Shortline Train Location Updates - August 2023

[LansingRailFan]

JAIL Z646 with adbf 821/822 went north to Lansing today. Worked CN and CSX interchanges as well as Padnos in town. At 13:30 they called CSX dispatch to open up ee Ensel yard to head back to home tracks.

[LansingRailFan]

13:37 HESR 702 inbound to Durand
15:10 HESR 701 outbound from Durand.

[~Z~]

Grand Elk north through Byron Center passing Douglas Walker park at 5:52pm. WAMX 4225 and two other black WAMX trailing, 31ish cars.

[Andy24]

Grand Elk north through Byron Center passing Douglas Walker park at 5:52pm. WAMX 4225 and two other black WAMX trailing, 31ish cars.

Thanks for heads up. A late GDLK NB run today.

Grand Elk north though 76th St/Culterville area at 5:57pm. Long distance horn heard

More horns at 6:03pm, very faint

[Andy24]

Grand Elk Job 303 @ 7:35pm heading southbound at 54th St in Wyoming with a visual confirmation of WAMX #4125 + WAMX #4225 and 22 cars (4 NS grain hoppers behind the engines followed by more big bay hoppers with 2 boxcars near rear and 1 hopper behind boxcars)

[~Z~]

GDLK south through Byron Center at 7:50pm. Came to an abrupt stop at Buck Creek for a few mins and continued south.

[MuskegonRailfanning]

GDLK south through Byron Center at 7:50pm. Came to an abrupt stop at Buck Creek for a few mins and continued south.

GDLK Job 303 @ 20:48 PM cleared Wayland, MI with WAMX #4125 + #4225 & 27 cars. He added 5 tankers to his consist in Dorr. Bunch of NS hoppers in consist as well.

[MuskegonRailfanning]

GDLK south through Byron Center at 7:50pm. Came to an abrupt stop at Buck Creek for a few mins and continued south.

GDLK Job 303 @ 20:48 PM cleared Wayland, MI with WAMX #4125 + #4225 & 27 cars. He added 5 tankers to his consist in Dorr. Bunch of NS hoppers in consist as well.

Cleared Plainwell @ 21:04 with WAMX #4125 + #4225 & 37 cars. He had added 10 TTX boxcars to his consist in the middle of Plainwell. Nice crew today as I talked to the engineer.

[~Z~]

Super exciting, but a yellow piece of MOW equipment headed south through Byron Center at 8:30am.

Adding Wednesday report of MOW action: two pieces headed south around 8am this morning.

[ConrailDetr​oit]

The Detroit Connecting RR is working today. 4 Scrap Gons, 2 Tanks for CN.

[Talk]

Michigan Shore Z627-29 os West Olive @ 14:03. 2019 leading lhf solo with 7 tanks

[Andy24]

Grand Elk Job 303 horns heard in the distance around Wyoming area at 3:44pm, got no visual on anything

[GP30M4216]

Michigan shore departing Waverly yard northbound 15:50 with 2019 lone unit, 9 tanks and one shortie covered hopper.

[AARR]

Does Brinks still get service? They used to receive tank cars.

Michigan shore departing Waverly yard northbound 15:50 with 2019 lone unit, 9 tanks and one shortie covered hopper.

[Andy24]

Grand Elk Job 303 horns heard in the distance around Wyoming area at 3:44pm, got no visual on anything

Grand Elk south through Wyoming area at 5:30pm. No visual but horns heard

[GRHC]

Does Brinks still get service? They used to receive tank cars.

Michigan shore departing Waverly yard northbound 15:50 with 2019 lone unit, 9 tanks and one shortie covered hopper.

There is still activity at the transload site located inside of Waverly yard. Zeeland Farm Services Darling/Kruger and Brink Farms/Trucking used the transload site at one point in time. If Brink still uses it I can’t say for sure because I don’t hang out there enough to watch what trucks come in and out.

Note: it’ll be interesting to see what the Hamilton Northwestern is able to poach from CSX once their transload facility is up and running.

[AARR]

Thanks for the response.

Does Brinks still get tank cars at their tank farm north of Muskegon on MS?

Does Brinks still get service? They used to receive tank cars.

Michigan shore departing Waverly yard northbound 15:50 with 2019 lone unit, 9 tanks and one shortie covered hopper.

There is still activity at the transload site located inside of Waverly yard. Zeeland Farm Services Darling/Kruger and Brink Farms/Trucking used the transload site at one point in time. If Brink still uses it I can’t say for sure because I don’t hang out there enough to watch what trucks come in and out.

Note: it’ll be interesting to see what the Hamilton Northwestern is able to poach from CSX once their transload facility is up and running.

[Talk]

Thanks for the response.

Does Brinks still get tank cars at their tank farm north of Muskegon on MS?

Does Brinks still get service? They used to receive tank cars.

There is still activity at the transload site located inside of Waverly yard. Zeeland Farm Services Darling/Kruger and Brink Farms/Trucking used the transload site at one point in time. If Brink still uses it I can’t say for sure because I don’t hang out there enough to watch what trucks come in and out.

Note: it’ll be interesting to see what the Hamilton Northwestern is able to poach from CSX once their transload facility is up and running.

Yes They Do!

[PerRock]

Anyone know what was up with AA yesterday? They stopped for an hour or two downtown Ann Arbor.

[AARR]

Thanks for the response, Talk. Does Brinks still receive about 10 cars per week at the N. Muskegon tank farm?

Thanks for the response. Does Brinks still get tank cars at their tank farm north of Muskegon on MS?

Yes They Do!