Shortline Updates July, 2021

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Shortline Updates July, 2021

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Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 3:57pm, WAMX 4125, WAMX 4209 and just 10 cars. Last week or two seem fairly short trains overall.

Quick turnaround, back south at 5:27pm, 4209, 4125 and 13 cars.
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JAIL SB into Mason at 3:50 PM. They had tonight’s train built already for the night crew. Looked to be one empty rebar gon and about ten coil cars. Could not get car numbers.

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Z627-01 os GH Southbound MMRR 2170 leading 22:58

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HESR 3037 was left next to the sidestreet in the bad axe yard last evening while one of the railamerica units sits near the former engine house. There are a couple of small empty open hoppers parked further down the siding from the 3037 that had stone in them the last time I seen them so maybe 3037 was doing maintence work somewhere towards the croswell end of the line. The current schedule seems to be Monday Wednesday Friday southbound around 7.30 pm based on when I hear them while on lunch at work.
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Outflow wrote:
Sat Jul 03, 2021 11:28 pm
The current schedule seems to be Monday Wednesday Friday southbound around 7.30 pm based on when I hear them while on lunch at work.
Thank you for the update.
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Z151 proceeding thru Sunnyside and headed thru the west side of G. R. THREE SD-40-2's with a land barge.

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Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 4:04pm. WAMX 4225, WAMX 4189, WAMX 4209, and 40ish cars.

Back south about 6:45pm with a good 50ish cars.
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WMI picked up 16 cars from CSX last night and left them 6.
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Loaded windmill blade train for LSRC was north through Fostoria at 0900 with a UP SD70ACe and UP AC4400

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bnsfben wrote:
Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:36 am
Loaded windmill blade train for LSRC was north through Fostoria at 0900 with a UP SD70ACe and UP AC4400
Shouldn’t that pass through Holly Michigan?

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GTW Dude wrote:
Wed Jul 07, 2021 12:38 pm
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Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:36 am
Loaded windmill blade train for LSRC was north through Fostoria at 0900 with a UP SD70ACe and UP AC4400
Shouldn’t that pass through Holly Michigan?
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Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 3:11pm. WAMX 4125, WAMX 4189, WAMX 3531, and about 25 cars.

Back south at 4:55pm with WAMX 4189, WAMX 4125, and 30 cars. Left 3531 up in GR.
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Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 3:07pm. WAMX 4125 solo with 16 cars. Boxcars, covered hoppers, 2 auto racks(that's a rarity), and a tank car.

Nighttime edit: don't believe they came back south.
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LS&I 7 Tilden Job w 3074/3073 on today. Empire Junction 8:00 AM.

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JAIL NB across St. Joseph Ave in Lansing at 10:53. 1760+1751 with 4 gondolas.
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Not sure where it is currently, but the LSRC OCS went south through Birch Run about 45 minutes ago

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Sounds like the Elk got back to Plainwell from Otsego about 10:00 PM. If they follow the usual pattern, they'll be NB. A midnight run to GR!?!
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NB JAIL freight through Mason at 0650. Train had paused at the shops pending a crew change. ADBF 1758 and 1751 are your motors with 12 coils in tow which I presume will go to CSX.
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Wed Jul 14, 2021 7:08 am
NB JAIL freight through Mason at 0650. Train had paused at the shops pending a crew change. ADBF 1758 and 1751 are your motors with 12 coils in tow which I presume will go to CSX.
Passed me in Lansing moments ago near CN diamonds having changed out freight somewhere as he only had 1 CSX gondola car
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JAIL SB across CN diamonds in Lansing at 10:24 with 1 csx coil car
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