HESR 701 Today

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HESR 701 Today

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I went ahead and took advantage of the nice day to do some railfanning in the Durand area. I ended up getting 7 trains, most of which were generic CN trains. I did see the HESR twice though, first 702 arriving in Durand, and then 701 at Bennington Road north of town. I haven't counted the cars, but it seemed like a pretty good sized train going back to Bay City.


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89 cars is what I counted. The last 50 or so looked like for Dow.

The first two engines looked like the original CMGN GP38 rebuilds.
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AARR wrote:89 cars is what I counted. The last 50 or so looked like for Dow.

The first two engines looked like the original CMGN GP38 rebuilds.
Only the lead one, ex 8804. 8802 get sold off and is somewhere else now.
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Thanks SD80
SD80MAC wrote:The first two engines looked like the original CMGN GP38 rebuilds.
Only the lead one, ex 8804. 8802 get sold off and is somewhere else now.
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G&W sold the 8802 after it went to Illinois. Im pretty sure its on Cater Parrott Railnet in Georgia now.

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