Great Lakes Central Updates: December 2020

Daily whereabouts of train locations along with sightings for heads ups to other railfans.
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Sounded like northbound out of Cadillac at 0930. My uneducated guess is Petoskey.

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5 loaded beams at biewer this morning. NOKL 736011 is one of the car numbers. I dont see anything at viking from here. 0957

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AANscaleRunner wrote:
Fri Dec 11, 2020 9:36 am
Sounded like northbound out of Cadillac at 0930. My uneducated guess is Petoskey.
made it to Petoskey at 2:30pm, Left Petoskey heading south at about3:15pm

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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1200.


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Ballast regulator working west of 127 on the Middleton district 1028

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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1030.

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AANscaleRunner wrote:
Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:00 am
Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1030.
Left mcbain at 1145. I wasnt able to see them, only hear. A string of cars left at viking and a load of poles at hydrolake. Nothing for biewer currently

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Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:52 am
Left mcbain at 1145. I wasnt able to see them, only hear. A string of cars left at viking and a load of poles at hydrolake. Nothing for biewer currently
Ran light to Clare. Currently working transload.

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Nb at Summerton rd with 3 units. 6 axle leading 398 and 396? One empty beam. Some black tanks and some plastic. Maybe 20 cars from what I could see around the houses and stuff 1354

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GLC has a new snowplow. Saw it servicing Kingsley yesterday when I went to work. Looks pretty sharp.
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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1025.


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I'm on a Delta flight from TC to Detroit, and just passed over a GLC train headed north through Kalkaska. Looks like 2 locos and maybe 6-10 cars. What timing!!
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Love your elevation!
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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1025.
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Tried to get a pic, but we were climbing from 3,500ft and moving at 426MPH per the flight info screen!
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They're making a TC Run tonight!
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Sure?
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I see GLC pulled a load and spotted an empty at Beacon last night. Didn't check the Williamsburg branch though, happened to go by Beacon while going to get my COVID-19 vaccine (shot 1 of 2). Just as easy as a flu shot.
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2 loaded beams at biewer today. I cant see the viking siding for the stuff piled in the way 1036

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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1040 with around 25 cars.

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Day crew worked Cadillac and Mcbain today. Night crew may be working as the power was sitting outside the engine house on the belt.

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