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kd_1014 wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2025 1:11 pm

GRE west at Ada 13:11

My son saw them switching Amway at the M-21 crossing. One tank at least.

GRE in Lowell earlier. Too cold to chase them!

Went by the north end yard in Cadillac today. There were 10-12 2-bay hoppers and a similar number of black tank cars.

CSX 297 was switching Ann St and looked like leaving alot more for GRE around 6:00p. Lowell is almost empty, maybe 3 or 4 only.

GRE WB over the Grand at ~4:00. Missed the head end again, but at least 15 hoppers.

Fingers crossed it faces east I hope it’s not orange (it totally will be orange) For photography, orange looks great against a snowy background, or a leafless, ugly brown background minus the snow. Much better than black, blue, or yellow. Red is a close second to orange though. :) Orange is OK. Kin...

GRE WB over the River at 2:15. Missed the head end, but at least 8 cars.

GRE west thru Ada 15:00 Heading east at Alta Dale at 11:24am and then 30 min later east of Ada. They were really crawling. Is that normal for them lately? Haven’t chased the GRE in well over 5 years, so I was surprised to see them going so slow. (crappy iPhone 15Pro shots) IMG_9264.jpeg IMG_9271.jp...

MQT NB under I-96 at 12:55. Not a great visual from the freeway, but looked like a good sized train.

Without getting too political, the outgoing administration often throws a lot of money out the door before a new party takes over.

A lot of Hoppers around King today, plus another line of hoppers south of Lowell.

Plannerdad wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 10, 2025 10:43 am

Andy24 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 10, 2025 9:24 am

Grand Elk Z439 @ 9:23 heading west reported at Pleasant St with WAMX 3534 + 3531 & 36 cars

GRE @ 9:29 heading east at a unknown location, with GRE 2104 leading

Marquette Rail Z151 @ 10:25 reported 35 cars for the yard

GRE currently in Lowell.

GRE WB over the River at 1:40p with 7 hoppers.

Andy24 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 10, 2025 9:24 am

Grand Elk Z439 @ 9:23 heading west reported at Pleasant St with WAMX 3534 + 3531 & 36 cars

GRE @ 9:29 heading east at a unknown location, with GRE 2104 leading

Marquette Rail Z151 @ 10:25 reported 35 cars for the yard

GRE currently in Lowell.

Plannerdad wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:07 am

GRE EB near the river around 9:45 with ~13 hoppers. There was also a line of hoppers south of Lowell over the weekend.

Not sure where the hoppers are, but not by King. May be left south of town, but too dark to check.

GRE EB near the river around 9:45 with ~13 hoppers. There was also a line of hoppers south of Lowell over the weekend.

Andy24 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 03, 2025 12:23 pm

Marquette Rail reported 79 cars for Wyoming Yard at 12pm ish

Around 12:45, NB 3 engines and no cars at Turner. Probably picked up the empties at Vans.

Hopefully done correctly. GRE EB from GR with 17, or so.

Sounds like MQT is heading north on the West Side. No visual.

Y-297 usually gets to Ann St. around 5-6:00pm. Probably leaves the yard an hour or so before and switches the original Padnos/Joe Brown first I am guessing.

Andy24 wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 30, 2024 1:16 pm

Marquette Rail with BPRR 3345 leading and heading south into Wyoming Yard at 1:16pm

Turning at the Wye towards the yard

Train meet with the CSX L303 at Godfrey

I counted 75 at Richmond, probably 1/3 were box cars and several new looking TILX hoppers.