CN Train Location Updates - January 2023

[LansingRailFan]

BCOL 4609 is 2/2 on SB M385 on the Mt. Clemens sub today. Departed Port Huron at 12:45

SB M385 w CN 2303/BCOL 4609

[Delray]

251 is in Pontiac followed a short local.

116 should be here soon

Amtrak a little after

[LansingRailFan]

BCOL 4609 is 2/2 on SB M385 on the Mt. Clemens sub today. Departed Port Huron at 12:45

SB M385 w CN 2303/BCOL 4609

L533 is at Forest Lawn, waiting on SB M385 at Nolan

BCOL 4609 is the last active BCOL C40-8M cowl unit.

[Man o' War]

BCOL 4609 is 2/2 on SB M385 on the Mt. Clemens sub today. Departed Port Huron at 12:45

SB M385 w CN 2303/BCOL 4609

By Mount Clemens depot at @14:00. You could hear the clock ticking on 4609 as it went by.

Looks like L533N might be working MC after it made a pick up at East Yard earlier, and a swap with L515.

You do realize that your post is going to throw a particular railfan into a complete tizzy. Be prepared. Also, any news on Yuengleng coming into Michigan yet? I'm waitin...

Man o' War

[David Collins]

116 should be here soon

Amtrak a little after

Was by Opdyke/Kensington Road in Bloomfield Hills at 2:19 with CN's initial railfan offering for 2022 leading (8898 is actually the 25th-anniversary sticker unit for CN's IPO on Wall Street)

Amtrak 350 met him too at 2:20, got the meet on video with the drone, video coming soon in trip reports.

[LansingRailFan]

BCOL 4609 is 2/2 on SB M385 on the Mt. Clemens sub today. Departed Port Huron at 12:45

SB M385 w CN 2303/BCOL 4609

By Mount Clemens depot at @14:00. You could hear the clock ticking on 4609 as it went by.

Looks like L533N might be working MC after it made a pick up at East Yard earlier, and a swap with L515.

You do realize that your post is going to throw a particular railfan into a complete tizzy. Be prepared. Also, any news on Yuengleng coming into Michigan yet? I'm waitin...

Man o' War

Yeungling: personally, I think in 2023 we will finally hear that Michigan is slated for expansion in 2024. Yeungling lacks capacity in their breweries in PA but has filled out their brewery in Tampa, FL (ex-Schlitz). When MolsonCoors’ contract to brew the Pabst Brewing Company beers ends in 2025, MolsonCoors will have additional capacity to help Yeungling expand.

Pabst now owns four breweries of its own in a partnership with City Brewing Corp: Latrobe, PA (ex-Rolling Rock), Memphis, TN (ex-Coors Brewing) La Crosse, WI and Irwindale, CA (ex-MolsonCoors). As Pabst slowly transitions over to these breweries, the capacity that MolsonCoors has for Yeungling will increase.

https://www.yuengling.com/news/yuenglin ... ing-beers/

https://www.molsoncoorsblog.com/tag/pabst-brewing-co

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pabst-bu ... 12019.html

And probably most important for backstory:

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/11/29/mil ... tract.html

[LansingRailFan]

L533 was NB w GTW 5933 solo at 15:00

And yes, I’m prepared for his posts!

[LansingRailFan]

15:45 - EB M394 w CN 3058/CN 3923* ex-citi/Mid-DPU KCS 4594 thru Charlotte at MP 202

15:45 - EB M396 w CN 8937/CN 2544/CN 5763 is in BC - was thru Mishawaka, IN at 17:50 tonight and had a fourth unit ahead of the rest. CN 8879 was leading the other three when it rolled thru Indiana.

15:45 - WB M301 w CN 3818/CN 3217 is lined into the tunnel from Sarnia to Port Huron

15:45 - WB M397 w CN 8844/CN 2201 is still en route to Sarnia, ON.

[Man o' War]

L533 was NB w GTW 5933 solo at 15:00

And yes, I’m prepared for his posts!

L533 buzzed through MC (engine light) without blinking, so, no work here.

Thanks for the beer news - equally as important as rail news!

Man o' War

[David Collins]

365 stopped in Charlotte this morning for some reason according to L.G. Gibson's video, anyone know why?

[LansingRailFan]

251 through Trenton at 11:52

CN 3880 (100)
CN 5614
CN 5671

WB E251 w CN 3880/CN 5614/CN 5671 clear East Lansing Amtrak

[GTW6401]

507 is just starting to work at Moterm. CN 8825 and IC 2718.

[Manistique]

507 is just starting to work at Moterm. CN 8825 and IC 2718.

Flying by MP 22.5 at 6:31 pm.

[Robertrains]

BCOL 4609 is 2/2 on SB M385 on the Mt. Clemens sub today. Departed Port Huron at 12:45

SB M385 w CN 2303/BCOL 4609

By Mount Clemens depot at @14:00. You could hear the clock ticking on 4609 as it went by.

Looks like L533N might be working MC after it made a pick up at East Yard earlier, and a swap with L515.

You do realize that your post is going to throw a particular railfan into a complete tizzy. Be prepared. Also, any news on Yuengleng coming into Michigan yet? I'm waitin...

Man o' War

Well GEEZ!!!!! I could have easily rode my bike to the tracks in Fraser to catch BCOL "Cowl" 4609!!!! Yup, missed 385 and 533!!!! Those could have been my first trains of the year!!!! Well, what train is BCOL 4609 expected to go on tomorrow, 1-3?
Man it probably will go on the Holly Sub. Man o' War, which "Railfan" are you referring with that "Complete Tizzy" remark?

[LansingRailFan]

EB Z148 w CN 5734/CN 5691 thru Mishawaka, IN at 19:20

[tsinoms]

WB Racks through Schoolcraft. Pair of I's and an M-2 at 0150.

[Manistique]

SB Train 515 past MP 22.5 at 7:40 am. One box, a couple tanks and most of the rest loaded centerbeams. Is 515 still working the Chrysler plant in Mount Clemens? There hasn't been a lot of boxcars on it lately and it is coming back rather early most days. Maybe the plant is closed for the autoworkers Union Christmas break and that is the reason for the lack of boxcars?

[bluewonderrails]

L501 west clear mp202 at 08:43, 36°F. CN duo #8001 + #8801 + BNSF duo #8783 + #5891

[LansingRailFan]

L501 west clear mp202 at 08:43, 36°F. CN duo #8001 + #8801 + BNSF duo #8783 + #5891

CN 8001/CN 8801 were L500 on 01/02
BNSF 8783 was on an E280 to Flat Rock and brought north on L507 back to Flint.
BNSF 5891 led E260 to Flint yesterday

[LansingRailFan]

08:15 - WB Z149 w CN/CN f/f by MP 205 cam

L501 was reported above

WB P365 by MP 205 cam at 09:15