CN Train Location Updates - January 2023

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Re: CN Train Location Updates - January 2023

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13:00 - WB X301 w CN 2331 solo up front and CN 2312 mid-DPU, ff rolling thru MSU now.

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AARR wrote:
Mon Jan 30, 2023 12:43 pm
Southbound through Pontiac with a long string of vehicle racks ( I’m guessing empties) and containers. CN EMD F and GE R just as God intended 🙂.
AARR, what were the locomotive models/numbers? Yes it is good when EMDs lead trains!!!! :wink:
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Robertrains wrote:
Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:54 pm
AARR wrote:
Mon Jan 30, 2023 12:43 pm
Southbound through Pontiac with a long string of vehicle racks ( I’m guessing empties) and containers. CN EMD F and GE R just as God intended 🙂.
AARR, what were the locomotive models/numbers? Yes it is good when EMDs lead trains!!!! :wink:
I didn't get the numbers, but both were late model engines.
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Re: CN Train Location Updates - January 2023

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M394 east appeared on 205 cam at 18:41. CN + KCS in front and a rare treat of an FXE (#4086) as a mid-dpu
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bluewonderrails wrote:
Mon Jan 30, 2023 7:56 pm
M394 east appeared on 205 cam at 18:41. CN + KCS in front and a rare treat of an FXE (#4086) as a mid-dpu

20:05 - EB E280 w BNSF 5871 solo thru Mishawaka, In.

20:35 - EB M394 w CN 2950/KCS 4782 and mid-DPU Ferromex FXE 4086 is at Kearsley
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AARR wrote:
Mon Jan 30, 2023 2:09 pm
Robertrains wrote:
Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:54 pm
AARR wrote:
Mon Jan 30, 2023 12:43 pm
Southbound through Pontiac with a long string of vehicle racks ( I’m guessing empties) and containers. CN EMD F and GE R just as God intended 🙂.
AARR, what were the locomotive models/numbers? Yes it is good when EMDs lead trains!!!! :wink:
I didn't get the numbers, but both were late model engines.
The train you saw was SB Q116 w CN 5759/CN 2642 thru Trowbridge. Racks then stacks.

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21:00 - SB L508 w IC 2726/CN 8909/CN 2301/CN 5775 departed Pontiac yard

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Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:41 am

That eight loco NB was E251. They ended up working in Pontiac as well.

Sunday’s E251 w CN 2940/CN 3948/BNSF 3943/BNSF 7344/CN 5775/CN 2301/CN 3935/CN 3036

3948 and 3935 are ex-CitiRail
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Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:00 pm
13:00 - WB X301 w CN 2331 solo up front and CN 2312 mid-DPU, ff rolling thru MSU now.
WB X301 w CN 2331 picked up CN 2940/CN 3948 ex-CitiRail/CN 3935 ex-CitiRail/CN 3036 and still had mid-DPU CN 2312 and the braking car at the end of the train.

The two BNSF units from that E251 will lead an E271 out of BC tonight.

CN 5775/CN 2301 were set off of E251 in BC annd then went to Flint on A492 before being picked up by L507 tonight.

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00:19 - EB rack train thru Trowbridge with a BNSF GEVO leading.
00:58 - EB with CN 5745, 5718, CN/GTW 5902? (SD40-2 with NA scheme, no dynamics), and 5454 by MP 225.

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Tue Jan 31, 2023 1:32 am
00:19 - EB rack train thru Trowbridge with a BNSF GEVO leading.
00:58 - EB with CN 5745, 5718, CN/GTW 5902? (SD40-2 with NA scheme, no dynamics), and 5454 by MP 225.
Rack train: EB E280 w BNSF 5871 solo to flat rock

EB L500 w CN 5745/CN 5718/CN 5902/CN 5454

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251 through Trenton at 11:54 CN+CN+BNSF

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BNSF 5358 leading eastbound stack train thru MSU campus now.

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LansingRailFan wrote:
Tue Jan 31, 2023 12:34 pm
amessmann wrote:
Tue Jan 31, 2023 1:32 am
00:19 - EB rack train thru Trowbridge with a BNSF GEVO leading.
00:58 - EB with CN 5745, 5718, CN/GTW 5902? (SD40-2 with NA scheme, no dynamics), and 5454 by MP 225.
Rack train: EB E280 w BNSF 5871 solo to flat rock

EB L500 w CN 5745/CN 5718/CN 5902/CN 5454
It should be a GTW SD40-2 and not "CN!" There is no CN 5902 and the eight ex UP engines are numbered 5930─5937! GTW got these in 1990! :wink: The old SD40s in the "5900 Series" are long retired! :(
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Robertrains wrote:
Tue Jan 31, 2023 1:41 pm
It should be a GTW SD40-2...The old SD40s in the "5900 Series" are long retired! :(
So it was indeed 5902? Don't take my report verbatim as the road number was pulled from a poorly lit night shot again.

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amessmann wrote:
Tue Jan 31, 2023 3:11 pm
Robertrains wrote:
Tue Jan 31, 2023 1:41 pm
It should be a GTW SD40-2...The old SD40s in the "5900 Series" are long retired! :(
So it was indeed 5902? Don't take my report verbatim as the road number was pulled from a poorly lit night shot again.
Nope, not "5902!" It has to be GTW engine numbers between "5930─5937!" Not so literally, I know! :shock: :shock: Of these, only 5936 is still GTW "Blue!" Most are in the early 1990s CN North America paint! :wink: Yes, poorly lit night grab shots can cause mistakes!!!!! :roll:
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15:45 - WB Z149 w CN 5726/GTW 5933/CN 8878/CN 2684 thru Charlotte

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16:10 - WB M397 w CN 2950/KCS 4782/Ferromex FXE 4086 thru EE Aldershot, Ontario.

An overnight run for us in Michigan.

16:15 - EB M394 w CN 2877 and mid-DPU NS 8177 thru Stillwell

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E280 east clear mp216.19 at 17:31. Solo BNSF #6934
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Tue Jan 31, 2023 1:36 pm
BNSF 5358 leading eastbound stack train thru MSU campus now.
Close! #5258. That was Q116
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A very late M383 through Common Rd. @ 19:30. CN 3195, 3004, & mid-DPU 2908 with 160 cars. Little bit of everything on it today.

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L513 south by Royal Oak at 1954, no visual on power

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