CSX GRE trains 10/27/2007

[i995impalass]

Right now the EB BNSF coal train (loaded) is at Fox

[donnieland]

late night pm to q326 at east waverly
d700 wb by at 1140 pm - 12 for waverly - 23 for z627 in the holland siding
1 for coloma to go wb
d700's night work - waverly to livingston for pickup, then sawyer for pickup and then back to coloma for the setout and a pickup - work at waverly done in 30 mins - empties from west olive followed d700 wb -
missed 327, pushers wb and z627 due to resting of the eyes
this morning
approx 500am - x500 went eb at east waverly
650am - n956 went eb with pushers on the rear
708am - d700 followed - eb - with approx 15 cars - running on app's due to n956

p371's slow run from zeeland to east saugatuck
at 807am noticed p371 had a slow app at east waverly - which gives them a app at mid waverly / west wye - rn had someone lined into the siding at holland
p371 by east waverly at 815am with a med app and app's at middle and west wye
p371 had all stop on the main at we holland siding waiting for the eb to go main to siding at holland
rn to p371 - k910 had to have pushers help them up the hill to east saugatuck and that was who they were waiting on - she didn't tell them the pushers were the 326's power and they were going back to get on their train and come eb again
after a 5 min ( approx ) wait k910 arrived and cleared up for p371
at 848am k910 goes siding to main at east waverly as p371 get a med app at 30 and a app at ee e saugatuck
852am - p371 has another all stop on the main at we east saugatuck now for 326 coming up the hill
856am 326 go main to siding at east saugatuck
858am 371 calls clear at we and 326 goes siding to main at ee east saugatuck
had to run into gr at 900am, went to wyoming to see 326 yard all 18 cars
of their train.

[donnieland]

200pm - x500/26 eb 1 6axle and 60 cars

this mornings eb i thought was x500 must have been a csx eb extra ( looking at the yard at 945am this morning ) would have to have been a run through or an extra cp ran this morning.

[SW]

NB E956 came thru Northville around 2:30 pm. Didn't see it, but heard it.

[odave]

I was at the Castaway Cafe indoor playground with my rugrats today - it's in Howell right at the Burkhart rd. crossing. I forgot my camera, of course, but I managed to catch three trains:

~12:20pm - WB coal empties w/CSX power at (E945, I assume)
~12:40pm - EB coal loads w/BNSF power (N956, I'm pretty sure)
~1:20pm - WB mixed freight (no clue)

It's a pretty good spot, IMHO, let the little ones work off energy while I railfan

[rsinoms]

p371's slow run from zeeland to east saugatuck
at 807am noticed p371 had a slow app at east waverly - which gives them a app at mid waverly / west wye - rn had someone lined into the siding at holland
p371 by east waverly at 815am with a med app and app's at middle and west wye
p371 had all stop on the main at we holland siding waiting for the eb to go main to siding at holland
rn to p371 - k910 had to have pushers help them up the hill to east saugatuck and that was who they were waiting on - she didn't tell them the pushers were the 326's power and they were going back to get on their train and come eb again
after a 5 min ( approx ) wait k910 arrived and cleared up for p371
at 848am k910 goes siding to main at east waverly as p371 get a med app at 30 and a app at ee e saugatuck
852am - p371 has another all stop on the main at we east saugatuck now for 326 coming up the hill
856am 326 go main to siding at east saugatuck
858am 371 calls clear at we and 326 goes siding to main at ee east saugatuck
had to run into gr at 900am, went to wyoming to see 326 yard all 18 cars
of their train.

Trevor and I were on Amtrak this morning. The trains were fun for me and trev but the other passengers were a little disappointed, but they took it all in stride.

I also saw a fan near new richmond was in a older car and had a yellow shirt. Just kinda curoius as to who that was.

[SDavey]

Q327 had the CSX 7635 Solo and about 20 cars out of Rougemere this afternoon when I saw them near P Company.