Shortline Train Location Updates April 2023

[Talk]

Z627-05 tied down in West Olive with MMRR 2019 leading MMRR 2170 and 12 cars (10 tanks 2 2bays)

Facing North

Can you please tell me when he is ready to depart?

I am currently in Illinois, sorry man

[MuskegonRailfanning]

Z627-05 tied down in West Olive with MMRR 2019 leading MMRR 2170 and 12 cars (10 tanks 2 2bays)

Facing North

Can you please tell me when he is ready to depart?

I am currently in Illinois, sorry man

oh, all good!

[Plannerdad]

GRE WB over the near flood stage Grand River in GR at ~1:22pm. Looked like 12 empties from King.

[~Z~]

Grnd elk south through Byron Center at 3:20pm. Wamx 4189, wamx 4125 and 18 cars. Mostly covered hoppers then tank cars.

[LansingRailFan]

QLine NB on Woodward across Congress at 15:59-30 HOSS

[Andy24]

Z439-06 @ 9:11am arriving into Wyoming Yard with WAMX #4190(?)

Z439-06 @ 9:30am departing Wyoming Yard

Z151-06 @ 9:38am copied an EC1 to proceed southbound from Turner CGE3.6. They are waiting for a light to come towards Wyoming Yard in Grand Rapids. MQT #3391 leading

Z151-06 @ 11:34am was seen heading northbound at Turner mp CGE 3.6 with MQT #3408, MQT #3406 and MQT #3391 with 45 cars.

Apparently I posted this but the connection did not show the post, so I’m reposting

[Jim_c]

At 6:35PM the Elk switch at M-89 was set for Otsego. Must be they didn't switch Otsego on the northerly leg. I could see the train minus the power sitting to the north of the crossing. I could only hear one side of the radio traffic, so I suspect they were switching in Otsego.

[LansingRailFan]

JAIL NB yesterday to CN, CSX.

DCON today.

[Tankcar123]

11:11 nb GDLK 303 working Wayland MP81.
WAMX 4125 and WAMX 4189 picking up 5 cars and dropping 1. Looks like 1 also for Bay Valley.

11:34 Left their cars at mp 81 and headed to Bay Valley with 1 tankcar.

12:31 Done with Wayland heading north with 27 cars. They have a Pan Am boxcar in the mix

[~Z~]

Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 1:03pm. WAMX 4125, WAMX 4189, and counted 32 cars. Boxcars, mostly tank cars and covered hoppers, with an open short gon in the mix.

Back south at 3:19pm with WAMX 4189, WAMX 4125, and 9 cars.

[Plannerdad]

GRE EB over the Grand River at 11:10a, with 17 mostly CP’s for King.

[Dowagiac Train Dude]

Grand Elk just went by the Elkhart camera at 11:26am with WAMX 4209 and WAMX 4206 leading the way. For the second time in the last two weeks they are heading back to Kalamazoo without any cars in tow.

[LansingRailFan]

This morning, JAIL came NB into Lansing with 822/1751. 1751 was working the CN interchange shortly after 10:00. They had 50 cars to pickup from CSX as well. From my super shaky video, I counted 33 tank cars, 14 loaded coil cars and 3 loaded boxcars. I believe all of the tank cars were empty and possibly for storage. They took the train from Ensel to Saginaw Yard to sort out.

[LansingRailFan]

16:16 - HESR 702 inbound with 3484/3390 and a long train. Looks like a lot of cars for CN today.

[Dowagiac Train Dude]

Head up to the Grand Rapids area guys, the Grand Elk went through Plainwell around 5:40pm heading north towards GR. I could not see the numbers on the power from where I was at but I could see two engines up front followed by roughly 7-9 covered hoppers and then 12-15 tank cars.

[~Z~]

Head up to the Grand Rapids area guys

Thx Dowagiac. Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 6:58pm. WAMX 4125 and WAMX 4189 with 21 cars. 7 covered hoppers and 14 tank cars.

[Andy24]

Head up to the Grand Rapids area guys

Thx Dowagiac. Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 6:58pm. WAMX 4125 and WAMX 4189 with 21 cars. 7 covered hoppers and 14 tank cars.

Grand Elk northbound through Wyoming 54th St at 7:10pm. Same train, no visual

[Andy24]

Quick turnaround for Grand Elk @ 8:32pm as they are heading southbound in Wyoming 44th St. Loud horn heard and no visual. Assumed WAMX #4189 and WAMX #4125 are the engines

[~Z~]

Grand elk south through Byron Center at 8:46pm. 42 cars and 4189/4125 leading.

[Andy24]

Z151-11 @ 9:43 reported heading southbound. (Wasn’t able to hear location due to static)