Speaking of, as of 0848hrs, N800 is eastbound near Bangor. A D801 helper set is presently southbound at Riley Road in Holland to meet at Wells and give them a shove.
As of 0956 hrs, N800 with D801 on the rear is just getting underway at Wells for their trip up Saugatuck Hill. EDIT - Q326 is at Hartford at 1015hrs with CSXT 733 leading - not sure if they will also get a push up or not.
Y106 is at Madison on the east side of GR. MOW crews are out cutting up downed trees and inspecting right-of-way.
Q326 at 112th Ave, and who knows where Amtrak is... Big storms last night. Not sure if they've made it by me in St. Joseph yet.
Y106 EB going into the siding at Elmdale.
326 312 axle, 4740 feet 19.1 DD.
Medium Approach into Hudsonville at 11:50.
N800's pushers will be used for empties
Sounds like there's also power lines down on the tracks, which is holding up the progress on getting these trains moving. I'd guess 371 has been bussed by now, but who knows.
[quote="justin_gram"]who knows where Amtrak is... Big storms last night. Not sure if they've made it by me in St. Joseph yet./quote]
Last report was the trainset pushed back to the depot in GR around 7:30am. No reports since. I would assume passengers would get bussed to Chicago. Trainset might stay here or go back, who knows. Many big trees down west of Grandville. Might be later today before they get the main cleared and inspected.
This is Mile Post 10 at 7:10 this morning. Had more trees to the east of here, plus a few downed high tension lines that were impeding the rail traffic. Passed 371 sitting on Track 2 in Grandville on the way out to snag this picture, and by the time I turned around and went passed where they were parked, they had already returned east to the Depot. I watched a backhoe get on the rails at Ivanrest and head west on 2 track to clear a fallen tree from Track 1 right near the 28th street overpass.
As far as I can tell, yesterday's P370 is still in GR, and now Amtrak Status Maps is showing a new 370 departing Chicago. But it is gray, indicating a Service Disruption status. So it will be interesting to see what happens. Maybe rail to Holland, bus to GR?
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370 is currently at CP 497 Pine Jct at 20:00 ET on time, not sure why they're in service disruption. Both trains will be able to fit in the GR station track, not sure how they'll unload passengers onto the short platform though.
justin_gram wrote:370 is currently at CP 497 Pine Jct at 20:00 ET on time, not sure why they're in service disruption. Both trains will be able to fit in the GR station track, not sure how they'll unload passengers onto the short platform though.
Old station?
My magic wand solution would be to detain onto Century Ave then tack tonight's 370 on the end of the existing train in the station. It'd be available for normal loading in the morning.
Tonight's P370 has AMTK 82, 4 single levels, and AMTK 126 trailing. Through Vine at 21:04 ET.
21:40 ET - N801 Approach Slow at CG 28, Amtrak P37007 clear EE Kirk.
21:45 ET - N801 Approach Slow Holland Depot/Slow Clear West Leg, P37007 24 axles, 464 feet at 66.2 DD.
Definitely a motley collection! 82 was smoking prodigiously, even at idle. 126's engine room door was open--either to help keep the engine room cool or ??? And unlike usual, the trailing unit was simply idling rather than helping to push.
I will have to go down in the morning to see if both trains come through combined.
Nice pics TSS! Always good to have more people from the west Michigan area on the site.
AMTK 126's door wasn't open as much when they passed me at Vine, so it's definitely not propped open and is swinging around. Guessing it was accidentally left unlatched in this case.
Just before 370 arrived at St Joe, the service disruption indicator on the web switched to normal. While the train was in the station, they copied an EC1 that annulled a dispatcher message. They were very happy about it, so I am guessing it was the final step in clearing the way to go all the way to GR.
P370 departing Holland east, clear West Leg thru 112th Ave at 22:43 ET. Should be the first train east of Hudsonville since yesterday's 370. Sounds like this morning's Q326 is still dead in the Hudsonville Siding.
24 axles, 460 feet at 19.1 DD. Clear Vriesland.