Great Lakes Central September 2020 Updates

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ns8401 wrote:
Mon Sep 28, 2020 8:40 pm
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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1600.

37 cars.. not bad. What’s with all the CSX MOW gons? I assume these get interchanged at Ann Pere but what is the service they are in running back and forth since D708 always seems to have them too...
Scrap ties that go to McBain

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LansingRailFan wrote:
Mon Sep 28, 2020 8:43 pm
ns8401 wrote:
Mon Sep 28, 2020 8:40 pm
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Mon Sep 28, 2020 4:21 pm
Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1600.

37 cars.. not bad. What’s with all the CSX MOW gons? I assume these get interchanged at Ann Pere but what is the service they are in running back and forth since D708 always seems to have them too...
Scrap ties that go to McBain
Interesting, I see there is an energy company that gets them there from Google Earths view of it, are they sourcing them from here in the state or from all over?
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All over the country. CN’s go to a place in the UP somewhere.

There are two places on the GLC that burn scrap ties. I forget where the other one is located but someone on here will have the answer.

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L'Anse MI receives CN's used ties

I thought the plant in McBain was the only one that burns CSX ties
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All over the country. CN’s go to a place in the UP somewhere.

There are two places on the GLC that burn scrap ties. I forget where the other one is located but someone on here will have the answer.
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AARR wrote:
Tue Sep 29, 2020 6:54 am
L'Anse MI receives CN's used ties

I thought the plant in McBain was the only one that burns CSX ties
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Tue Sep 29, 2020 6:36 am
All over the country. CN’s go to a place in the UP somewhere.

There are two places on the GLC that burn scrap ties. I forget where the other one is located but someone on here will have the answer.
I swear someone told me that there's a second plant up there burning ties. Maybe it's a second source of ties. Brain is foggy.

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Eb about to cross 127 at 1535 with 2 units and 2 cars

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There's a place in Grayling that ships out railroad ties. They send them to a treatment plant I think. But as far as I know only the plant in McBain and L'Anse receive railroad ties by rail for burning.
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I swear someone told me that there's a second plant up there burning ties. Maybe it's a second source of ties. Brain is foggy.
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GLC was in TC today fyi..
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You wouldn't happen to know about what time would you?
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GLC was in TC today fyi..

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AANscaleRunner wrote:
Wed Sep 30, 2020 7:19 pm
You wouldn't happen to know about what time would you?
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GLC was in TC today fyi..
I'm not sure when they arrived, but I was on 3 Mile around noonish and heard them blowing for the 3 Mile Road crossing on the Williamsburg branch (only about 2 1/2 miles from the TC depot). I'm not sure if they were headed to or from Williamsburg, but I'm guessing just headed out to Williamsburg. Yesterday there was a loaded gondola at Beacon (heaping load of shredded metal), so they may have also gone to Beacon.
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Thank you. Sometimes these guys sneak out of town on me.
I'm not sure when they arrived, but I was on 3 Mile around noonish and heard them blowing for the 3 Mile Road crossing on the Williamsburg branch (only about 2 1/2 miles from the TC depot). I'm not sure if they were headed to or from Williamsburg, but I'm guessing just headed out to Williamsburg. Yesterday there was a loaded gondola at Beacon (heaping load of shredded metal), so they may have also gone to Beacon.

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