Great Lakes Central Updates January 2024
-
- Railroadfan...fan
- Posts: 2928
- Joined: Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:06 pm
- Location: Cadillac Michigan
Great Lakes Central Updates January 2024
Hearing them leave Cadillac towards Clare at 1100.
- LansingRailFan
- Railroadfan...fan
- Posts: 11378
- Joined: Fri Nov 01, 2019 4:21 pm
- Location: Lansing
- Contact:
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates January 2024
14:22 - "OSTN" SB at Durand with 382/383
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates January 2024
08:33 ONTN 383,382 North out of Owosso lite engines
09:17 ONTN 382;383 South into Owosso with 92 cars. 1 tankcar, 26 hoppers, 12 tankcars, and 53 hoppers
13:17 ONTN 393,391 North out of Owosso with 47 cars. 8 hoppers, 1 tankcar, 1 hopper, 1 empty centerbeam, 2 gondolas, 1 loaded centerbeam, 1 empty centerbeam, 1 tankcar, 2 empty centerbeams, 2 NS gondolas, 1 hopper, 1 tankcar, 2 empty centerbeams, 11 CSX gondolas, and 12 tankcars
14:20 OSTN 382,383 South through Durand with 82 cars. 46 hoppers, 3 tankcars, 11 hoppers, 1 tankcar, 16 hoppers, and 5 tankcars
09:17 ONTN 382;383 South into Owosso with 92 cars. 1 tankcar, 26 hoppers, 12 tankcars, and 53 hoppers
13:17 ONTN 393,391 North out of Owosso with 47 cars. 8 hoppers, 1 tankcar, 1 hopper, 1 empty centerbeam, 2 gondolas, 1 loaded centerbeam, 1 empty centerbeam, 1 tankcar, 2 empty centerbeams, 2 NS gondolas, 1 hopper, 1 tankcar, 2 empty centerbeams, 11 CSX gondolas, and 12 tankcars
14:20 OSTN 382,383 South through Durand with 82 cars. 46 hoppers, 3 tankcars, 11 hoppers, 1 tankcar, 16 hoppers, and 5 tankcars
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates January 2024
OSTN-2 382,383 Southbound 18:10 at Lakeland
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates January 2024
I am impressed you can count the different car types while also counting the number of cars.GLC@ZLT wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 2:59 pm09:17 ONTN 382;383 South into Owosso with 92 cars. 1 tankcar, 26 hoppers, 12 tankcars, and 53 hoppers
13:17 ONTN 393,391 North out of Owosso with 47 cars. 8 hoppers, 1 tankcar, 1 hopper, 1 empty centerbeam, 2 gondolas, 1 loaded centerbeam, 1 empty centerbeam, 1 tankcar, 2 empty centerbeams, 2 NS gondolas, 1 hopper, 1 tankcar, 2 empty centerbeams, 11 CSX gondolas, and 12 tankcars
14:20 OSTN 382,383 South through Durand with 82 cars. 46 hoppers, 3 tankcars, 11 hoppers, 1 tankcar, 16 hoppers, and 5 tankcars
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...
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates January 2024
I use both my fingers and toes but no I watch the owosso camera and durand camera to see if they are coming down past me. Easy to rewind and pause to write stuff down.AARR wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 7:20 pmI am impressed you can count the different car types while also counting the number of cars.GLC@ZLT wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 2:59 pm09:17 ONTN 382;383 South into Owosso with 92 cars. 1 tankcar, 26 hoppers, 12 tankcars, and 53 hoppers
13:17 ONTN 393,391 North out of Owosso with 47 cars. 8 hoppers, 1 tankcar, 1 hopper, 1 empty centerbeam, 2 gondolas, 1 loaded centerbeam, 1 empty centerbeam, 1 tankcar, 2 empty centerbeams, 2 NS gondolas, 1 hopper, 1 tankcar, 2 empty centerbeams, 11 CSX gondolas, and 12 tankcars
14:20 OSTN 382,383 South through Durand with 82 cars. 46 hoppers, 3 tankcars, 11 hoppers, 1 tankcar, 16 hoppers, and 5 tankcars
OSTN-2 383,382 Northbound 21:26 past Lakeland with a friendly wave and some extra horns
- LansingRailFan
- Railroadfan...fan
- Posts: 11378
- Joined: Fri Nov 01, 2019 4:21 pm
- Location: Lansing
- Contact:
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates January 2024
09:30 - 391/393 SB into Owosso - don't have time to count cars like ZLT but it's a good sized train.
yesterday at 08:35 am, 383/382 ran north to ZFS and that's where they picked up that 92 cars - the 53 hoppers might be for CN for a unit train perhaps.
yesterday at 08:35 am, 383/382 ran north to ZFS and that's where they picked up that 92 cars - the 53 hoppers might be for CN for a unit train perhaps.
-
- Railroadfan...fan
- Posts: 2928
- Joined: Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:06 pm
- Location: Cadillac Michigan
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates January 2024
Hearing northbound out of Cadillac at 1000. Cars for both Petoskey and TC in the yard, so a 50-50 shot at Walton.
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates January 2024
112 cars on the 9:30 this morning. 6 hoppers, 31 tank cars, 2 loaded centerbeams, 15 NS gondolas, 4 hoppers, 1 CSX gondola, 1 loaded centerbeam, 4 empty pole cars, 1 loaded centerbeam, 9 tank cars, 3 hoppers, 13 tank cars, 12 CSX gondolas, 8 NS gondolas, and I believe the last 2 were CSX gondolas. They had the crossing at Washington street blocked for 38 minutes todayLansingRailFan wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 9:42 am09:30 - 391/393 SB into Owosso - don't have time to count cars like ZLT but it's a good sized train.
yesterday at 08:35 am, 383/382 ran north to ZFS and that's where they picked up that 92 cars - the 53 hoppers might be for CN for a unit train perhaps.
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates January 2024
OSTN-3 391,393 Southbound in Durand 13:45 with 83 cars. Looks like they dropped off 3 hoppers and 26 tank cars from the beginning of the consist from my last post otherwise it is the same
-
- Railroadfan...fan
- Posts: 2928
- Joined: Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:06 pm
- Location: Cadillac Michigan
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates January 2024
PetoskeyAANscaleRunner wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:11 amHearing northbound out of Cadillac at 1000. Cars for both Petoskey and TC in the yard, so a 50-50 shot at Walton.
-
- Railroadfan...fan
- Posts: 6600
- Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:41 pm
- Location: Charlotte, Mi
- Contact:
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates January 2024
Nb working the Ithaca bean plant 1900
- LansingRailFan
- Railroadfan...fan
- Posts: 11378
- Joined: Fri Nov 01, 2019 4:21 pm
- Location: Lansing
- Contact:
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates January 2024
393/391 went light this morning north out of Owosso to grab this train around 8:30
09:30 - back sb into Owosso
13:45 - sb out of Durand after setting off 29.
Say od at 08:00. That’s 5h 45m to get across CN. Then we still have Ann Pere and Osmer to work and then Ann Pere to work on the way back and then work in Durand on the NB as well.
AARR/chapmaja - please take note of this timing in regards to the workload of an “OSTN” type job. This is why they switched to crew-based symbols because they’ll recrew this train at least once more before they get back to Durand.
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates January 2024
Makes sense. For a railfan through OSTN, ONTN, CSTN and CNTN make more sense as it gives us an idea where the train is at and where it is heading. From an operational standpoint the OWO-X makes more sense for the reasons you mentioned.LansingRailFan wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 8:02 pm
AARR/chapmaja - please take note of this timing in regards to the workload of an “OSTN” type job. This is why they switched to crew-based symbols because they’ll recrew this train at least once more before they get back to Durand.
If you tell me there that OWO-1 is on duty, all that would be telling me is a crew from Owosso is somewhere between Osmer and Clare.
- LansingRailFan
- Railroadfan...fan
- Posts: 11378
- Joined: Fri Nov 01, 2019 4:21 pm
- Location: Lansing
- Contact:
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates January 2024
100% agree. I throw it in quotes now but yes, it works.chapmaja wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 11:31 pmMakes sense. For a railfan through OSTN, ONTN, CSTN and CNTN make more sense as it gives us an idea where the train is at and where it is heading. From an operational standpoint the OWO-X makes more sense for the reasons you mentioned.LansingRailFan wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 8:02 pm
AARR/chapmaja - please take note of this timing in regards to the workload of an “OSTN” type job. This is why they switched to crew-based symbols because they’ll recrew this train at least once more before they get back to Durand.
If you tell me there that OWO-1 is on duty, all that would be telling me is a crew from Owosso is somewhere between Osmer and Clare.
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates January 2024
Last night/early this morning
OSTN-3 393,391 Northbound 22:16 past Lakeland (sounded like a short train but I was already laying down so i didn't see it) at 20:49 i got a message that it was leaving Osmer and generally takes about 30 mins to get to me so maybe a crew change between?
ONTN-4 382,385,383 Southbound 00:39 into Owosso with 100 hoppers
OSTN-4 393,391 Northbound 03:35 through Durand with 51 cars. 1 hopper, 1 tankcar, 1 loaded pole car, 2 tankcars, 11 hoppers, 1 empty centerbeam, 2 loaded pole cars, 3 hoppers, 1 tankcar, 2 open hoppers(tall gondola??), 10 hoppers, 2 tankcars, 1 hopper, 1 gondola, 7 hoppers, 1 CSX gondola, 3 hoppers, and 1 empty centerbeam
OSTN-3 393,391 Northbound 22:16 past Lakeland (sounded like a short train but I was already laying down so i didn't see it) at 20:49 i got a message that it was leaving Osmer and generally takes about 30 mins to get to me so maybe a crew change between?
ONTN-4 382,385,383 Southbound 00:39 into Owosso with 100 hoppers
OSTN-4 393,391 Northbound 03:35 through Durand with 51 cars. 1 hopper, 1 tankcar, 1 loaded pole car, 2 tankcars, 11 hoppers, 1 empty centerbeam, 2 loaded pole cars, 3 hoppers, 1 tankcar, 2 open hoppers(tall gondola??), 10 hoppers, 2 tankcars, 1 hopper, 1 gondola, 7 hoppers, 1 CSX gondola, 3 hoppers, and 1 empty centerbeam
-
- Railroadfan...fan
- Posts: 2928
- Joined: Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:06 pm
- Location: Cadillac Michigan
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates January 2024
Hearing them leave Cadillac for Clare at 1250.
- LansingRailFan
- Railroadfan...fan
- Posts: 11378
- Joined: Fri Nov 01, 2019 4:21 pm
- Location: Lansing
- Contact:
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates January 2024
SB “OSTN” with 385/383 at Pitt Jct
NB “ONTN will have 393/382/391
NB “ONTN will have 393/382/391
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates January 2024
OSTN-4 385,383 Southbound 15:48 at Lakeland with I believe 38 cars, 18 hoppers(3 Union Pacific) and 20 tank cars.