Shortline Train Location Updates April 2022

[Talk]

Z627-22 os Grand Haven TWP 9:29, MMRR 2170 leading Southbound

[Jim_c]

Came across the GDLK in Plainwell around 6:20PM. Nary a train in sight. Got out of the car around 5 to 10 minutes later, I can hear the horn. Not sure which way they're heading.

Still in town at 8:20PM.

[LansingRailFan]

NB RS102 Approaching Milan with the 4049 and 3926 with seven cars as of 930.

[LansingRailFan]

JAIL with 1760/1751 NB (railroad west) on CSX trackage in Lansing with approx two dozen cars for CSX and CN.

There’s a handful of cars to pickup at CSX.

[MQT1223]

The Moose (Grand Elk) is northbound through Wayland. No idea on power. Spotted from the highway.

RIP Mike Spencer

[~Z~]

Grand elk south through Byron Center at 10:35pm. Two locos, and easily 150+ cars. Rolling slow, but took at least 7 minutes to clear.

[LansingRailFan]

JAIL in Mason at 08:15 with 1760, 15 cars and 1751 on the end. Looks like they will stop at RSDC first before continuing on to CSX, CN etc…

[LansingRailFan]

JAIL with 1760/1751 working in Ensel. They left three cars in Ensel from NS that are for SB picks before going to CN to interchange. They then worked Padnos before heading to Ensel, dropping the CN cars, grabbing their NS cars on the head end followed by the CSX pickups and then the CN cars on the rear. 1760 is leading and both engines are elephant style, short hood forward.

They will work Ambassador steel on their way south and drop off two gons (from NS) of rebar.

Interestingly enough, when they worked on their tracks in Ensel sorting cars, they even used a bit of the Old Town Spur for head room.

[LansingRailFan]

HESR 810 job (Vassar, day) ran, no, trundled, to Brown City to pick up a loaded CSX grainer. They’ll tack on 15ish loads out of Marlette before the night job will hand the train over to LSRC tonight. 89 cars totalish

[AARR]

Thank you for the detailed information

JAIL with 1760/1751 working in Ensel…..

[LansingRailFan]

Thank you for the detailed information

JAIL with 1760/1751 working in Ensel…..

Welcome. So after I made my post, they departed power light. They disconnected from all of the cars and took off. Maybe they were short on hours and a night job will come up and do all of the work from Ensel back thru Mason tonight.

[AARR]

Thank you for posting HESR thumb operations

HESR 810 job (Vassar, day) ran, no, trundled, to Brown City to pick up a loaded CSX grainer…….

[LansingRailFan]

Thank you for posting HESR thumb operations

HESR 810 job (Vassar, day) ran, no, trundled, to Brown City to pick up a loaded CSX grainer…….

No prob. Really wanna get up there sometime and catch some of their moves. Of course at 10 mph once you find em it’s pretty easy to keep up.

This is a great map too. I think Nicholas Katz made it.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mi ... 759721&z=9

[TerryT]

Z627 is a Shore Thing
Waverly bound through Muskegon Hts
9:06

[WHVNOnly]

Detroit Connecting Railroad running this morning.

[AARR]

It is my understanding the Bad Axe day job runs to Croswell once a week during the regular time (Sunday?) and twice a week (Sunday and Thursday?) during the sugar beet "Campaign" which begins around November and ends around April. All other movements are as-needed.

No prob. Really wanna get up there sometime and catch some of their moves. Of course, at 10 mph once you find em it’s pretty easy to keep up.

[LansingRailFan]

It is my understanding the Bad Axe day job runs to Croswell once a week during the regular time (Sunday?) and twice a week (Sunday and Thursday?) during the sugar beet "Campaign" which begins around November and ends around April. All other movements are as-needed.

No prob. Really wanna get up there sometime and catch some of their moves. Of course, at 10 mph once you find em it’s pretty easy to keep up.

I was told it is approx 4.5 hours each way from Bad Axe to Croswell lol. Can you imagine the sweaters these crews can knit on those trains?

[KC8RBK]

I think it's lsrc that's east of i75 just north of the Z bridge. Train headed sb at 1055. I missed the power

[LansingRailFan]

NS stone train just went past the Elkhart camera heading up the line towards Kalamazoo @11:06 am. It looks like it was empty.

[Outflow]

It is my understanding the Bad Axe day job runs to Croswell once a week during the regular time (Sunday?) and twice a week (Sunday and Thursday?) during the sugar beet "Campaign" which begins around November and ends around April. All other movements are as-needed.

No prob. Really wanna get up there sometime and catch some of their moves. Of course, at 10 mph once you find em it’s pretty easy to keep up.

For the past several months the bad axe job runs south Tuesday/Thursday leaving bad axe between 7-8pm.