CN Updates July 2021

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GTW Dude wrote:
Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:53 pm
Never thought I would be reporting from this far in the yooper but a former go transit now CN Geep is switching the yard with log cars in Newberry MI with Go Transit paint bleeding through
Ok then…
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L514 clear 22, as I thought CN ThunderCab SD70M-2 #8012 trailing NB with a lot of empties…
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Amtrak 364 out of East Lansing at 21:00

4609, 6 cars & 4626

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L501 at Durand at 5:15 w solo CN

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M397 at Durand at 6:16 PM with three CN up front.

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David Collins wrote:
Tue Jul 27, 2021 7:46 pm
GTW Dude wrote:
Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:53 pm
Never thought I would be reporting from this far in the yooper but a former go transit now CN Geep is switching the yard with log cars in Newberry MI with Go Transit paint bleeding through
Ok then…
Why comment this?
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SD80MAC wrote:
Tue Jul 27, 2021 10:00 pm
David Collins wrote:
Tue Jul 27, 2021 7:46 pm
GTW Dude wrote:
Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:53 pm
Never thought I would be reporting from this far in the yooper but a former go transit now CN Geep is switching the yard with log cars in Newberry MI with Go Transit paint bleeding through
Ok then…
Why comment this?
I’ve heard of the unit but not with the bleeding paint
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L500 at Durand at 8:00 PM.

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P364 at Durand at 9:31 PM

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L500 departs Durand at 9:48 PM after working the yard. They dropped their entire train I. The yard and left with different cars for Flint.

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E251 turned west at Durand at 4:51. Today’s train had 5 CN units.

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CN 2436/CN 5666 led Q186 intermodal to Toronto yesterday in Canada. It sounds like traffic is picking up enough that more of these old -8s, -9s are coming back out of storage.

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WB Z149 with CN 3222/CN 3144 by MP 203 at 8:10 AM

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WB thru Durand just before 10 AM. CN/CN 2660/ex-BNSF now GECX 4793 and mixed freight. Either an M397 or maybe an A491.

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Wed Jul 28, 2021 10:40 am
WB thru Durand just before 10 AM. CN/CN 2660/ex-BNSF now GECX 4793 and mixed freight. Either an M397 or maybe an A491.
CN 8872/CN 2660/ex-BNSF now GECX 4793 and this is train A491

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Eastbound autorack train just went through East Flint. A westbound mixed freight went through about ten minutes before.

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C711 w CN 2236/BNSF 6115 by MP 203 at 11:25 AM

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WB 2-unit CN/CN mixed freight by 205 cam at 2:20 PM

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Durand. 2:07 PM. CN/CN. WB Intermodal with a dozen loaded wells and the rest were all empty. Met an EB mixed freight.

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