AANscaleRunner wrote:395 and 392 left Cadillac for Clare at 0915 with 1 tank, 5 pole loads, 1 wood chip hopper and 3 tie loads.
392 and 395 return to Cadillac at 1625 with 2 tanks, 1 covered hopper, 11 cement hoppers and 12 tie loads.
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Great Lakes Central South through Mount Pleasant 14:18. I missed the power, and most of the consist, but managed to see a good string of cement empties.
399 and 398 return to Cadillac at 1530 with 1 wood chip hopper, 6 tie loads, 1 tank, 3 covered hoppers (feed), 1 loaded centerbeam, 1 pole load and 1 tank.
Just curious if anyone knows roughly how long GLC keeps power on the same turns? Or rather, how frequently they might change the power? I'd love to catch 393 on the Cadillac or Owosso Turn and photograph it for a few days this summer. Thanks!
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The Cadillac engines tend to stay around for a week or so but I'm not sure how often the Owosso engines are rotated.
Todd_F wrote:Just curious if anyone knows roughly how long GLC keeps power on the same turns? Or rather, how frequently they might change the power? I'd love to catch 393 on the Cadillac or Owosso Turn and photograph it for a few days this summer. Thanks!
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AARR wrote:The Cadillac engines tend to stay around for a week or so but I'm not sure how often the Owosso engines are rotated.
Todd_F wrote:Just curious if anyone knows roughly how long GLC keeps power on the same turns? Or rather, how frequently they might change the power? I'd love to catch 393 on the Cadillac or Owosso Turn and photograph it for a few days this summer. Thanks!
Cadillac power turns every few weeks, usually when they need service in Owosso. I typically see them turn it once a month, sometimes more. Owosso power rotates depending on what is being serviced and what power is demanded.
They usually try to keep the 38-2's running, but occasionally one of the 35's show up. If they send the 35's to cadillac while they service the 38-2's, they will turn the 35's back to Owosso after they finish servicing the 38-2's. They always have at least one 38-2 in cadillac. Note: all of these claims are based on observation.
399 and 398 have been floating around for the past month or so on the Owosso turn, occasionally 390 shows up in the mix.
AARR wrote:The Cadillac engines tend to stay around for a week or so but I'm not sure how often the Owosso engines are rotated.
Todd_F wrote:Just curious if anyone knows roughly how long GLC keeps power on the same turns? Or rather, how frequently they might change the power? I'd love to catch 393 on the Cadillac or Owosso Turn and photograph it for a few days this summer. Thanks!
Cadillac power turns every few weeks, usually when they need service in Owosso. I typically see them turn it once a month, sometimes more. Owosso power rotates depending on what is being serviced and what power is demanded.
They usually try to keep the 38-2's running, but occasionally one of the 35's show up. If they send the 35's to cadillac while they service the 38-2's, they will turn the 35's back to Owosso after they finish servicing the 38-2's. They always have at least one 38-2 in cadillac. Note: all of these claims are based on observation.
399 and 398 have been floating around for the past month or so on the Owosso turn, occasionally 390 shows up in the mix.
Thank you both for the insight! It's kind of what I expected based on what I've seen and is reported here as well. It's nice to know that if 393 shows up on one of the turns he'll likely hang around long enough to get shots. I've given up trying to find any rhyme or reason to the Osmer turn.
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It was around the late 1990's and Integrity Iron and Metal hadn't shipped by rail in a long time. Mr. TSB and his railroad, TSBY, persuaded II&M to try rail again. In a few years they extended the siding by around 150' (so they could load 3 additional cars at a time) and some weeks would ship 15-20 cars. When Rifkin took over II&M (around 2006) rail serviced stopped almost immediately. There was a rumor Beacon might try rail service. Let's hope it works out.
TC Man wrote:
AANscaleRunner wrote:And back into Cadillac at 1515.
GLC went to Grawn today! Ran around an empty gondola they brought up with a center beam load and dropped the gondola at Beacon Recycling!
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AARR wrote:It was around the late 1990's and Integrity Iron and Metal hadn't shipped by rail in a long time. Mr. TSB and his railroad, TSBY, persuaded II&M to try rail again. In a few years they extended the siding by around 150' (so they could load 3 additional cars at a time) and some weeks would ship 15-20 cars. When Rifkin took over II&M (around 2006) rail serviced stopped almost immediately. There was a rumor Beacon might try rail service. Let's hope it works out.
TC Man wrote:
AANscaleRunner wrote:And back into Cadillac at 1515.
GLC went to Grawn today! Ran around an empty gondola they brought up with a center beam load and dropped the gondola at Beacon Recycling!
Yep it was on Facebook a couple weeks ago that there was brush cutters and track maintenance equipment working on the old Rifkin Siding to revamp the tracks, Very nice to hear.
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Yep it was on Facebook a couple weeks ago that there was brush cutters and track maintenance equipment working on the old Rifkin Siding to revamp the tracks, Very nice to hear.[/quote]
Penn Central, can you link the Facebook page?
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399 and 398 left Cadillac for Clare at 0925 with 2 covered hoppers, 1 pole load, 1 wood chip hopper, 1 empty center beam and 10 gondolas. Don't believe they were tie loads, may have been some of the gons stored out towards M-115.