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Amtrak P370-17 @ 21:17 eastward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 16 axles & 306 ft. IDTX engine #4606 & 3 SuperLiners.

SB E803 (coal empties) just cleared 7 Mile Rd. BNSF 8758 + 8499.

Micah_D wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 17, 2021 9:05 pm

Heads up SW EB approaching South Lyon

Thx, Micah_D! Couldn't wait as it was getting dark and I was on my bike with 5+ miles to go. At least I got to see the SB coal empties as I rode along Northville Rd.

MQT1223 wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 17, 2021 6:13 pm

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 17, 2021 4:57 pm

D801-16 @ 16:50 copied his EC1 to go from Grand Rapids mp CG3.6 to West Olive mp CGP 1.0 with UP engines #8106 + #7327 as lite power to pick up an empty coal train.

Any updates on this? I just heard what sounded like a GEVO go through town but I’m not sure if the 8106 had its horn swapped out or not.

Trailing unit on this is an AC6000 rebuild that should lead heading south.

Empty coal train has a new crew, D802-17, and copied their EC1 at 9:18pm now with UP engine #7327 + UP #8106. Unknown if he also has BNSF engines on his train. He will depart the power plant & go as far as Holland on the Fremont sub-division & will wait there until Amtrak passes by him before he can continue westward on the Grand Rapids sub-division.

He's estimating 45 minutes travel time to Holland. Amtrak tonight is due to arrive Holland Station at 10:38pm. He will be taking his train into Gross (pronounced as "Ghrass") Siding mp CG63.1 which is only 6/10ths of a mile from the Bangor Live cam, so, we'll be seeing a slow pass by of him on that cam.

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:35 pm

Talk wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:30 pm

D801-16 preparing to depart J.H. Campbell 19:30

UP AC6000 leading

Does that empty coal train also have BNSF power on it? I've been trying to keep track of the BNSF engines on this sub-division, and, unless I've missed something, I have noted there is a loaded coal train still in Wells & Grand Junction sidings & no BNSF power at West Olive? I am missing what the 2nd BNSF engine was on N800-16 that ran this morning with BNSF #6242, the paint was so faded I couldn't read its number. He had tied down in Wells this morning & was told not to break his train. E800-16 a little while ago had set off CXST engines #7010 + #530 into Wells to be N800-16's rear dpu's. Thanks for any info

No BNSF power what so ever.

Approaching Van Buren st southbound on the Fremont Sub. Loud and healthy K3 on the lead unit. Not sure if the train is still D801 or is E801

MQT1223 wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 17, 2021 9:44 pm

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:35 pm

Talk wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:30 pm

D801-16 preparing to depart J.H. Campbell 19:30

UP AC6000 leading

Does that empty coal train also have BNSF power on it? I've been trying to keep track of the BNSF engines on this sub-division, and, unless I've missed something, I have noted there is a loaded coal train still in Wells & Grand Junction sidings & no BNSF power at West Olive? I am missing what the 2nd BNSF engine was on N800-16 that ran this morning with BNSF #6242, the paint was so faded I couldn't read its number. He had tied down in Wells this morning & was told not to break his train. E800-16 a little while ago had set off CXST engines #7010 + #530 into Wells to be N800-16's rear dpu's. Thanks for any info

No BNSF power what so ever.

Approaching Van Buren st southbound. Loud and healthy K3 on the lead unit. Not sure if the train is still D801 or is E801

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Amtrak P370-17 @ 22:05:48 eastward Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 with IDTX engine #4606 & 3 SuperLiners (10 passengers Off & 1 On at the station mp CG60.5)

MQT1223 wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 17, 2021 9:44 pm

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:35 pm

Talk wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:30 pm

D801-16 preparing to depart J.H. Campbell 19:30

UP AC6000 leading

Does that empty coal train also have BNSF power on it? I've been trying to keep track of the BNSF engines on this sub-division, and, unless I've missed something, I have noted there is a loaded coal train still in Wells & Grand Junction sidings & no BNSF power at West Olive? I am missing what the 2nd BNSF engine was on N800-16 that ran this morning with BNSF #6242, the paint was so faded I couldn't read its number. He had tied down in Wells this morning & was told not to break his train. E800-16 a little while ago had set off CXST engines #7010 + #530 into Wells to be N800-16's rear dpu's. Thanks for any info

No BNSF power what so ever.

Approaching Van Buren st southbound on the Fremont Sub. Loud and healthy K3 on the lead unit. Not sure if the train is still D801 or is E801

It's D802-17 and here's the game plan for him: when Amtrak passes by him in Holland mp CG25.3 & he will take the empty coal cars to into Gross Siding mp CG61.3 After those empty cars are secured (wonder if they plan to cut them since that siding has 4 crossings), he will then go back eastward to Grand Junction Siding mp CG55.6 to DP the N801-15 that was tied down there yesterday and take that train to West Olive. There is also a loaded coal train (N800-16) tied down inside Wells Siding mp CG41.4 too.
NOTE: his plans were changed big time. He left the UP engines & empty coal cars inside Gross Siding, crew was taxied to Wells Siding to move that loaded coal train out & it already had the 2 CSXT rear dpu's but then they didn't have enough time to get the train all the way to West Olive so they were told to just leave it in Wells. It appears the plan was to leave the UP engines in Gross all along with that train & it was thought the loaded coal train that had the CSX dpu's was the one in Grand Junction.

Amtrak P370-17 @ 22:28 eastward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 16 axles & 313 ft. IDTX engine #4606 & 3 SuperLiners.

Amtrak P370-17 @ 22:55 eastward departed the Holland Station mp CG25.3

Amtrak P370-17 @ 23:05 eastward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 16 axles & 307 feet long.

D802-17 @ 23:13 westward Holland Depot mp CG25.3 with Union Pacific engines #7327 + #8106 & 105 empty coal cars. He'll go into Gross Siding mp CG63.1 to set the cars off & tie them down. Then, he'll go eastward to Grand Junction Siding mp CG55.6 to DP the N801-15 loaded coal train & take it to West Olive, Mi.

D802-17 @ 23:51 westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 432 axles & 5,632 ft. Union Pacific engines #7327 + #8106 & 105 empty coal cars.

D702 must have sneaked into Zeeland sometime today. They picked up one centerbeam from Zeeland Lumber and setoff one swoosh BNSF covered hopper at Vanden Bosch feed. Elsewhere, De Leeuw Lumber has one centerbeam also awaiting pickup.

D802-17 @ 00:14:20 westward Bangor’s Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with Union Pacific engines #7327 + #8106 & 105 empty coal cars. He’s setting off only the empty coal cars inside Gross Siding mp CG63.1

D700-17 @ 01:54:40 westward Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with CSXT engines #2502 + #2349 & 8 cars (5 CH’s + 3 Reefers). He had work for Hartford mp CG68.7 & I think at Coloma mp CG75.8 too. He wasn't going as far as Sawyer.

D700-17 @ 03:43:37 eastward Bangor Amtrak Station mp CG60.5 with CSXT engines #2349 + #2502 & 12 cars (1 Reefer + 1 Gon + 5 Tanks + 5 CH's). After researching again on Rewind, the Main Cam froze up after 2 lightning flashes happening at 03:28am but the Bangor Depot cam was still operating & was able to see D700 going by there on the smaller video screen at the bottom right corner of the main Cam's video.

D700-17 @ 04:07 eastward reported by DD mp CG44.2 with 56 axles & 854 feet long. CSXT engines #2349 + #2502 & 12 cars. (Main Cam at Bangor was frozen due to the storm)

Tom, will that go as far down as New Buffalo?

700 came and went..

mittenrails wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 18, 2021 1:40 am

Tom, will that go as far down as New Buffalo?

D700-17 @ 01:54:40 westward Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with CSXT engines #2502 + #2349 & 8 cars (5 CH’s + 3 Reefers). He had work for Hartford mp CG68.7 & I think at Coloma mp CG75.8 too. He wasn't going as far as Sawyer.

12Bridge wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 18, 2021 6:25 am

700 came and went..

Came and went from where, what time?? Should provide a little more details in this forum.

Anybody know what happened to P371 this morning? He left GR on time and was over an hour late at Holland.

Amtrak P371-18 @ 07:27 westward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 16 axles & 306 ft. IDTX engine #4606 & 3 SuperLiners.
Amtrak P371-18 @ 08:27 westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 16 axles & 302 feet long.

Q327-18 @ 08:27 westward reported by DD mp CG19.1 with 656 axles & 9,215 feet long. NS engine #3632 + CSXT engine #5315 & 161 cars.

TSS wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 18, 2021 8:34 am

Anybody know what happened to P371 this morning? He left GR on time and was over an hour late at Holland.

Hi ya Todd, heard it was weather related & track circuits were affected.

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 18, 2021 8:44 am

TSS wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 18, 2021 8:34 am

Anybody know what happened to P371 this morning? He left GR on time and was over an hour late at Holland.

Hi ya Todd, heard it was weather related & track circuits were affected.

As they used to say about the old Milwaukee Road mainline, “When it rains, the grass turns green and the signals turn red.”

Amtrak P371-18 @ 08:44 westward Bangor Station mp CG60.5 with IDTX engine #4606 & 3 SuperLiners (6 passengers boarded).