CN Train Location Updates - January 2024

[Manistique]

251? by the Fort St cam at 8:53 CN x3

Almost has as many engines as cars (6). CN 100 leading

Passed MP 22.5 at 11:45 am.

[MtClemensRailFan]

M385 through Common Rd. @ 12:47. CN 3029 & 3937 with 82 cars. Quite a bit of lumber today.

They met L533 in New Haven, followed L515 down to Forest Lawn where M382 is waiting.

[MtClemensRailFan]

M382 through Common Rd. @ 13:35. CN 2782 & 2853 with 173 cars.

[LansingRailFan]

02:39 - WB Q139 with CN 3894 up front and CN 3199 mid DPU - all empty containers, double stacks, from Brampton Intermodal Terminal to Roberts Bank, BC - thru Charlotte.

We've had two more 139's last weekend, both overnight:

Overnight Friday=Saturday 01-26 - 01-27
WB X139 with CN 3840/CN 3294 - between 9 and 10,000 feet of double stacked overseas containers, all empty, headed back to Prince Rupert, BC

Overnight Saturday-Sunday 01-27 - 01-28
WB Q139 with CN 3136/CN ex-CItirail 3904 - same approx length and all empty, all double stacked containers.

Also had a B731 thru Charlotte around 21:15 Saturday night with CN 3254 up front and CN ex-Citirail 2968 on the rear

[LansingRailFan]

Monday 01/29 CN Flint Sub Review

00:46 - EB Z148 WITH CN 3302/CN 3101 - CHARLOTTE
01:56 - WB B731 WITH CN 3290 AND REAR DPU CN 3824 - CHARLOTTE
02:37 - EB M302 WITH CN/CN AND MID-DPU CN - CHARLOTTE
02:56 - WB L501 WITH CN X2 AND A SHORT TRAIN - CHARLOTTE
03:30 - EB Q122 WITH CN 8955/CN 8810 - CHARLOTTE
04:40 - WB A491 WITH CNX2

06:06 - WB M397 WITH CN 2944/UP 7359 AND MID DPU CN 3058 - DURAND M1
07:00 - EB M396 WITH CN 2297/CN 8928/CN 2228 - CHARLOTTE
07:57 - WB P365 ARRIVE - DURAND M2
08:07 - WB P365 DEPART - DURAND M2
09:16 - WB P365 - CHARLOTTE
09:38 - WB M397 WITH CN 2944/UP 7359 AND MID DPU CN 3058 - CHARLOTTE - WAS HOLDING AT POTTERVILLE FOR P365

11:35 - WB M399 WITH CN 8017/CN 2607/CN 8807 - DURAND M1
12:30 - EB A492 WITH CN 3210/CN 3128/CN 2975/CN 2804 - CHARLOTTE
13:10 - WB M399 WITH CN 8017/CN 2607/CN 8807 - CHARLOTTE

[LansingRailFan]

13:50 - NB/WB E251 AT DURAND WITH CN 32##/CN 3035/CN 2881 AND SIX CARS

11:45 - EB Q116 WITH CN 8885/CN 5736 - ALL INTERMODAL - CLEAR SCHOOLCRAFT

[LansingRailFan]

14:18 - EB Q116 with CN 8885/CN 5736 thru Charlotte

14:26 - WB Z149 with CN 2298/CN 2518 thru Durand on M2

[Manistique]

NB 515 with 5447 and a short train mostly of empty centerbeams past MP 22.5 at 2:37 pm.

[Delray]

507? by the Fort St cam at 14:33 CN x2

[LansingRailFan]

15:50 - HESR 701 job on the Port Huron Wye set to depart

15:51 - EB/SB Q116 with CN 8885/CN 5736 is on the Chicago Wye headed to Holly

[Manistique]

507 past MP 22.5 at 4:37 pm.

[Manistique]

116 rolling past MP 22.5 at 6 pm. Very long train today, all containers. I don't recall seeing 116 yesterday. Maybe that is why this one was unusually long and didn't have to be filled out with autoracks as usual?

[GTW6401]

Hilton Road near Moterm is closed for crossing repairs until February 5th.

[David Collins]

508 has maybe 4 cars worth of containers then probably a mile of general manifest behind them. Thundercab SD70M-2 and normal SD70M-2 power.

[MtClemensRailFan]

M384 through Common Rd. @ 23:01. IC 2716 & CN 8882 with 57 cars. Only two auto racks on the tail end this evening. Not many empty frame flats either. A lot of general mixed freight though!

[LansingRailFan]

116 rolling past MP 22.5 at 6 pm. Very long train today, all containers. I don't recall seeing 116 yesterday. Maybe that is why this one was unusually long and didn't have to be filled out with autoracks as usual?

They don’t need any more racks until ford starts shipping cars again.

[Manistique]

116 rolling past MP 22.5 at 6 pm. Very long train today, all containers. I don't recall seeing 116 yesterday. Maybe that is why this one was unusually long and didn't have to be filled out with autoracks as usual?

They don’t need any more racks until ford starts shipping cars again.

Why isn't Ford shipping cars, do we know?

[Manistique]

508 has maybe 4 cars worth of containers then probably a mile of general manifest behind them. Thundercab SD70M-2 and normal SD70M-2 power.

I heard it fly past my house last night, it must have been going 60 mph down the Hill, really leaning on the horn for Opdyke Road. And it rolled by forever and the wind must have been from the east as I could here it rumble through Trowbridge cut from here.

[LansingRailFan]

overnight CN flint sub review

20:16 - EB L500 WITH A GOOD SIZED TRAIN - CHARLOTTE CAM
20:47 - EB M302 WITH CN 3140/CN EX-CITIRAIL 3917 AND MID DPU CN 3089 - CHARLOTTE CAM
21:00 - EB P364 DEPARTS EAST LANSING
21:20 - EB M302 CLEAR TROWBRIDGE WITH CN 3140/CN EX-CITIRAIL 3917 AND MID DPU CN 3089
22:30 - EB Z148 WITH CN 8935/CN 5665 - CHARLOTTE CAM

TUESDAY AM
00:42 - WB M301 WITH CNX3
02:52 - WB A491 WITH CNX2 AND FLINT PICKUP ON THE REAR
05:00 - WB M397 WITH CNX2 AND MID DPU CN - HEAVY TRAIN WITH LOTS OF ALUMINUM INGOTS ON FLAT CARS
05:30 - EB Q122 WITH CNX3
05:45 - EB M396 WITH CNX2 - CHARLOTTE CAM
06:00 - WB L501 WITH SOLO CN
06:50 - WB E271 WITH CN 5654/CN 5726 - CHARLOTTE CAM
07:15 - WB Z149 WITH CN 2247/CN 8813 - CHARLOTTE CAM
07:30 - EB M396 WITH CNX2 - DURAND ON M1
08:07 - WB P365 DEPARTS DURAND ON M2

[LansingRailFan]

09:24 - EB A492 WITH CN 3908/CN 2344/IC 9607 THRU CHARLOTTE

09:38 - EB K116 WITH CN 8002/CN 2617 BY THE CHARLOTTE CAM - LIGHT POWER Q116 FOR TOMORROW'S E251