Great Lakes Central Updates March 2017

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I'm sure someone wishes they knew the empty centerbeams from Traverse City would be coming down at the same time Biewer needed a pair for loading :)

The brownish-red covered hoppers look like fertilizer for McBain.
AANscaleRunner wrote:395 and 398 leaving Cadillac for Clare at 0945 with 2 empty centerbeams for McBain, 3 wood chip hoppers, 2 empty centerbeams from TC, 3 feed covered hopper empties, 3 tanks and 2 covered hoppers (brownish ones that came in on Tuesday).
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Here's this afternoon's train.


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AANscaleRunner,
As usual, thanks again for the vid

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GLC 392, GLC 398 light power south through mount pleasant as I type this (1:31). I missed the NB consist, but heard horns around 10:50am

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Didn't hear them at all in Cadillac today. Assuming they headed north before 0845 when I got out on the street.

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Northbound out of Cadillac at 0910.

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GLC S.B unit grain train, OS Durand, MI @ 1600. Two GP35's and two GP38's.

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Great Lakes Central headed north through Mount Pleasant (rather late today) at 1:26pm

GLC 392
GLC 393

1 tank
7 plastics hoppers
1 feed hopper
7 tie loads
2 tanks
8 tie loads
4 feed hoppers
1 woodchip hopper

31 total

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399 and 397 left Cadillac for Clare at 1000 with 10 tie loads, 1 empty centerbeam, 6 wood chip hoppers, 3 tanks, 1 empty centerbeam and 1 tank. First centerbeam may have been headed to McBain for loading.

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Great lakes Central railroad southbound through Mount Pleasant at 3:35pm. They gave someone a really nice horn salute rolling through CMU campus! Those geeps were working pretty hard too!

GLC 392
GLC 398

2 tanks
1 plastics hopper
10 empty tie gons
2 tanks
4 loaded woodchip hoppers
5 plastics hoppers
6 empty tie gons
1 Blue UTLX tank
1 empty centerbeam
1 LPG tank

33 total

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Horns North through Mount Pleasant 12:03pm. No visual

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Great Lakes Central south through Mount Pleasant 3:25

GLC 392
GLC 398

5 Plastics hoppers
1 MOW flatcar
1 feed hopper
2 woodchip hoppers
5 plastics hoppers
2 tanks
7 LPG tanks
2 hoppers
1 LPG tank

26 cars total

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Left Cadillac for Clare at 1030. Caught 8 tie loads, 9 tanks, 2 covered hoppers and 1 tank.

397 and 399 returned at 1500 with 1 wood chip hopper, 2 loaded centerbeams, 4 wood chip hoppers and 8-two bay hoppers.

Most of the 2 bays had what looked like ICIX reporting marks.

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Keep an eye on these. They might be heading to the cement terminal in Elmira.
AANscaleRunner wrote:and 8-two bay hoppers.

Most of the 2 bays had what looked like ICIX reporting marks.
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Moved from Selma Yard to North Yard around 0930. Haven't heard them since, assuming the are north of Cadillac somewhere.

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Maybe to Elmira with the 2-bay covered hoppers :?
AANscaleRunner wrote:Moved from Selma Yard to North Yard around 0930. Haven't heard them since, assuming the are north of Cadillac somewhere.
PatC created a monster, 'cause nobody wants to see Don Simon no more they want AARR I'm chopped liver, well if you want AARR this is what I'll give ya, bad humor mixed with irrelevant info that'll make you roll your eyes quicker than a ~Z~ banhammer...

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AARR wrote:Maybe to Elmira with the 2-bay covered hoppers :?
Maybe to Traverse City without the 2-bay covered hoppers :(/ :x

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Ok, well they were up here in TC today to pick up an empty centerbeam.
Here they are on Parsons Rd. headed for the train station and then South.

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A SB GLC is in the yard in Durand right now (2:15pm).

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If those are for Elmira I have a hunch KC will take pictures :D
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AARR wrote:Maybe to Elmira with the 2-bay covered hoppers :?
Maybe to Traverse City without the 2-bay covered hoppers :(/ :x
PatC created a monster, 'cause nobody wants to see Don Simon no more they want AARR I'm chopped liver, well if you want AARR this is what I'll give ya, bad humor mixed with irrelevant info that'll make you roll your eyes quicker than a ~Z~ banhammer...

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