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Amtrak P370-27 @ 21:06 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi. with 16 axles. IDTX engine #4610 & 3 cars. Why the baggage car? The NS and CSX don’t have any axle count requirements, do they? The Pere Marquette did one round trip with just two cars in February, so why do th...

Is there any way to get the train consist for Q326? Meaning, the cargo and destination of the cars on the train? Only interested parties get access to the where and what is on a particular train, such as shippers and customers and the railroad themselves. Make me feel old, why don’t you. When I was...

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Wed Sep 06, 2023 9:26 am

M326-06 @ 09:52 eastward with CSX engine #3371 leading received permission by the Stop signal at the east end New Buffalo mp CG113.9

CSXT 3371 and a four axle unit on the head end, DP unit on the rear.

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Wed Aug 30, 2023 9:20 am

Per the St Joseph Bridge Tender, M326-30 was taking Sawyer siding mp CG106.4 to clear up for M327.

M326 passing 91.9 now. Has locomotives at front and rear, with 10 double stacks at the head end (10 wells=2 cars?). Puny train, but I’m at work and can’t listen to scanner. Tom can report axles.

ns wasn't the only place with issues. may have been a full-on cyber attack yesterday. Yet they are claiming it wasn’t. I don’t want to accuse them of lying, but I still can’t fathom how it could be anything but a cyber attack. How can you design a mission critical system (systems!) so poorly that a...

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Mon Aug 28, 2023 9:25 am

M326-28 @ 09:24 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 372 axles. CSX engine #5481 + 1 & 90 cars.

Might need to adjust your axle math. There’s a set of intermodal well cars in there. Loaded, with one double stacked and the rest single.

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Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:49 am

M326-25 @ 11:48 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 228 axles. CSX engine #309 + 1 & 54 cars.

Both engines up front on this puny train. Five reefers and a coal straggler at the head end.

That BNSF hopper with the Frisco logo is one of their “heritage hoppers”. The optimist in me enjoys seeing these heritage cars. The pessimist in me counters with the notion that they don’t really care about heritage; it’s all about using the predecessor names and logos in commerce so they don’t los...

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Fri Jul 14, 2023 9:51 am

M326-14 @ 9:48 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph,Mi with 386 axles. CSX #466 + 2 and 92 cars

Both locomotives on the head end (only two). Big cut of BNSF covered hoppers up front, and an auto rack further back in the train.

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Fri Jul 14, 2023 7:12 am

Amtrak P371-14 @ 7:14 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 16 axles. IDTX engine #4619 & 3 cars (Horizon Cafe + 2 Venture Coaches)

For the historical record, it was an Amfleet cafe today, not a Horizon.

St Joe Bridge Tender @ 9:17 reported M326-13 cleared the St Joseph Bridge, no other info was given. M327-13 is held up on the double tracks of Benton Harbor to clear for M326-13 M326 has one locomotive up front and one mid train DPU. There are a few coal stragglers in the train—two loads up front a...

Not sure if this was noted recently but CSX is now delivering cars to the elevator in Harlem again, just south of West Olive. No doubt this has to do with the ongoing service disruption on the Hamilton Northwestern. Neat to see Y121 going this far north again. What is the service disruption on the ...

Does anybody know how many FRA inspection trains there are, and why they seem to visit MI so often? One of them has been wandering around Michigan for the last few weeks, hitting regionals and shortlines and currently running on CSX as W001. It seems like they visit MI every year. [Edit: W001 was re...

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Mon Jun 26, 2023 9:11 pm

Amtrak P370-26 @ 21:10 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 16 axles. IDTX engine #4619 & 3 cars.

I heard “4612” when he departed St. Joe and again at Benton Harbor.

Sperry truck westbound at GG 92.9, Glenlord Rd, Stevensville.

Probably not Amtrak's fault for the accident but it shows just how fragile the system is right now. You would think 353 could drag 365 into Chicago and find a replacement engine in Chicago for 364 but I'm speculating from 250 miles away. After the 14-hour sewage-in-the-aisles debacle last year, I w...

365 is in Service Disruption halfway between Niles and New Buffalo. A poster on the Facebook Amtrak Michigan Line Group wrote, “365 in Emergency outside New Buffalo just now. We struck a vehicle at the crossing. Person is still alive. I saw dirt fly by the window, but not the collision..” That was p...

I’m not sure whether you saw it or were just nearby, but either way, I’m sorry. The train crews sadly have to deal with this kind of thing all the time, and it’s unfortunate you had to experience it as well.

Was out and about on Saturday, driving Red Arrow Highway from Hartford to Benton Harbor. Heavy green paint markings applied to the tail and ties indicate what I assume is going to be a tie replacement project. From the grade crossings in Hartford, Watervliet, Coloma, and at Kerlikowske Rd near Rive...

350 had two Chargers back to back leading and three extra cars on the rear, Amtrak business or inspection cars, including a doubledecker. Passed MP 22.5 on the Holly on CN at 2:45 pm, about 45 minutes behind schedule. What do you mean by a double decker? A Superliner? That seems strange. Maybe a Vi...