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Shortlines Train Location Heads Up - November 2023

Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 3:19 pm
by ~Z~
Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 3:18pm. WAMX 4190, WAMX 4206, and 35 cars, mostly covered hoppers.

Re: Shortlines Train Location Heads Up - November 2023

Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 4:24 pm
by Andy24
~Z~ wrote:
Wed Nov 01, 2023 3:19 pm
Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 3:18pm. WAMX 4190, WAMX 4206, and 35 cars, mostly covered hoppers.
Grand Elk arrived at Hughart Yard around 4:00pm. Lots of covered hoppers on this train with potash cars at rear end

Re: Shortlines Train Location Heads Up - November 2023

Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 6:44 pm
by ~Z~
Grand elk was south through Byron Center at 6:15pm with wamx 4190 solo LHF and about 22 cars.

Re: Shortlines Train Location Heads Up - November 2023

Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:35 pm
by Plannerdad
Still no cars in Lowell. Didn’t get to Ann St. today.

Re: Shortlines Train Location Heads Up - November 2023

Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 10:49 pm
by Andy24
Plannerdad wrote:
Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:35 pm
Still no cars in Lowell. Didn’t get to Ann St. today.
Probably some cars sitting at Ann St and a lot more sitting in Wyoming Yard, brought in by M326.

Re: Shortlines Train Location Heads Up - November 2023

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 2:01 pm
by ~Z~
Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 2pm. WAMX 4225, WAMX 4190 (both facing north) with 4 cars. 2 boxcars, 1 open gon, and 1 covered hopper.

Re: Shortlines Train Location Heads Up - November 2023

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 2:17 pm
by Plannerdad
Ann St has 2 Amway hoppers and 1 loaded lumber car. See if more arrive this evening.

Re: Shortlines Train Location Heads Up - November 2023

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 4:40 pm
by Andy24
Grand Elk J303(?) @ 4:40pm hearing their horns in the distance around 54th St, got no visual of the train or cars

Re: Shortlines Train Location Heads Up - November 2023

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 4:48 pm
by ~Z~
Andy24 wrote:
Thu Nov 02, 2023 4:40 pm
Grand Elk J303(?) @ 4:40pm hearing their horns in the distance around 54th St, got no visual of the train or cars
Grand Elk south through Byron Center at 4:47pm. WAMX 4206, WAMX 4190, WAMX 4225 with 5 covered hoppers.

Re: Shortlines Train Location Heads Up - November 2023

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 7:15 pm
by Plannerdad
CSX local was at Ann St around 6:00p, left a couple additional hoppers, but saw no others in the consist.

Re: Shortlines Train Location Heads Up - November 2023

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 9:34 pm
by Jim_c
~Z~ wrote:
Thu Nov 02, 2023 4:48 pm
Andy24 wrote:
Thu Nov 02, 2023 4:40 pm
Grand Elk J303(?) @ 4:40pm hearing their horns in the distance around 54th St, got no visual of the train or cars
Grand Elk south through Byron Center at 4:47pm. WAMX 4206, WAMX 4190, WAMX 4225 with 5 covered hoppers.
At 6:45 they were in Plainwell grabbing the Otsego cars.

Re: Shortlines Train Location Heads Up - November 2023

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:32 pm
by pudgy
Andy24 wrote:
Wed Nov 01, 2023 10:49 pm
Plannerdad wrote:
Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:35 pm
Still no cars in Lowell. Didn’t get to Ann St. today.
Probably some cars sitting at Ann St and a lot more sitting in Wyoming Yard, brought in by M326.
What cars for GRE were brought in by 326 Wed?

Re: Shortlines Train Location Heads Up - November 2023

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 7:37 am
by Andy24
pudgy wrote:
Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:32 pm
Andy24 wrote:
Wed Nov 01, 2023 10:49 pm
Probably some cars sitting at Ann St and a lot more sitting in Wyoming Yard, brought in by M326.
What cars for GRE were brought in by 326 Wed?
Pretty sure I saw quite a few CP, UP and some CSX grain hoppers on Wed 326 but they went to Hartford? instead by L301

Re: Shortlines Train Location Heads Up - November 2023

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:19 am
by LansingRailFan
IORY’s Flat Rock turn departed Delta, OH at 08:46 with IORY 2101/IORY 3494

Metamora @ 09:57

Re: Shortlines Train Location Heads Up - November 2023

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:37 am
by SD80MAC
WMI picked up 25 cars and delivered 12 cars from/to CSX in Hartford last night.

Re: Shortlines Train Location Heads Up - November 2023

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 2:14 pm
by Jim_c
At 11:45 AM INER 3084 and 3125 were taking 7 tank cars and a covered hopper into Coldwater.

Re: Shortlines Train Location Heads Up - November 2023

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 2:18 pm
by ~Z~
Grand elk north through Byron Center at 2:16pm. Wamx 4190 leading 4206 with 26 cars.

Re: Shortlines Train Location Heads Up - November 2023

Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2023 10:31 am
by ~Z~
Grand Elk south through Byron Center at 10:25am. WAMX 4206, WAMX 4190, and 27 cars. Rare for a saturday...guessed that since they didn't come south yesterday, that they'd just run Monday morning like usual, but a Saturday run was a nice change.

Re: Shortlines Train Location Heads Up - November 2023

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2023 8:08 am
by kd_1014
GRE on duty at Fuller currently. Only three cars in the yard, and they look like all non-King cars. Not sure how many they’ll bring out east.

08:08

Re: Shortlines Train Location Heads Up - November 2023

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2023 8:59 am
by kd_1014
Z151 south through Casnovia 09:00

3391 leads

Kent City 09:15