Great Lakes Central Updates: October 2019

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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1100. I won't be in town to see them return.


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Drove past both yards in Cadillac after work today. 2 gons sitting in Tufford, no cement or plastics hoppers to be found. My guess is they ran to Traverse City yesterday and Petoskey today.

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Don't believe they are running out of Cadillac today. A hopper jumped the rails at Wyoming Feed and was blocking the main this morning. Did watch them switch Tufford Yard for about an hour.

PM 1225 will be in town tomorrow from MT Pleasant for a color tour.

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AANscaleRunner wrote:
PM 1225 will be in town tomorrow from MT Pleasant for a color tour.
Has anyone seen 1225 lately or know where it is in its trip back to owosso?

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KC8RBK wrote:
AANscaleRunner wrote:
PM 1225 will be in town tomorrow from MT Pleasant for a color tour.
Has anyone seen 1225 lately or know where it is in its trip back to owosso?
19:48 and they are still in Mt Pleasant. Got back from Cadillac just before 7. Supposedly leaving the passenger cars here for diesel trips next couple of weeks.

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Departed 19:53 with 1225, the extra tender and tool car only.

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GLC passed through Alma College at 9:50am. Assuming northbound. My spotter only hears them. ;-)
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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1235. Long train today. Late leave today, spent most of the morning switching the two yards, then had to go back to Wyoming Feed to spot a hopper that is smoldering. Fire Department is going to extinguish it this afternoon.


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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1050.


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Returned to Cadillac at 1535. Color consist for this weekends Northern Arrow.


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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 0910.


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Ontn switching the bean plant in ithaca 1425

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Returned to Cadillac at 1555. Two of these locos should be hauling the ballast to Traverse City. The other two should be pulling the color consist this weekend. All four could go north tomorrow.

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KC8RBK wrote:Ontn switching the bean plant in ithaca 1425
All three black cbtx tanks are at the north end of the property now 1628

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Two locomotives are in Traverse City with the ballast train. They will be there through tomorrow. The other two locomotives should be set out at Walton Junction with the Northern Arrow color consist.

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My reporters tell me he saw two locomotives passing thru TC and headed toward Williamsburg this morning, no cars. Hmmnn...

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Might have been going to pick up emptys from the lumber yard
Pixl wrote:My reporters tell me he saw two locomotives passing thru TC and headed toward Williamsburg this morning, no cars. Hmmnn...
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398 and 392 took a load of lumber to Amerhart yesterday. Also brought in two gons for Beacon in addition to the 24 ballast hoppers. Train stayed in TC last night so they could finish ballast work today. 390 and 396 should be pulling the Northern Arrow color train out of Kalkaska tomorrow.
AARR wrote:Might have been going to pick up emptys from the lumber yard
Pixl wrote:My reporters tell me he saw two locomotives passing thru TC and headed toward Williamsburg this morning, no cars. Hmmnn...

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Four locomotives leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1000. Videos from Lucas and McBain.




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Leaving northbound from Cadillac at 0900. More videos from today on Youtube.




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