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14:24 - L305 ready to head east from Webberville, they will take the siding at WE Fowlerville. Radio working well this afternoon.

sparrow24 wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 21, 2024 5:18 pm

17:17 - Radio silent westbound through South Lyon.
Green Oak DD at CH39.1 said 220 axles.

This was L302, 5327 and 5453 with 52 cars. Not a thing heard on the radio here either.

14:17 - L303-21 thru EE Brighton. 426 and 5390 with 5 cars.

00:52 - B222-19 thru EE Brighton with CP 7050 on the head and CP 8016 pushing from behind. Per Green Oak, 82 empty potash cars in between. I had woken up maybe 10 minutes after they passed Ann Pere, making it to Hyne St. CH 44.98 just in time to dig the camera out. The new potash hoppers gleamed in ...

18:28 - L302-20 thru Rickett Rd. CH 44.35 with 5390 and 426 leading 121 cars. Lots of stone loads making up the majority of the consist.
19:47 - L303-20 thru Ridge Rd. CH 28.1. The reported 338 axles works out to 81.5 cars.

15:38 - W085 thru Wallace Rd. CH 66.32. HiRail maybe 1/4 miles behind. 15:57 - reportedly finished dumping ballast, stopping just east of EE Fowlerville to let the Herzog man and his equipment off the train. 16:43 - W085 thru EE Brighton, UP engines 7680 and 8178 on the front, and UP 7134 pushing fr...

00:46 - U303-19 east thru EE Brighton. 412 axles reported from Green Oak, 100 cars accounting for 426 and 5390 on the head end.

17:06 - L305-19 thru Trowbridge with 2047 and 8054 leading 11 cars. ZVBX 1052, 97084, 1053, and 76035 in the mix. 18:17 - L302-19 thru Webberville with 67 cars behind 7267 and 5474. ZVBX 625751 and 18021 towards the front. They asked the RN about L303, who said "they haven't left Grand Rapids yet." ...

16:00 - What I presume was E251, westbound by MP 225 M2, 8945, 2720, and 3149 leading mostly racks with some general manifest mixed in.

They will take M1 at Mill (MP 215) for an EB who hasn't passed Walton yet.

G077-19 had 372 and 305 for power, a YN2 pair leading my count of 88 cars. They had cleared Beck Rd (CH 51 and NOT CH 27) at 11:37. This was G832-17 between Walbridge and Plymouth, was this that G790 I had mentioned a few days ago prior to becoming G832?

pudgy wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:25 am

L302 skipped Lansing work to make GR.

They were delayed significantly east of Plymouth, as was L303 I had thought. Unsure why.

"Crew OD for B23516 at 23:01. Going for Webberville" mentioned in a private chat... they made it to Plymouth around 07:00 this morning. I do not know the power.
There is also a G790 at Walbridge, I suppose B235 explains why they hadn't moved in days.

17:43 - L302 calling an approach for CH 49, sounds like L305 is stopped east of Ann Pere.

Any mention of 302? 17:54 - L302 thru WE Brighton with 581, 5379, and 4057 leading 91 cars. Calling CH 51 at 17:58. Two ex-C&NW hoppers with coal, and lots of MOCX hoppers towards the end, in addition to three Cryo-Trans reefers. ZVBX 625751 and 18021 up front, and two PDNX gondolas numbered 625621...

12:40 - L305 east thru Trowbridge with 26 cars behind 4017 and 8054. They had a medium approach at the WE and crawled to about Farm Ln. where they called a clear for the EE and accelerated. 13:54 - L305 on the radio with dispatch, heard them lock up at Webberville and receive the okay to unlock at K...

00:00 - L304 made a run to Trowbridge this evening.

At MP 225 on the CN Flint Sub: 15:10 - WB on M1 with 8818, 8014, and UP 7442 leading. 15:14 - M394 east on M2, 3171 and 2811 leading. Great timing as neither train appeared to drop below 20mph for the running meet. 8818 west would take M1 at Mill for M302. 16:05 - M302 crawling east on M1 to meet E...

Pictures are going around of new conduit installed at WE Williamston which is similar to those I took pictures of in Grand Ledge last fall. Multiple runs of orange flexible conduit stick out near the WAS for the main track, and a single conduit sticks out on the other side of the tracks. If you look...

12:18 - L305 east thru WE Trowbridge with 4017 and 8054 leading my count of 41. Lots of gondolas and covered hoppers.

19:42 - L500 east by the station at East Lansing. 2270 solo leading 19 cars. There was a single rack in the mix. 02:23 - WB thru the station with 5754 leading mostly racks, will take M1 at Mill for an EB. 03:11 - EB thru MP 225 on M2. M-2 and an old GE leading intermodal and racks. Possibly Z148 tho...