Shortline Updates - October 2021
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2021 11:25 am
Grand Elk northbound through Schoolcraft at 11:23
4206 & 4225, all covered hoppers
4206 & 4225, all covered hoppers
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Re: Shortline Updates - October 2021
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2021 4:13 pm
Grand Elk south through Byron Center at 4:12pm. WAMX 4125, WAMX 4209, and a MASSIVE 119ish cars. Longest I've seen this year.
Michigan Shore Railroad Location Updates - October 2021
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 9:45 am
Michigan Shore MMRR #2019, MMRR #2170 (Z627-04) southbound with hoppers, gondolas and tanks at Airline Rd & Summit Ave, Muskegon Hts., 9:31 am
Re: Shortline Updates - October 2021
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 10:35 am
JAIL heard running down to CN, crossing SB at W Michigan Ave at 10:20
Re: Shortline Updates - October 2021
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 1:54 pm
Michigan Shore Railroad Location Updates - October 2021
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 4:04 pm
Michigan Shore MMRR #2019, MMRR #2170 with 3 hoppers north at Airline Rd & Summit Ave, Muskegon Hts. 3:40 PM
Re: Shortline Updates - October 2021
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 6:05 pm
Re: Shortline Updates - October 2021
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 6:16 pm
Maybe - it's more like they ran on Monday, but then didn't run again until Friday, so maybe the local was doing work, plus transfers with CSX during the week. No GDLK yet today.
Re: Shortline Updates - October 2021
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 8:09 pm
The Elk was in Plainwell about 6:50ish this evening. I'm unsure of which direction.
Re: Shortline Updates - October 2021
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 11:06 am
Elk NB from Plainwell at 10:30. Didn't see it.
Re: Shortline Updates - October 2021
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 11:25 am
Northbound Elk thru Elkhart at 11:13am with the first 46 cars being empty short covered hoppers, 64 cars total. Not sure where the shorties are going as these (I think) are usually those frac sand type cars, so maybe they are for storage, unless the Elk picked up some new business somewhere. I am very curious about this, so that is someone's homework assignment to find out and get back with us.
Thanks.
David Lang
Thanks.
David Lang
Re: Shortline Updates - October 2021
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 11:31 am
They’ve been storing a ton of sand hoppers in GR. Supposedly a number of them went south this week.David Lang wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 11:25 amNorthbound Elk thru Elkhart at 11:13am with the first 46 cars being empty short covered hoppers, 64 cars total. Not sure where the shorties are going as these (I think) are usually those frac sand type cars, so maybe they are for storage, unless the Elk picked up some new business somewhere. I am very curious about this, so that is someone's homework assignment to find out and get back with us.
Thanks.
David Lang
Re: Shortline Updates - October 2021
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 11:39 am
JAIL made a short trip to CSX today and are headed back south across CN at CP Cedar at 11:28 AM.
Re: Shortline Updates - October 2021
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 11:49 am
Thanks LansingRailfan.
Re: Shortline Updates - October 2021
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 12:09 pm
I rode the Little River railroad “Hillsdale Flyer” on Sunday from Coldwater to H-dale and back over the Old Road of the Indiana Northeastern RR. I noted the following:
Several tankcars on the new transload spur just west of the Coldwater depot.
No cars on the siding at Star of the West in Quincy - do they still get rail service?
2 BNSF covered hoppers at Sun Gro east of Quincy.
The switch is still in at the Con Agra site east of there. No service for a long while, obviously.
3 scrap gons at Omnisource in Jonesville. Two more gons were at the south end of the new passing siding in that area, south of Jonesville Junction.
A variety of tankcars and covered hoppers on tracks at Hillsdale near and west of the wye. 2230 was tied down with a “branch and brush” consist near the INER division office building.
Several tankcars on the new transload spur just west of the Coldwater depot.
No cars on the siding at Star of the West in Quincy - do they still get rail service?
2 BNSF covered hoppers at Sun Gro east of Quincy.
The switch is still in at the Con Agra site east of there. No service for a long while, obviously.
3 scrap gons at Omnisource in Jonesville. Two more gons were at the south end of the new passing siding in that area, south of Jonesville Junction.
A variety of tankcars and covered hoppers on tracks at Hillsdale near and west of the wye. 2230 was tied down with a “branch and brush” consist near the INER division office building.
Re: Shortline Updates - October 2021
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 12:56 pm
Re: Shortline Updates - October 2021
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 3:49 pm
Grand elk south through Byron Center at 3:48pm. Wamx 4125, wamx 4209, wamx 4124 and 31ish cars.
Re: Shortline Updates - October 2021
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 4:44 pm
WB GRE just crossed the Grand River in Grand Rapids with around 25 King Empties.
Michigan Shore Railroad Location Updates - October 2021
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2021 8:35 am
Michigan Shore MMRR #2170, MMRR #2019 with lots of gondolas south at Airline Rd & Summit Ave Muskegon Hts. 8:30 AM
-It's a year anniversary of the MMRR #2170 on the Michigan Shore Railroad!
-It's a year anniversary of the MMRR #2170 on the Michigan Shore Railroad!
Re: Shortline Updates - October 2021
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2021 8:54 am
Thanks for the updates. I was just speaking with SD80MAC about how that whole SW corner, between MSO, INER, the NS freights on the Amtrak line (including the unit grain trens) and the GRE are not covered very well either here or on some of the bigger FB groups. Glad to get an update from you and everyone else observing down there.GP30M4216 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 12:09 pmI rode the Little River railroad “Hillsdale Flyer” on Sunday from Coldwater to H-dale and back over the Old Road of the Indiana Northeastern RR. I noted the following:
Several tankcars on the new transload spur just west of the Coldwater depot.
No cars on the siding at Star of the West in Quincy - do they still get rail service?
2 BNSF covered hoppers at Sun Gro east of Quincy.
The switch is still in at the Con Agra site east of there. No service for a long while, obviously.
3 scrap gons at Omnisource in Jonesville. Two more gons were at the south end of the new passing siding in that area, south of Jonesville Junction.
A variety of tankcars and covered hoppers on tracks at Hillsdale near and west of the wye. 2230 was tied down with a “branch and brush” consist near the INER division office building.