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Grand Elk southbound through Byron Center at 4:42pm. Shorter train.

Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 11:59am. WAMX 4124, 4209, and 15 cars.

CSXfan11 wrote: ↑

Wed May 08, 2024 9:03 am

Was that like straight line winds or tornado damage?

Far as we know, tornado.

My buddy’s back yard in Portage MI: https://imgur.com/a/O5Nq9AJ

Grand Elk south through Byron Center at 3:29pm. WAMX 4209, 4189, and 4124 with 24 cars.

Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 1:26pm. WAMX 4124, 4189, and 4209 with 26 cars. Good mix of tank cars, boxcars, and covered hoppers. Hopefully they'll keep running strong, regardless of what jetlink thinks

ConrailDetr​oit wrote: ↑

Mon May 06, 2024 7:22 pm

Hint = it is quite possible this train passed through Hamler, Deshler, Van Wert, etc earlier in the day.

I had browsed a bit yesterday checking lines heading east out of Fostoria, made it over to Cleveland area but didn't continue. Throwing a Youngstown guess in.

GDLK - Saw a string of boxcars and tank cars near Moline about 6:30pm, so maybe they were switching on their southbound run.

Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 3:28pm. WAMX 4124 and 4190 facing north with 28 cars. Foliage getting thick back there again.

Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 1:32pm. WAMX 4017 with 11 cars. Been a couple months since 4017 has strolled by.
Forgot to mention GDLK took WAMX 4124, 4190, and 4009 south with them yesterday.

GDLK was north through Byron Center about 2:45pm with WAMX 4124 and 4190, unknown number of cars.

Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 2:04pm. WAMX 4189, 4209, and 37 cars. First half tank cars, followed by boxcars and covered hoppers. Looks like a Moline stop on the way south.

Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 1:32pm. WAMX 4124, 4190, and 19 cars. A few gons with railroad ties in them. Think the Otsego boxcars they worked earlier were left in Plainwell.

https://www.reddit.com/r/trains/comment ... ew_mexico/
Appears the derailment was from 4/26. Video of a dashcam as a truck was passing by, right as a huge fireball occurred.

Confirmed same woot woot vehicle seen south through Byron Center at 7:48pm. Back to folding clothes.

Grand elk north through Byron Center at 4:53pm. Wamx 4124, 4190 and 14 cars.

Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 12:25pm. WAMX 4009 with 2 tank cars and 3 boxcars. Been a couple months since I've seen 4009 stroll by.

https://railroadfan.com/wiki/index.php/ ... 9_L-Locals
CSX L304 tends to work west out of Lansing around 10-11pm, returning around 3-5am.
CSX L305 heads east out of Lansing around noon, comes back around 6-10pm. Both tie up for the day on weekdays only typically.

Grand Elk back south through Byron Center at 12:37pm. WAMX 4190 and WAMX 4124 (both LHF) with 15ish cars.

Grand elk north through Byron Center at 9:15am. Wamx 4124, 4190 and 17ish cars, mostly covered hoppers and boxcars.