Great Lakes Central Updates February 2024

[AANscaleRunner]

393 and 391 into Cadillac at 0720. Mostly McBain cars.

[LansingRailFan]

overnight, "ONTN" was NB out of Owosso with 396/382 and cars for clare cadillac etc... @23:45 on the SRI cam

this morning, 383/385 was NB out of Owosso with an all ZFS train, hoppers on the head end and tanks on the rear. @09:45 on the SRI cam

[LansingRailFan]

385/383 SB into Owosso at 13:40 returning from ZFS Ithaca with an old TSBY hopper, 5 tank cars and the rest loaded soymeal hoppers.

SRI cam

[AANscaleRunner]

393 and 391 leaving Cadillac for Clare approximately 1015.

[LansingRailFan]

399/383 SB into San Yard around 08:30 - most likely the power for today's "OSTN"

11:45 - "OSTN" SB across Durand with 399/383 - looks like all csx including 3 plastics hoppers, 22 empty scrap tie gons, 4 empty coke cars, 8 plastics hoppers

[KingsleyRailFan]

Train ran North past Mancelona today. Per Facebook

[atrainguy60]

Southbound departing the yard in Durand at 2:35pm.

[BL2-1843]

Heard GLC go south through Howell around 08:30 Sunday morning, and later, saw them go back north with 40ish cars of freight. 391+393+382+399 leading. Southbound may have been a grain load.

[AANscaleRunner]

395 396 leaving Cadillac towards Clare approximately 1010 with three empty centerbeams.

[LansingRailFan]

Heard GLC go south through Howell around 08:30 Sunday morning, and later, saw them go back north with 40ish cars of freight. 391+393+382+399 leading. Southbound may have been a grain load.

Yes - this grain train was off of the HESR from Brown City/Marlette

Saturday's grain train was from The Anderson's in Oakley and was a CSX system grain train

today...
14:05 - SB GLC with 382/393 ff into Durand Yard and using the Port Huron Wye for head room

Meanwhile, "ONTN" was NB out of owosso with 391/399/385 and a block of covered hoppers - most likely a bean shuttle to zfs.

15:26 - SB "OSTN" with 382/393 both ff and a good sized train today.

[AANscaleRunner]

Hearing them leave Cadillac for Clare at 1145.

[TC Man]

GLC just arrived into TC passing through Boardman Yard to Beacon. 22:26hrs.

[Cnflintsubrailfan]

GLC northbound OSTN into Durand at midnight with engine numbers 391 399 and one of my favorites 393

[AANscaleRunner]

395 396 leaving Cadillac for Clare approximately 1020.

[AANscaleRunner]

395 396 leaving Cadillac for Clare approximately 1925.

[AANscaleRunner]

Hearing them leave Cadillac towards Clare approximately 1015.

[LansingRailFan]

391/399/382 with a SB train into Owosso at 09:35 - large cut of ZFS tanks on the tail end.

393/383 on cam went down to San Yard at 10:30.

[KingsleyRailFan]

The MOW Vehicle that they use as a plow was sitting at Walton Junction for about a month, it looks to have been moved back to Cadillac sometime in the past week.

[AANscaleRunner]

Hearing them leave Cadillac towards Clare at 1100.

[LansingRailFan]

"OSTN" SB into Durand and using the Port Huron Wye for head room at 11:18 with 385/391

12:08 - 385/391 again using the Port Huron Wye for headroom as they build their train