Michigan Short Line Updates - October 2019
Michigan Short Line Updates - October 2019
GRE --- EB Leonard at 1:15 with 11 CHs (8 for King)
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.
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Re: Michigan Short Line Updates - October 2019
Lowell has hoppers on every track, including a long line south of town. Looks like some newer CP higher capacity hoppers as well. Also 3 or four hoppers and 1 tank for AMWAY on the siding along the Mainline in Ada. Plus more hoppers at Fuller.
Re: Michigan Short Line Updates - October 2019
GRE --- WB Leonard at 10:40 with 3 CHs from King
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.
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GRE --- EB Leonard at 11:10 with a single CH
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.
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GRE --- EB Leonard at 10:35 with 7 CHs for King
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.
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GRE --- WB Leonard at 2:40 with 18 CHs
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.
Re: Michigan Short Line Updates - October 2019
HESR is going to head north from Durand with 90 cars.
Re: Michigan Short Line Updates - October 2019
Saw LSRC Z127 today in Wixom. They had LSRC 6301, 6351, and two CSX engines, 166 and 5442 that came down from Flint.
LSRC 6351 is the first of the newly arrived SD50s rebuilt by MEI.
LSRC 6351 is the first of the newly arrived SD50s rebuilt by MEI.
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Re: Michigan Short Line Updates - October 2019
Z151 came south around 6 pm and went back north at 8:30 pm last evening, so there will be no 151 today
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Was there a large fertilizer or grain block on this?
GTW6401 wrote:HESR is going to head north from Durand with 90 cars.
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Re: Michigan Short Line Updates - October 2019
Local Grand elk job facing south, just north of BO tower in Kalamazoo. WAMX 4009 leading a mix of boxcars and hoppers. Awaiting Amtrak 352 to get through town.
At 5pm, saw at least two strings of stone hoppers on the East end of "Botsford" yard. Two NS locos attached. Also another NS unit further east of that, looked to have a few cars, maybe the local. Headlight on but not moving.
At 5pm, saw at least two strings of stone hoppers on the East end of "Botsford" yard. Two NS locos attached. Also another NS unit further east of that, looked to have a few cars, maybe the local. Headlight on but not moving.
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Re: Michigan Short Line Updates - October 2019
My mother caught a GRE EB around noon in Ada, so it ran Tuesday-Thurs today
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Re: Michigan Short Line Updates - October 2019
Grand Elk passenger train ran to GR this morning from Kalamazoo this morning. Supposed to return tomorrow morning southbound.
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GDLK excursion south approaching Plainwell 10:40.
"Remember, 4 mph is a couple, 5's a collision!"
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Re: Michigan Short Line Updates - October 2019
GRE went east around 1:00pm. Did not see them return, but Ann St. Yard is full of loads and empties.
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Re: Michigan Short Line Updates - October 2019
The GRE yard is full. Lots of empties. The CP and Soo empty cars loaded at Farmers Co-Op Grain & Seed Association in Thief River Falls MN.
Re: Michigan Short Line Updates - October 2019
Somebody said that the GRE will soon be doing 5 days a week operations. Does anyone know when that will start?
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Re: Michigan Short Line Updates - October 2019
I've been told it's not going to happen. Time will tell.kd_1014 wrote:Somebody said that the GRE will soon be doing 5 days a week operations. Does anyone know when that will start?
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Maybe the needed to operate five days for one week and it gets circulated as a permanent operation
Raildudes dad wrote:I've been told it's not going to happen. Time will tell.kd_1014 wrote:Somebody said that the GRE will soon be doing 5 days a week operations. Does anyone know when that will start?
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Re: Michigan Short Line Updates - October 2019
It was talked about, but personally I don't think there's enough business currently to warrant running 5 days a week.
"Remember, 4 mph is a couple, 5's a collision!"
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