CSX Train Location Updates - January 2022

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Re: CSX Train Location Updates - January 2022

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amessmann wrote:
Sat Jan 29, 2022 12:51 pm
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[D908-29] running to the Hamilton Branch
Where is the Hamilton Branch?
The only Hamilton branch I know of is In Holland. Why are they going out there?
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MQT1223 wrote:
Sat Jan 29, 2022 7:42 pm
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By Michigan City at 17:42 CT
Q326-29 @ 19:27 ET: eastward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 260 axles & 3,579 feet long. CSX engine #5420 + 1 & 62 cars.
Someone just posted a video on Facebook of a set of UP units leading a freight EB through Stevensville claiming it was shotroughly 10-15 minutes ago. Is there an X326 out there too?
Listening to the scanner archives & it could be UP #5420 leading Q326. The engineer is talking really fast to fully understand but it doesn't sound like he's saying "CSXT". Nothing else has been reported by the DD at mp CG91.9 since Q326-29 was reported there.

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D801-29 @ 19:55 westward Holland Depot mp CG25.3 with BNSF engines #6169 + 5632. He's going to Wells Siding mp CG41.4 to pick up a loaded coal train (N801) that had tied down there on 01/25.

D700-29 @ 20:00 eastward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 121 axles (+1 error) & 1,669 feet long. CSX engine #6546 & 29 cars.
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MQT1223 wrote:
Sat Jan 29, 2022 7:44 pm
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Sat Jan 29, 2022 12:51 pm
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Sat Jan 29, 2022 12:39 pm
[D908-29] running to the Hamilton Branch
Where is the Hamilton Branch?
The only Hamilton branch I know of is In Holland. Why are they going out there?
That was a smart-butt joke that clearly flew high over some heads :lol:
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MQT1223 wrote:
Sat Jan 29, 2022 7:42 pm
Tom49801 wrote:
Sat Jan 29, 2022 7:31 pm
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Sat Jan 29, 2022 6:42 pm


By Michigan City at 17:42 CT
Q326-29 @ 19:27 ET: eastward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 260 axles & 3,579 feet long. CSX engine #5420 + 1 & 62 cars.
Someone just posted a video on Facebook of a set of UP units leading a freight EB through Stevensville claiming it was shotroughly 10-15 minutes ago. Is there an X326 out there too?
Q326-29 @ 20:21:17 eastward Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 cam - UP engines #5420 + #5820(?) elephant style & 62 cars.

Q326-29 @ 20:48 eastward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 260 axles & 3,639 feet long.
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19:44 CT: Amtrak P370 east at Michigan City, 8 minutes off the pace
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D801-29 @ 21:18 copied his EC1 to head eastward from Wells Siding mp CG41.4 to the West Olive, Mi power plant with BNSF engines #9313 + #5632 + #6169 & 130 loaded coal cars & rear dpu BNSF #9149.

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Sat Jan 29, 2022 8:44 pm
19:44 CT: Amtrak P370 east at Michigan City, 8 minutes off the pace
Amtrak P370-29 @ 21:17 ET: eastward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 16 axles & 306 feet long. IDTX engine #4630 & 3 SuperLiner cars.
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Sat Jan 29, 2022 9:25 pm
D801-29 @ 21:18 copied his EC1 to head eastward from Wells Siding mp CG41.4 to the West Olive, Mi power plant with BNSF engines #9313 + #5632 + #6169 & 130 loaded coal cars & rear dpu BNSF #9149.
Any reason for the 4 engines?
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Q326-29 @ 21:30 eastward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 260 axles & 3,611 feet long. UP engines #5420 + #5893 elephant style & 62 cars.
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David Collins wrote:
Sat Jan 29, 2022 9:32 pm
Tom49801 wrote:
Sat Jan 29, 2022 9:25 pm
D801-29 @ 21:18 copied his EC1 to head eastward from Wells Siding mp CG41.4 to the West Olive, Mi power plant with BNSF engines #9313 + #5632 + #6169 & 130 loaded coal cars & rear dpu BNSF #9149.
Any reason for the 4 engines?
The loaded coal trains always pick up extra power (2 additional engines) & usually from either Wells or Grand Junction Siding to get them over the Saugatuck Hill at mp CG32.5 CSX rules requires extra power for trains over 10,000 tons for this hill. Usually, CSX engines #814 + #735 are used as the extra power, but, for some reason they opted to use a pair of BNSF engines that were at the West Olive, Mi power plant.

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Tom49801 wrote:
Sat Jan 29, 2022 9:37 pm
David Collins wrote:
Sat Jan 29, 2022 9:32 pm
Tom49801 wrote:
Sat Jan 29, 2022 9:25 pm
D801-29 @ 21:18 copied his EC1 to head eastward from Wells Siding mp CG41.4 to the West Olive, Mi power plant with BNSF engines #9313 + #5632 + #6169 & 130 loaded coal cars & rear dpu BNSF #9149.
Any reason for the 4 engines?
The loaded coal trains always pick up extra power (2 additional engines) & usually from either Wells or Grand Junction Siding to get them over the Saugatuck Hill at mp CG32.5 CSX rules requires extra power for trains over 10,000 tons for this hill. Usually, CSX engines #814 + #735 are used as the extra power, but, for some reason they opted to use a pair of BNSF engines that were at the West Olive, Mi power plant.
Ancient video from 2015, but this is what the whole operation looks like if you aren't familiar. However, now they use DPUs in a 3x1 configuration instead of manned helpers in a 2x2 configuration. Still, the trains always get down to walking speed going up the hill with the loads.
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D801-29 @ 21:59 eastward Holland Depot mp CG25.3 with BNSF engines #9313 + #5632 + #6169 & 130 loaded coal cars & rear dpu BNSF #9149.

Amtrak P370-29 @ 22:00:35 eastward Bangor’s Division St crossing cam mp CG60.93 with IDTX engine #4630 & 3 SuperLiner cars (3 passengers off at the station mp CG60.5)

Amtrak P370-29 @ 22:21 eastward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 16 axles & 317 feet long.

Amtrak P370-29 @ 22:59 eastward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 16 axles & 310 feet long.
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E800-29 @ 05:20 westward Holland Depot mp CG25.3 with BNSF engine #6169 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF #5632.

Q327-30 @ 05:58 westward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 377 axles (+1 error) & 5,411 feet long. CSX engines #735 + #814 & 91 cars. (These engines were the coal train helpers).

E800-29 @ 05:59 westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 532 axles & 6,829 feet long.

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E800-29 @ 06:21:10 westward Bangor’s Center St crossing cam mp CG60.35 with BNSF engine #6169 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF #5632. He'll be held at Paw Paw mp CG85.3 until Amtrak passes by.

Amtrak P371-30 @ 06:35 westward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 16 axles & 310 feet long. IDTX engine #4630 & 3 SuperLner cars.

Q327-30 @ 06:52 westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 376 axles & 5,272 feet long. CSX engines #735 + #814 & 91 cars.
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Amtrak P371-30 @ 07:11 westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 16 axles & 299 feet long. IDTX engine #4630 & 3 SuperLiner cars.

Q327-30 @ 07:14:09 westward Bangor's W. Center St crossing cam mp CG60.35 with CSX engines #735 + #814 & 91 cars. Note: the 2 UP engines that Q326-29 had last night were left in Grand Rapids. It appears he'll clear up at Riverside mp CG80.1 for Amtrak P371.
Guessing the power that will arrive on tonight's Q326-30 will become the new pusher power & the 2 UP engines in Grand Rapids will become the power for tomorrow's Q327-31.

Amtrak P371-30 @ 07:28 westward Bangor’s Center St cam crossing mp CG60.35 (0 passengers On/Off at the station mp CG60.5)

Q327-30 @ 07:28 westward reported by the DD mp CG66.2 with 380 axles (+4 error) & 5,000+ feet long.

Amtrak P371-30 @ 07:39 westward reported by the DD mp CG66.2 with 16 axles & 310 feet long.

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Amtrak P371-30 @ 08:20 westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 16 axles & 308 feet long. IDTX engine #4630 & 3 SuperLiner cars.

E800-29 @ 08:37 westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 532 axles & 6,981 feet long. BNSF engine #6169 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF #5632.

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07:51 CT: P371 by Michigan City
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Q327-30 @ 08:56 westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 377 axles (+1 error) & 5,427 feet long. CSX engines #735 + #814 & 91 cars.

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Saturnalia wrote:
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07:51 CT: P371 by Michigan City
08:20 CT: E800 west by Michigan City

08:40 CT: Q327 west by Michigan City
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