Trip to Alma
Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2020 12:24 am
I had to go to Alma again today for work (ok yesterday since it is after midnight).
The MMRR line had 6 boxcars on the siding near the old refinery site. These appear to be storage cars as I think they were there in January and October when I was up there previously.
I took some detours as I returned south. ZFS in Ithaca had a ton of cars on the property, but it appears right now they are storage. Two types of cars were present. Covered hoppers (3 bay) mainly with CBFX reporting marks and tank cars mainly in the CBTX reporting marks. All cars appeared new, and the tank cars did not have placards on them, which to me indicates they are likely new and as of now unused.
After Ithaca I went to Middleton. A decent cut of cars were at the elevator with more towards the "end" of the line. No sign of power left on the branch by the elevator and not enough cars for a unit train.
I decided to park for awhile in the lot by Amtrak in E. Lansing as well. Soon after arriving A CN WB headed by the depot. It was lead by CN 5745 pointed WB, then had WB facing BNSF 7881, EB facing BNSF 6886, 14 autoracks (MT I think), 2 4 bay covered hoppers, and 1 white tank car, and 5 black tank cars.
What train would this have been at about 5:15 pm through East Lansing?
The MMRR line had 6 boxcars on the siding near the old refinery site. These appear to be storage cars as I think they were there in January and October when I was up there previously.
I took some detours as I returned south. ZFS in Ithaca had a ton of cars on the property, but it appears right now they are storage. Two types of cars were present. Covered hoppers (3 bay) mainly with CBFX reporting marks and tank cars mainly in the CBTX reporting marks. All cars appeared new, and the tank cars did not have placards on them, which to me indicates they are likely new and as of now unused.
After Ithaca I went to Middleton. A decent cut of cars were at the elevator with more towards the "end" of the line. No sign of power left on the branch by the elevator and not enough cars for a unit train.
I decided to park for awhile in the lot by Amtrak in E. Lansing as well. Soon after arriving A CN WB headed by the depot. It was lead by CN 5745 pointed WB, then had WB facing BNSF 7881, EB facing BNSF 6886, 14 autoracks (MT I think), 2 4 bay covered hoppers, and 1 white tank car, and 5 black tank cars.
What train would this have been at about 5:15 pm through East Lansing?