Great Lakes Central Updates September 2023

[GLC@ZLT]

OSTN-15 southbound 383,382,385,329 19:06 at Zukey lake/Lakeland Good size train, XTRA,TSBY,old northwestern hoppers Maybe the train from Middleton????

[TC Man]

GLC was in TC overnight. Two "weekend" trains in TC two weeks in a row. I mean technically it was a weekend being they arrived Friday night and didn't leave until well after midnight!

[railroader and son]

Wasn't the Middleton train,I'll look Monday to see if that got pulled Friday night or Saturday.

[TC Man]

Flew over Amerhart in Williamsburg on a Sun Country flight from TC today, and there are 4 loaded center beams in their siding. Those were delivered overnight Friday night/Saturday morning. The captain wouldn't fly over Beacon....

[railroader and son]

As of 5am this morning the grain train in Middleton is still there.

[David Collins]

Flew over Amerhart in Williamsburg on a Sun Country flight from TC today, and there are 4 loaded center beams in their siding. Those were delivered overnight Friday night/Saturday morning. The captain wouldn't fly over Beacon....

Railroading aside, since when did Sun Country fly into TVC?? lol

[TC Man]

Flew over Amerhart in Williamsburg on a Sun Country flight from TC today, and there are 4 loaded center beams in their siding. Those were delivered overnight Friday night/Saturday morning. The captain wouldn't fly over Beacon....

Railroading aside, since when did Sun Country fly into TVC?? lol

Started this past spring. 5 airlines in TC, and building a 2nd concourse in 2024/25.

[KC8RBK]

Flew over Amerhart in Williamsburg on a Sun Country flight from TC today, and there are 4 loaded center beams in their siding. Those were delivered overnight Friday night/Saturday morning. The captain wouldn't fly over Beacon....

Railroading aside, since when did Sun Country fly into TVC?? lol

Started this past spring. 5 airlines in TC, and building a 2nd concourse in 2024/25.

When does the passenger train service start?

[LansingRailFan]

13:35 - OSTN SB into Durand with 383/382 - they had to use the Port Huron Wye for headroom because a WB E271 was lined thru Durand

13:52 - ONTN NB out of Owosso with...GET THIS...385/391/329/396 - f/r/f/r - 69 cars, looked like all from NS via AARR - of note is the NS scrap tie gondolas - new traffic for McBain - 20 more tie gondola loads for McBain - 11 CSX, 9 NS (not the NSSX ones but actual real life NS for real) and also one empty gondola for beacon

14:20 - OSTN SB thru Durand with 383/382 - 42 empty csx tie gondolas, one plastics hopper, 6 LPG tank cars, one empty coke hopper, 14 loaded tanks from ZFS and 8 loaded covered hoppers from ZFS - 72 for csx

[AANscaleRunner]

399 and 395 leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1420 with a modest train.

[GLC@ZLT]

Newer Chevy hi-rail just went north past zukey lake/Lakeland 17:08

[railroader and son]

I've noticed those NS scrap ties also,plus lot's of concrete ties from CSX lately.

[David Lang]

Concrete ties??? Where would concrete ties be going?

[AARR]

Thank you for the detailed information. There are a few of us who appreciate it.

The orange NS railroad tie gondolas have been showing up for the last month or so. AANR videos show them in the consists.

13:35 - OSTN SB

13:52 - ONTN NB

14:20 - OSTN SB

[KingsleyRailFan]

391 was seen on a train out of Owosso yesterday. It was not leading the consist but this is the first time it's left the yard in quite some time.

[railroader and son]

My guess on the concrete ties would be the power plant in McBain. I know they sort out ties and sell good one's back out by rail&truck,perhaps there doing that with these also? Or just grinding them up for other use? The owners of the power plant are a salvage operation also I believe.

[KC8RBK]

My guess on the concrete ties would be the power plant in McBain. I know they sort out ties and sell good one's back out by rail&truck,perhaps there doing that with these also? Or just grinding them up for other use? The owners of the power plant are a salvage operation also I believe.

There were rows of concrete ties at viking when I came by there a few minutes ago. 5 loaded beams at biewer. No poles. 1049

[AANscaleRunner]

395 399 return to Cadillac from Clare at 1420.

[KingsleyRailFan]

Maintenance replaced the E-Bell at the Garfield Road crossing in Traverse City sometime recently, there is now a new WCH bell there. They left the dead mechanical bell up for some reason.

[LansingRailFan]

06:03 - NB GLC OSTN with 382/382 thru Durand

05:00 - 385/391/396 at Perrinton on the GLC Middleton Branch. They were working overnight on spotting about 20 inbounds and pulling a unit grain train from MAC plus a few extra outbound empties. 3 trips to get the job done due to limitations on how many loads they can pull at once.