CSX Train Location Updates - April 2024

[Tom49801]

Anything heard from L302 yet?

L302-03 had his job briefing at 14:25 & is staring to double up his train in Rougemere / Detroit. Radio quality was very poor & couldn't understand the consist details.

[amessmann]

Don't believe I have heard his before, if i means anything, but the load went out as G076-02.

You surely had, as two G076s had been reported by you on both 08/21/2022 and 03/06/2023, both from Grand Ledge. In addition, a G076 ran from Webberville on 05/05/2023. These according to a search of "G076" from the site's homepage. I was surprised to learn that this symbol existed as I too had forgotten about their past runs. I expect they will become a G803 upon departure from Plymouth, as happened G125-29 after running to Plymouth as L303-31.

14:12 - L305 was heard working Ann Pere along with GLC, the latter of which was visible from I-96. L305 had gone thru East Lansing at around 11:15 this morning, 4017 and 8054.

16:07 - L303-03 thru Trowbridge with 38 cars behind solo unit 849. 5 cars looked to be off of G126, wondering if those are some of the bad orders which totaled 6 per L303-31's radio conversation.

[Tom49801]

Don't believe I have heard his before, if i means anything, but the load went out as G076-02.

14:12 - L305 was heard working Ann Pere along with GLC, the latter of which was visible from I-96. L305 had gone thru East Lansing at around 11:15 this morning, 4017 and 8054.

Hi, was L305 going eastward or westward with the #4017 as its leader when you had seen him at 11:15?

[pudgy]

Crew arrived in Webberville at 04:25 this morning to put the grain load together from the G077-31 empty delivered to the plant on Sunday evening. Same amount of cars and power as delivered. Departed east for MP25 in Plymouth at 07:55. G077 is usually a generic number west of Plymouth and not the number it came into Plymouth as. Don't believe I have heard his before, if i means anything, but the load went out as G076-02.

Should become G75702, headed for Chicago and the BNSF.

Also have an inbound with a crew headed out now to bring in. Arrived as G79030, but currently the train is assigned as G07703. Should be going to Webberville.

[pudgy]

Don't believe I have heard his before, if i means anything, but the load went out as G076-02.

14:12 - L305 was heard working Ann Pere along with GLC, the latter of which was visible from I-96. L305 had gone thru East Lansing at around 11:15 this morning, 4017 and 8054.

Hi, was L305 going eastward or westward with the #4017 as its leader when you had seen him at 11:15?

4017 leads east, 8054 leads west.

[pudgy]

Anything heard from L302 yet?

L302-03 had his job briefing at 14:25 & is staring to double up his train in Rougemere / Detroit. Radio quality was very poor & couldn't understand the consist details.

L30203 at South Lyon 1640
CSXT 461 solo
15 x 9, 2141 tons, 1496 feet
Has work for Lansing

[sparrow24]

17:39 - L303 east through South Lyon.
Green Oak DD at CH39.1 said 158 axles.

L302 and L303 met in Brighton. Not sure how I missed L302 through town. I was probably too busy yakking on the local ham frequency.

[Tom49801]

R598-03 @ 18:01 copied their EC1 to depart the power plant in West Olive, Mi mp CGP 1.0 & diverge onto the Fremont sub-div & head south to the Grand Rapids sub-div in Holland, Mi with BNSF engine #6336 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #5810. He’ll take Grand Jct siding mp CG54 & tie down.

[BL2-1843]

Regarding the three G076 grain trains Amessmann said ran on the Plymouth sub, evidently these did not stick in my mind because I used the train designation they had when leaving Plymouth over the short generic number when leaving Webberville. The train on 8-21-22 I showed as G791-21, the train on 3-5-23 as G803-06 and the one on 5-5-23 a G817-05. It was my choice to show them this way over the G076 designation as I despise using the generic numbers when possible.

5 of the 24 cars on L302-03 today were Ogihara cars.

[Steve B]

Westbound by Trowbridge at 1840

[Tom49801]

R598-03 @ 18:46 westward Holland Depot mp CG25.3 Grand Rapids sub-div with BNSF engine #6336 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #5810. He’ll take Grand Junction siding mp CG54 & tie down.

L301-03 @ 19:02 eastward reported Riverside mp CG80.1 with CSX engines #2428 + #8199 & 32 cars. He had to cancel their work for Sawyer mp CG105.2 due to being short for on duty time. He had set off 5 MoW cars into the spur track in Benton Harbor mp CG86 & is headed straight to the Grand Rapids Terminal.

R598-03 @ 19:24 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 532 axles.

​​L301-03 @ 19:35:19 eastward Bangor, Mi Division St crossing mp CG60.93 live cam with CSX engines #2428 + #8199 & 32 cars.

[Tom49801]

L301-03 @ 20:04 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 140 axles. CSX engines #2428 + #8199 & 32 cars. He’ll be going directly into the Grand Rapids Terminal.

[train91]

8:14pm, Odessa WB signal is red. Has 302 gone through here yet?

[Tom49801]

8:14pm, Odessa WB signal is red. Has 302 gone through here yet?

From what I found in the scanner archives, L302 got permission to work Ensel (Lansing) at 6:56pm He has CSX engine #461 (solo) & had 24 cars when he had departed Detroit.

[Tom49801]

L301-03 @ 20:04 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 140 axles. CSX engines #2428 + #8199 & 32 cars. He’ll be going directly into the Grand Rapids Terminal.

L301-03 @ 20:42 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 140 axles.

[Andy24]

M510-02 @ 02:03 was seen heading north to east at Deshler Diamond with 4 engines (1 GE and 3 EMDs) and around 100-120 cars. Too dark to get numbers.

M510-03 @ 19:03 was seen heading northbound at Deshler Diamond with CSX #4585/CSX #7570 with 140 cars (lots of autoracks, 15-20 loaded gondolas with ties, center beams (loads and empties), boxcars, assorted tankers, assorted high/low walled gondolas, and assorted covered hoppers

CSX #7570 was a recently released rebuild CM44AH.

[Tom49801]

R598-03 @ 20:49 modified their EC1 to depart Wells mp CG41.6 & head eastward to the power plant in West Olive, Mi with BNSF engine #8407 & CSX engines #741 + #796 & 130 loaded coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #8493. This was C800-02 that had tied down there yesterday.

[sparrow24]

21:02 - G077 west through South Lyon. CSXT 3184 leading, per radio.
Empty grainer for Webberville. (originated as G790)
Green Oak DD at CH39.1 said 348 axles.

[Tom49801]

L301-03 @ 21:05 crew out of time & tying down at Ivanrest mp CG4.7 with CSX engines #2428 + #8199 & 32 cars.

[train91]

9:08pm Odessa update, WB signal high Green for 302-03.