Shortline Train Location Updates April 2022

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X702 with usual suspects of HESR pair #3414, #3484 arrived to Durand's PH wye at 14:46
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bluewonderrails wrote:
Wed Apr 27, 2022 2:49 pm
X702 with usual suspects of HESR pair #3414, #3484 arrived to Durand's PH wye at 14:46
X701 proceeding north from Durand at 16:03
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Grand elk North through Byron Center at 7:17pm. Wamx 4125 and wamx 4124 and 40ish cars. Good mix of boxcars, tank cars, and covered hoppers.

Back south at 10:01pm, WAMX 4124, WAMX 4125, and 45 cars. They likely have a slow order around Buck Creek as they slowed to a crawl as they neared it tonight.
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Grand Elk just went by the Elkhart cam towards the Elkhart yard with WAMX 4206 in the lead with WAMX 4225 and WAMX 4189 and 98 cars that were a mix of covered hoppers, tank and box cars.

Grand Elk just went by the Elkhart cam back north at 11:17 am with WAMX 4189 in the lead with WAMX 4225, WAMX 4206 and 111 cars in tow. Another nice mix of covered hoppers, box cars and tank cars.

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Z627-29 os Grand Haven TWP MMRR 2019 leading Southbound 10:03

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LIRR out working today. Currently on the CN Lapeer siding picking up four loaded plastics hoppers for Delta Faucet.

CN dropped the four off on top of the five empties already there on the spur so they will have to pull all nine, cut the empties off and add the five empties to the two they just pulled from Delta before shoving back to CN.

They will then shove 7 empty cars back to the interchange with CN.

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LansingRailFan wrote:
Fri Apr 29, 2022 11:51 am
LIRR out working today. Currently on the CN Lapeer siding picking up four loaded plastics hoppers for Delta Faucet.

CN dropped the four off on top of the five empties already there on the spur so they will have to pull all nine, cut the empties off and add the five empties to the two they just pulled from Delta before shoving back to CN.

They will then shove 7 empty cars back to the interchange with CN.
12:42. LIRR is at Delta Faucet dropping off the four loads before being done for the day.

JAIL worked overnight and went to NS before switching around.

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HESR 3390 solo led an entire train of stored 2-bay sand hoppers to Durand, arriving at 10:26 this morning

The Rocket, Job 702 into Durand, arrived at 13:55 this afternoon.

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Talk wrote:
Fri Apr 29, 2022 10:03 am
Z627-29 os Grand Haven TWP MMRR 2019 leading Southbound 10:03
Back North 14:46... MMRR 2019 leading 4-5 cars solo

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LansingRailFan wrote:
Fri Apr 29, 2022 2:32 pm
HESR 3390 solo led an entire train of stored 2-bay sand hoppers to Durand, arriving at 10:26 this morning

The Rocket, Job 702 into Durand, arrived at 13:55 this afternoon.
HESR Job 701 set to depart Durand at 15:35

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Around 5:45 this evening the GDLK was NB approaching Schoolcraft. Seventeen cars. Does anyone know if this was a local or the train from Elkhart to Kalamazoo? If I had thought a bit more quickly I would have been able to see it crossing the diamond.
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About 8:10 this evening I heard , but didn't see them ,in Plainwell. Unsure which direction
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Jim, GDLK was northbound. Saw them stroll by here in Byron Center slowly at probably 12:30am or so this morning. Didn't check the clock as they woke me up.
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GRE working Lowell 12:03

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LSRC wrote:
Sat Apr 30, 2022 12:07 pm
GRE working Lowell 12:03
My son said he heard them, I told him it was the trackmobile! I checked later and saw more hoppers and a line waiting to head west. But I never actually saw the engine! They have not gone east much this past week, so I guess it is not surprising.

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