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Z739 arriving at Wyoming 14:09, WAMX 4206

Z739 preparing to depart Wyoming 14:31

Z739 Slow approach Plaster Creek, heading back to Hughart. 14:47

Z739 restricting Godfrey 14:51

L301-10 @ 15:41 westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 62 axles & 848 feet long. CSX engine #8052 & 14 cars. He has work for Hartford mp CG68.7 & will run around his train at Kirk mp CG70.2 to head back east.

L301-10 @ 16:01:26 westward Bangor’s Center St crossing mp CG60.35 cam (13 CH + 1 Center Beam loaded with lumber).

C801-10 @ 17:15 eastward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 528 axles & 6,935 feet long. BNSF engine #6291 & 129 loaded coal cars & rear dpu BNSF #9730.

18:19 - Sounds like L302-10 westbound calling CH 43.
18:24 - L302 calling a clear pair for Brighton.

C801-10 @ 18:19:08 eastward Bangor’s Division St crossing mp CG60.93 cam with BNSF engine #6291 & 129 loaded coal cars & rear dpu BNSF #9730. He’ll go into Wells siding mp CG43.3 & tie down. Dispatcher had told them they were supposed to get their pusher power at Grand Jct mp CG54.

L301-10 @ 18:47:07 eastward Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 cam with CSX engine #8052 & 14 cars (1 Center Beam loaded with lumber & 13 CH).

C801-10 @ 19:02 eastward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with "no defects, end of transmission" message. He's going too slow over the HBD equipment since most of his train is moving inside Wells Siding & slowing to stop.

L301-10 @ 19:13 eastward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 62 axles & 907 feet long. He's going to back into Waverly for work there & then head to Grand Rapids.

L301-10 @ 19:42 eastward Holland Depot mp CG25.25 Main to Main Track with CSX engine #8052 & 14 cars.

R597-10 @ 20:11 eastward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 12 axles & 134 feet long. BNSF engines #5903 + #6292 lite power headed to Wells Siding mp CG43.2 to pick up the C801-10 loaded coal train that had tied down there. The CSXT #3283 (one of the usual “pushers” that's paired up with CSXT #421) had broken down yesterday.

L301-10 eastbound into Zeeland MI @ 20:16

GR H & C wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 10, 2022 8:16 pm

L301-10 eastbound into Zeeland MI @ 20:16

L301-10 @ 20:21 eastward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 210 axles & 2,784 feet long. CSX engine #8052 & 51 cars.

R597-10 @ 21:45 eastward Holland Depot mp CG25.3 with BNSF engine #6291 & BNSF engines #6292 + #5903 & 129 loaded coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #9730. He’s headed to the power plant in West Olive, Mi.

amessmann wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 10, 2022 6:19 pm

18:19 - Sounds like L302-10 westbound calling CH 43.
18:24 - L302 calling a clear pair for Brighton.

L302-10 @ 21:48 is still working at Ensel mp CH90 with CSX engines #7784 + #7883.

Amtrak P370-10 @ 22:11 eastward reported by the Defect Detector site mp CG91.9 St. Joseph, Mi with 16 axles & 302 feet long. IDTX engine #4603 & 3 SuperLiners.

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 10, 2022 8:25 pm

GR H & C wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 10, 2022 8:16 pm

L301-10 eastbound into Zeeland MI @ 20:16

L301-10 @ 20:21 eastward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 210 axles & 2,784 feet long. CSX engine #8052 & 51 cars.

I passed them at Hudsonville. Loaded lumber up at the front for Grandville setoff followed by a wide assortment of covered hoppers of the WMI and MSRR interchange variety, a few tankcars, 3 boxcars, a few empty lumber flats, and a pile of loaded scrap gons on the tail.

In unrelated news, two lumber centerbeams were ready for pickup from Hart Truss in Lansing around lunchtime today.

​Amtrak P370-10 @ 22:54:16 eastward on the live cam Division St crossing Bangor, Mi mp CG60.93 with IDTX engine #4603 & 3 SuperLiners with 8 passengers Off at the station mp CG60.5

L302-10 @ 23:09 calling an emergency at mp CH90.

Amtrak P370-10 @ 23:15 eastward reported by the Defect Detector site mp CG44.2 in Pearl, Mi with 16 axles & 319 feet long.

L302-10 @ 23:32 with CSX engines #7784 + #7883 has his air restoring. He advised dispatch their time will expire at 02:00 They had picked up 69 cars from Lansing (14 loads + 55 empties), unknown what his consist was prior to working Lansing.

01:14 - GLC Z624 finishing up their work in Howell, unsure if this was the northbound or southbound OSTN. They left 60 cars.

L304-10 re-crew for L302-10 @ 00:58 westward reported by the DD mp CH104.3 Mulliken, Mi with 601 axles (+1 error) & 8,762 feet long. CSX engines #7784 + #7883 & 147 cars. He was re-crewed at mp CH92.1 @ 00:24

L304-10/L302-10 @ 01:37 westward reported by DD mp CH126.3 Clarksville, Mi with 600 axles.

M326-10 @ 01:55:03 eastward W. Monroe Street crossing Bangor, Mi CG60.72 cam with CSX engines #3025 + #4554 & 50 cars.

R597-10 @ 03:58 westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 544 axles & 6,991 feet long. BNSF engine #5903 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF #6292 & BNSF engines #9730 + #6291. He’s headed to the west end of Grand Jct Siding mp CG55.6 & tie down. Yesterday, the #5903 + #6292 were used as "Pusher Power" & assuming the #9730 + #6291 will be serving that purpose. On Aug 9th, one of the usual "Pusher Engines" the CSXT #3283 was towed into Holland by it's Pusher mate the CSXT #421.

M327-11 @ 07:12 Grand Rapids, Mi job briefing with the RN Dispatcher: CSX engines #4554 + #3025 & 131? cars (62 loads + 69 empties) @ 10,324 tons & 7,491 feet long. He’s still getting his train together. The scanner “hiccupped” when the total for the empty cars was being said, will verify count when he’s reported by the DD19.1

Amtrak P371-11 @ 07:12 westward reported by the Defect Detector site mp CG44.2 in Pearl, Mi with 16 axles & 298 feet long. IDTX engine #4603 & 3 SuperLiners.

Amtrak P371-11 @ 07:28:22 westward on the live cam N. Center St crossing Bangor, Mi mp CG60.35 with 5 passengers On at the station mp CG60.5

Amtrak P371-11 @ 08:19 westward reported by the Defect Detector site mp CG91.9 St. Joseph, Mi with 16 axles & 303 feet long. IDTX engine #4603 & 3 SuperLiners.

M327-11 @ 08:34 is departing Ivanrest mp CG4.7 & headed westward.

Amtrak P371-11 @ 08:37 westward reported by the Defect Detector site mp CG108.9 Lakeside, Mi with 16 axles (footage data had cut out).

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 11, 2022 8:20 am

M327-11 @ 08:34 is departing Ivanrest mp CG4.7 & headed westward.

M327-11 @ 8:43am westbound Grandville mp 6.0 with CSX #4554 + CSX #3025 & 131 cars

https://youtu.be/Q2M7t0ik9Yk >> M327-11 at Grandville mp 6.0

M327-11 @ 09:12 westward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 536 axles & 7,479 feet long. CSX engines #4554 + #3025 & 131 cars (62 loads + 69 empties).

M327-11 @ 10:04 westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 536 axles & 7,302 feet long.

Light power south at Riley St. Holland 10:24 AM.