later on. They were advised by Dispatch not to cut the train since the "E" crew will be on duty soon.

[Tom49801]

Q327-27 @ 2:33pm westward reported clear of the St Joseph Bridge with CSX engines #755 + #856 & 101 cars.
Q326-27 @ 2:35pm eastward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 304 axles & 4,248 feet long. CSX engines #7230 + #579 & 73 cars. He had no work for Waverly/Holland today.
Q327-27 @ 2:43pm westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 416 axles & 5,543 feet long.

[Tom49801]

West Olive empties south at Riley St. Holland 1:05 PM.

This is D802-26 & is on the move @ 2:32pm Holland mp CG25.3 with BNSF engines #8408 + #9725. Most likely will be going into Wells siding at mp CG41.4 for an "E" crew to take it to Chicago later on.

@ 3:11pm reported by the DD at mp CG44.2 with 532 axles & 6,937 feet long. BNSF engines #8408 + #9725 & 130 empty coal cars. Typically, they have been bringing the empty coal trains into Wells siding, today, this one is going into Grand Junction siding at mp CG53.9

[BL2-1843]

Todays D708 report: D70827 cleared the west end of Howell at 13:05 with two cars that they will tack on to the 76 cars in the Howell pass. Then, instant replay of last week, they will go to Brighton to pick up the 71 GLC cars they left there last night, bring them back west and park them on the main line until whenever GLC comes to get them, pick up the 76 cars GLC left for them last Saturday, and go back to Lansing with 78 cars. This means GLC will be parking another 80 cars in the Howell siding soon, after they clear the cars off the main.

Regarding todays D70527, by the time they leave Lansing to go west, that DPU on the rear out of Detroit "may" be in the middle of the train when they leave.

[LansingRailFan]

D705-27 is WE Trowbridge. D708 in Howell still.

[bluewonderrails]

D705-27 is WE Trowbridge. D708 in Howell still.

WE as in west end? Makes sense though if it's 705. The tail end of it (#751) is just in sight from the view near the CN tracks/diamond Drove by it on Trowbridge a few minutes ago thinking it had a stop signal but nah. Too close to diamonds if it were

[Tom49801]

E800-27 @ 5:49pm westward has his signal, siding to main, at the west end of Grand Junction siding mp CG55.6 with BNSF engines #8408 + #9725 & 130 empty coal cars.

[Micah_D]

CSX #751 leading through South Lyon on 10/24/20

*photo is unedited*

[Tom49801]

E800-27 @ 6:11:32pm westward Bangor Station mp CG60.5 with BNSF engines #8408 + #9725 & 130 empty coal cars.

[donnieland]

611P - 817 EB BY EASTWY - LITE POWER ( SINGLE MOTOR ) to wyoming

[Tom49801]

N801-26 @ 6:26pm eastward reported by the DD at mp CG91.9 with 528 axles & 6,908 feet long. BNSF engines #9090 + #5927(?) & 129 loaded coal cars.
N801-26 @ 6:40pm eastward reported clear of the St Joseph Bridge.

[BL2-1843]

D705-27 is WE Trowbridge. D708 in Howell still.

Out of communications for only 90 minutes and plans changed big time for D708 and have no details as to why. Last I knew after adding the two cars they had in their train on to the 76 cars in the siding, they were on their way to Brighton to bring back the 71 cars for GLC. Next thing I knew at 17:15, 708 is on its way back to Lansing BUT with only 54 of the 78 cars in the siding. Went down to investigate to find no Brighton cars sitting on the main, (they did not get them) and sure enough 28 cars remained in the siding close to Lucy Road. Only speculation is that had something to do with an upcoming Webberville grain load, or things going on with D705 ahead. Regardless, this puts the kibosh on GLC making any moves on CSX again tonight.

[Tom49801]

E800-27 @ 7:13pm westward reported clear of the St Joseph Bridge with BNSF engines #8408 + #9725 & 130 empty coal cars.
E800-27 @ 7:21pm westward reported by the DD at mp CG91.9 with 532 axles & 7,004 feet long.

[Talk]

611P - 817 EB BY EASTWY - LITE POWER ( SINGLE MOTOR ) to wyoming

Arrived GR

[Tom49801]

N801-26 @ 7:37:30pm eastward Bangor mp CG60.72 with BNSF engines #9090 + #5927(?) & 129 loaded coal cars. He's going into Grand Junction mp CG55.6 there are no pusher engines availabler at this time.

D705-27 @ 7:52pm westward reported by the DD mp CH104.3 with 694 axles & 9,829 feet long. CSX engines #3329 + #595 & CSX #751 as either a rear or mid DPU & 169 total cars.

[Micah_D]

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[Tom49801]

D705-27 @ 8:35pm westward reported by the DD mp CH126.3 with 694 axles & 9,873 feet long. CSX engines #3329 + #595 & CSX #751 as either a rear or mid DPU & 169 total cars.

Amtrak P370-27 @ 9:17pm eastward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 20 axles & 393 feet long. IDTX engine #4615 & 4 cars.

D705-27 re-crewed as D905-27 and reported @ 9:19pm westward from the west end of Elmdale mp CH131.7

[LansingRailFan]

D705-27 is WE Trowbridge. D708 in Howell still.

Out of communications for only 90 minutes and plans changed big time for D708 and have no details as to why. Last I knew after adding the two cars they had in their train on to the 76 cars in the siding, they were on their way to Brighton to bring back the 71 cars for GLC. Next thing I knew at 17:15, 708 is on its way back to Lansing BUT with only 54 of the 78 cars in the siding. Went down to investigate to find no Brighton cars sitting on the main, (they did not get them) and sure enough 28 cars remained in the siding close to Lucy Road. Only speculation is that had something to do with an upcoming Webberville grain load, or things going on with D705 ahead. Regardless, this puts the kibosh on GLC making any moves on CSX again tonight.

Bob,

There’s a CSX rule on the number of empties in the middle of a consist before a cut of fulls. That string of cars had fulls-30 empties- 28 fulls and CSX policy dictates that they can’t have more than five fulls after a string of empties to prevent stringlining.

D708 also worked Rhetech