17:36 - L302-04 thru WE Brighton with 7887 and 257. Sizable train today, will provide a count later, locomotives put on quite a show as they picked up speed.
Clear Trowbridge at 18:43
L302-04 @ 20:42 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CH126.3 Clarksville, Mi with 220 axles. CSX engines #7887 + #257 & 52 cars. He had work in Lansing.
Amtrak P370-04 @ 21:02 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi. with 16 axles. IDTX engine #4629 & 3 cars.
L302-04 @ 21:14 westward reported from Schaeffer mp CH145.4
C800-03 @ 21:33 on the move eastward mp CG80.1 with BNSF engine #9179 & 129 loaded coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #(?)
Amtrak P370-04 @ 21:47:43 eastward Division St crossing Bangor, Mi mp CG60.93 with IDTX engine #4629 & 3 cars (2 Horizon Coaches + AmCafe) with 6 passengers Off at the station mp CG60.5
Amtrak P370-04 @ 22:07 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 in Pearl, Mi with 16 axles.
C800-03 @ 22:14:46 eastward Bangor’s Division St crossing mp CG60.93 live cam with BNSF engine #9179 & 129 loaded coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #5944. He’ll add CSX engines #3243 + #759 behind his leader at Grand Jct mp CG54 & continue on to the power plant in West Olive, Mi.
E800-04 @ 00:01:58 westward W. Monroe St crossing Bangor, Mi mp CG60.72 live cam with BNSF engine #6261 & 129 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #8567.
M327-05 @ 04:51 Grand Rapids, Mi job briefing with the RN Dispatcher: CSX engines #735 + #9006 (elephant style) & 27 cars (9 loads + 18 empties) @ 1,815 tons & 1,837 feet long. He is building his train at this time.
M327-05 @ 05:23 westward reported from Grandville, Mi mp CG6.0 with a Medium Clear signal.
M327-05 @ 05:47 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 120 axles.
Amtrak P371-05 at this time is having brake line air pressure issues inside the Grand Rapids Terminal.
R597-05 @ 15:36 copied their EC1 to depart the power plant in West Olive, Mi mp CGP 1.0 Fremont sub-div & head southward to the Grand Rapids sub-div in Holland, Mi with BNSF engines #5944 + #9179 & 130 empty coal cars & rear CSX engines #759 + #3243. He’ll take Grand Junction siding mp CG54 & tie down & then take the CSX power eastward to Wells siding mp CG41.4 Not known yet if he'll be moving out C801-04 that's tied down there.
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R597-05 @ 18:16 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 12 axles. CSX engines #3243 + #759 lite power headed to e/e Wells siding mp CG41.4 & pick up C801-04 loaded coal train that had tied down there this evening.
R597-05 @ 19:03 changed their EC1 to depart Wells mp CG41.4 & head east to the power plant in West Olive, Mi with BNSF engine #8505 & CSX engines #3243 + #759 & 130 loaded coal cars & rear dpu BNSF Executive engine #9687. This was C801-04 that had tied down there earlier this evening.
R597-05 @ 19:45 advised Dispatch they had stalled out on the Saugatuck Hill approx mp CG32.5 & will be backing their train into Wells siding mp CG41.4 & tie it down.
L302-05 @ 20:04 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CH104.3 Mulliken, Mi with 152 axles. CSX engines #55 + #3090 & 35 cars. He had work in Lansing.
L302-05 @ 20:45 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CH126.3 Clarksville, Mi with 152 axles.
