CN Train Location Updates - January 2023

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Re: CN Train Location Updates - January 2023

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bluewonderrails wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 3:54 pm
Train 394 went east around mp202 at 15:25. CN #2950 + KCS #4782 + two ex-BNSFs now with the reporting mark of QGRY. #4018 + #4019
Hey, bluewonderrails, what kind of engines were these ex BNSF ones for Quebec & Gatineau®? COOL!!!! :shock: :shock: BNSF seems to have gotten rid of some SD70MACs recently! Was it those? What colors are they in? Any pictures? :?:


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Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:57 pm
12:35 - EB A492 w CN 5691/BCOL 4650/GTW (still in blue/orange) 5846 thru Charlotte
Alright, this is a good consist!!!! LansingRailFan, what time did train A492 make it to Port Huron area? Good consist! Now, where are they taking BCOL C44-9W #4650/GTW GP38-2 #5846? Are these engines likely to come on another train back to MI tomorrow (1-26)? :?: It would be great to see this!!!!! :mrgreen:
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Re: CN Train Location Updates - January 2023

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here is a screen shot of it yesterday going through Griffith, IN. Today there was a train with TWO GT engines still in blue
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Train 507 passed MP22.5 around 7:40 pm.

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SB 515 was past MP 22.5 around 7:50 am with 5456 again.

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WB Z149 w CN 8005/CN 2532 thru Durand at 10:30 with 14000’ of intermodal. Took 5.5 minutes to clear the cam.

They did have an E271 that yarded its train in Flint and then went power light to BC overnight. I’m surprised they didn’t have them grab some of the WB pickup from Flint.

10:37 - EB Q116 w CN 8843/CN 3077 by MP 205 cam - racks and stacks today. Lotta good graffiti’d racks too.

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11:20 - Q116 working Cory and Z149 is lined from Morrice to BC.

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NB Train 515 passed MP 22.5 on the Holly around 12:40 pm. It had all loaded centerbeams plus one empty one on the rear end,which is odd as it is mostly loaded ones on the SB run. Probably a Conrail interchange pickup.

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5456 northbound in Pontiac Yard with a boxcar and long string of loaded centerbeams.

It looks like the Warren Local. Why is it carrying loaded centerbeams northbound? Those centerbeams are for the transload by 8 Mile which is south of here.

Edit: Manistique posted at the same time I did so that answers my question.
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13:31 - EB E296 71 w BNSF 5479/BNSF 7157 at Schoolcraft. Destination is Flint.

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116 passing MP 22.5 at 2:40 pm, putting on its dynamic brakes just as it went by.

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Short mixed went through Trenton at 14:51 507?

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Delray wrote:
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Short mixed went through Trenton at 14:51 507?

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Yes, 507. It went past MP 22.5 on the Holly just now at 5:07 pm with a short train.

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17:17 - EB E260 91 w BNSF 5348 solo thru South Bend

L575 - CN 5666

17:05 - NB L573 w GTW 5851 solo, Light power, by the Fort Street rail cam
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18:45 - Stewart road crossing at MP 207 on the single track on the Flint Sun has been worked on all day after Q116 and A492 ran thru. CN also replaced the switch w CHS.

WB M399 is at Maple

EB M396 is at Walton

EB M394 is at Lacey

EB E276 is in BC Yard

EB E296 w BNSF 5479/BNSF 7157 for Flint is in BC Yard

EB E260 w BNSF 5348 solo for Flint arriving in BC
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20:35 -
Hollyish sub
SB L508 at Milwaukee Jct
NB E251 outta Flat Rock

Flint sub
EB M396 at Shafty McShaftersburg
EB M394 at Cedar
EB E296 terminated in BC, prolly combo w L500

EB E260 (Flint) and E276 (CN 5797/CN 8862) should be next to depart, followed later by L500 and Z148.
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Two EBs by MP 225 this evening between 20:20 and 21:00.
The first had three SD75Is and an ex CitiRail.
The second was led by 3211.

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Eastbound racks with CN 5797 & 8862 through East Lansing at 22:35


Something eastbound by MP 218 in Lansing at 23:00. Didn't see the power

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CN Z148 took M1 at Cedar to bypass two westbounds between there and Okemos.
Not sure on the power or symbol for the first, which was stopped just across the diamond at Trowbridge. The second was led by 5694, which stopped with the power just over the Bouge St. crossing at MP 225. Great sound as the first generation GEVO and that 75I were accelerating.
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AARR wrote:
Thu Jan 26, 2023 1:04 pm
5456 northbound in Pontiac Yard with a boxcar and long string of loaded centerbeams.

It looks like the Warren Local. Why is it carrying loaded centerbeams northbound? Those centerbeams are for the transload by 8 Mile which is south of here.

Edit: Manistique posted at the same time I did so that answers my question.
Manistique wrote:
Thu Jan 26, 2023 12:59 pm
NB Train 515 passed MP 22.5 on the Holly around 12:40 pm. It had all loaded centerbeams plus one empty one on the rear end,which is odd as it is mostly loaded ones on the SB run. Probably a Conrail interchange pickup.
Nolan Distribution may not have been ready to receive the cars. May have gotten behind in unloading the previous days cars with the heavy snowfall and no room for the new loads coming in.

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amessmann wrote:
Thu Jan 26, 2023 9:15 pm
Two EBs by MP 225 this evening between 20:20 and 21:00.
The first had three SD75Is and an ex CitiRail.
The second was led by 3211.
EB M396 was the one w four locos
EB M394 had CN 3211 leading.

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