CN Train Location Updates - August 2023

Daily whereabouts of train locations along with sightings for heads ups to other railfans.
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M385 through Common Rd. @ 18:39. CN 2287, 5680, & 2668 with 131 cars.

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WB M393 with CN 8016 solo thru Mishawaka, IN at 22:23

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6/26
15:45 - EB E280 with BNSF 6145 solo thru Mishawaka, IN

23:30 - EB L500 with BNSF 6145 solo departs BC for Lansing and Flint with the auto racks from E280 plus some other cars.

6/27
08:15 - WB L501 with BNSF 6145 solo thru Charlotte - https://youtu.be/QGaZtTD8Xpw?si=gkDhMxSnp56ivae0

Efficient usage of run thru power.

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Great video of yesterday’s M39731 with the GTW HU leading.

https://youtu.be/ewxY8wOI7Ew?si=MsZvQBvVodPOji1q

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10:30 - WB A491 with CN 3263/CN 2662 thru Mishawaka, IN

11:00 - EB M394 with CN 3162/CN 2813 thru Charlotte
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Westbound by Trowbridge at 1114

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251 by the Fort St cam at 11:26 CN x3

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11:15 - EB Q116 with IC 2711 thru Charlotte

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12:05 - WB Z149 with CN 8904/IC 2722/IC 2725 thru Charlotte with a long intermodal train today

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14:10 - WB M397 with CN 8830/CN 2551/UP 5147 thru Mishawaka, IN

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15:23 - WB B731 with CN 3021/CN 3074 and rear DPU CN 3951 thru Mishawaka, IN

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16:30 - WB X491 with CN 3240/CN 3833 thru Mishawaka, IN. Train was out of Sarnia

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19:05 - EB manifest thru MP 225 M2 with 3073 and 2850 leading. Crossings at Hagadorn activated and deactivated well around the train.
20:12 - M302 thru Trowbridge Diamond M2 with 3182 on the head end and 2819 mid-train. M302 split the meet between L303 and L302 on CSX.

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20:23 - EB Z148 with CN 5772/CN 5782 thru Mishawaka, IN

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22:55 - WB X393 with CN 5794/CN 8951/CN 2318 thru Mishawaka, IN with an empty intermodal train. M393 goes to UP West Chicago. These were stored in BC

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@ 7:54 CN 5414+8937 backwards towards Flat Rock by the Fort St cam.

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251 by the Fort St cam at 10:28 CN 2711 + 26??

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Delray wrote:
Mon Aug 28, 2023 10:45 am
251 by the Fort St cam at 10:28 CN 2711 + 26??
Through Royal Oak @ 13:32. CN 2668 for the second unit. 73 auto racks today.

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10:30 - WB X397 with CN 8935/CIC 2723/CN 2312 by MP 204 cam

10:40 - WB Z149 with CN 8011/CN 5669 and after the intermodal train, CN 3309 and the three business cars that went east to Halifax, NS last week: Sandford Fleming, American Spirit and Fraser Spirit

12:53 - WB E271 with CN 2273/IC 2703 thru Durand on M2

13:12 - WB M399 with CN 8825/CN 2543 thru Durand on M1

13:37 - EB Q116 with CN /CN takes the Chicago Wye at Durand and heads south on the Holly Sun as the HESR 702 job arrives in Durand and uses the Port Huron Wye for headroom and WB G825 out of Flint holds on M2 just shy of the High Wye

13:52 - G825 with CN 8898 (25th IPO HU)/CN 2663 shove back into Durand Yard from the Holly sub

14:31 - WB G825 with CN 8898/CN 2263 depart Durand Yard for Canada with 63 loads of soymeal from ZFS-Ithaca, MI off the Great Lakes Central

15:36 - WB M399 with CN 8825/CN 2543 by the MP 204 cam

15:39 - As the tail end of HESR 701 departs Durand on the PH Wye, NB Q116 turns WB on the Chicago Wye
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1501 the RDC car was reported eastbound in Mishawaka, Indiana a couple hours ago.
Is that tying down in Battle Creek for the night?

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