CN Train Location Updates - September 2022

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GTW6401 wrote:
Mon Sep 19, 2022 3:37 pm
251 approaching Milwaukee Junction. KCS 4772 and CN 2658.
Passed MP 22.2 (Opdyke) at 4:30 pm.

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Mon Sep 19, 2022 4:15 pm
515, CN 5450 northbound at Clay Aveune in Detroit.
Was about 15 minutes behind 251 passing MP 22.5.

Train 507 went by here around 6:30 or so.

And 508 is rolling by my house at 7:18 pm with mostly doublestacks tonight. I wonder if they are meeting and switching crews with 507 in Pontiac now instead of Moterm?

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Westbound by Trowbridge at 1945

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18:31 - WB E251 w KCS 4772/CN 2658 at Durand on the Chicago Wye

19:45 - WB E251 w KCS 4772/CN 2658 at Trowbridge

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Amtrak 364 out of East Lansing at 21:22

4614, 6 cars & 4611

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Westbound through East Lansing at 22:15.
CN 2880 & 2810 on the head end & 2776 mid train .
Maybe 397

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SB Train 515 with 5450 passed MP 22.5 on the Holly at 9:20 am.

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Dan Cluley wrote:
Mon Sep 19, 2022 10:16 pm
Westbound through East Lansing at 22:15.
CN 2880 & 2810 on the head end & 2776 mid train .
Maybe 397
overnight CN flint sub review - all times MP 205 Charlotte

21:00 - EB P364
21:29 - WB M356 returns to Battle Creek power light with CN 2324/CN 8879 - 2234 was LHF
**EB M356 by the 205 cam yesterday at 16:35 - they dropped their entire train of empty autoracks at Cory Yard and Snow Yard.
21:57 - EB L500 w CN/CN f/f - no intermodal that I saw
22:48 - WB M397 w CN 2880/CN 2810 and mid-DPU CN ex-citi 2776
**22:15 - East Lansing per Dan Cluley
23:20 - EB M302 w CN trio f/r/r

00:25 - WB X397 w CN pair f/r
01:23 - EB Z148 w CN pair f/r - intermodal/autorack

05:50 - WB L501 w four CN units f/r/f/f - two of these came off of an X271 empty autorack train that terminated in Flint
06:10 - WB Z149 w solo CN and all intermodal

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09:19 - WB P365 by the 205 cam
09:53 - EB A492 w CN 3065/CN ex-citi 3937 slows to a stop in front of the 205 cam
FCA boxcars that'll be set out in Flint for L508 are on the head end.

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10:48 - EB A492 w CN 3065/CN ex-citi 3937 at Trowbridge

10:25 - WB A491 w CN 8810/CN 2551/CN 5608 f/r/r at MP 203 Charlotte

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At MP 22.2 on the Holly Sub., Opdyke Road, crews are adding a lower signal to the mast on Main 2 today. Any idea why? There is already a lower one on the mast for Main 1 here, I presume because of the crossover to the Amtrak station in Pontiac.

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It's an automatic block signal since it has a mile number plate.
So they're adding a distant signal for Main 2 on the approach for MAL interlocking.

Why? Maybe to keep land barges northbound on Main 2 from stopping at MAL and fouling Woodward/South Blvd./Opdyke.
I'm not aware that has happened before. You would be in a much better position to know if that has ever happened.

Maybe making it a valid route from Main 2 into the Pontiac station siding?
Of course that would make little sense since Amtrak needs to be on Main 1 for the Troy station.

edit: CN could be making it an actual CTC holdout signal like Raven
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Train 251 just passed MP 22.5 at 1:40 pm with a shorter train. Older GE 2514 (or 2541) was trailing unit of two.

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NB Train 515 went past MP 22.5 around 5 pm today with a long train of mostly empty centerbeams.

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EB CSX L306 is lined onto CSX trackage from the CN Flint Sun at Port Huron

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Train 507 just went flying past MP 22.5 at 6:50 pm.

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All in one post…

Overnight CN Flint Subdivision review
All times MP 205 unless noted

21:45 - WB M397 w CNx3 f/r/f
22:20 - EB Q122 w CN/CN 100th unit f/r - intermodal/autorack
23:17 - WB M301 w CNx2 f/r

00:58 - EB L500 w CNx2 f/r - intermodal on this train.
03:03 - EB Z148 w CNx2 f/f - intermodal/autorack
03:42 - EB M302 w CNx2 f/r and mid-DPU CN ex-citirail rear facing

07:17 - WB L501 w CNx3 (CN/100th/SD70 or 75i)
07:39 - WB Z149 w CN/CN 5758 f/r - intermodal
09:20 - WB P365
*Departed Durand at 08:10
**Departed ELA at 08:54

11:03 - WB Q123 w CN 2982/CN 5723 f/f clear MP 203 - https://youtu.be/gVsZCvX35dc

12:24 - WB M399 w CN 3200/CN 5477 f/r at Millet Hwy
12:25 - EB E276 just arrived in Battle Creek
12:25 - EB M396 approaching Walton and will meet WB M399 at Potterville
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A WB Q123 just departed Halifax, NS with CN 3023 leading CN 2636. Should be in Michigan either Friday evening or Saturday.

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12:37 - EB M396 clear MP 202 with CN 3010/CN 3831

12:52 - R934 w CN 5489 is still working in Snow Yard, shuffling a couple of cuts of empty autoracks around presently.

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CSX is waiting for 382 at Tappan before departing for Flint.

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