CN Train Location Updates - March 2023

[LansingRailFan]

251 through Trenton at 12:53
A bunch of BLE coal cars up front

...They looked like ballast cars or maybe ore cars, smaller in size on a longer frame than the hopper part. They were in the 3500 series.

"Tangent" Class coal cars, most likely going to storage somewhere if they weren't loaded.

They just arrived in town via A492/L508 last week. I didn't have visual but someone said they might have a ton of scrap ties in them and they were short MOW gondolas. IDK

[LansingRailFan]

11:00 - EB Q116 w CN 3311/CN 2802 f/f. Infermodal on the rear today. CN 3311 is one of the newly rebuilt C6M s

[Manistique]

Train 280 with the single BNSF unit just passed MP 22.5 at 12:28 pm. Very loud horn.

[Delray]

280 with BNSF 7852 in Birmingham

[Delray]

251 through Trenton at 12:32

CN 5754
CN 2603

[bluewonderrails]

M396 clear 205 cam at 13:15:53. CN duo #2240, #2645 + BNSF duo #6605, #7267

[ConrailDetr​oit]

Autoracks at Milwaukee Jct. Shoreline to Holly.

[LansingRailFan]

14:20 - WB X301 w CN 3062 solo by MP 205 cam - train is mostly racks.

[Manistique]

11:00 - EB Q116 w CN 3311/CN 2802 f/f. Infermodal on the rear today. CN 3311 is one of the newly rebuilt C6M s

Passing MP 22.5 on the Holly at 3:30 pm. 3311 looks pretty good.

And 251 is passing 116 out back right now too.

[David Collins]

Looking like possibly our 5th E280 in the last 3 days is leaving the UP in Chicago. Solo UP AC44 for power.

What appears to be Q148 by West Chicago at 5:53 CT, IC Patch Dash 9 and ES44 for power.

[LansingRailFan]

Looking like possibly our 5th E280 in the last 3 days is leaving the UP in Chicago. Solo UP AC44 for power.

What appears to be Q148 by West Chicago at 5:53 CT, IC Patch Dash 9 and ES44 for power.

We are expecting another E280 overnight.

Z148, however, was different power.

WB E271 w CN 2288/CN 5619 thru Copetown West, ON at 18:45. Racks and stacks, most likely destined for Flint.

EB A492 w CN 2247/CN 2643/CN 8849 thru Potterville at 15:36
EB M394 by MP 205 cam at 19:45

WB Z149 w IC 2703/CN 8834 at Bayview, ON at 20:35

EB M302 w CN 3051/CN ex-citi 3982 and mid-DPU CN 2879 thru Mishawaka, IN at 20:25

EB Z148 w CN 2846/CN 3040 thru Mishawaka, IN at 20:35

[Manistique]

SB 515 with 5931 and a short train just passed MP 22.5 on the Holly at 7:48 am.

[GTWChris]

X491 north at Birmingham at 10:20. CN 5695 and CN 2504.

[bluewonderrails]

X491 north at Birmingham at 10:20. CN 5695 and CN 2504.

Clear mp223 East Lansing at 13:09. Will meet an EB between cpPotterville mp208.3 and cpMill mp215.0. X491 will be taking M1 at cpMill.

[Delray]

251 through Trenton at 14:42

BNSF 7852
CN 2802

[LansingRailFan]

Meant to post this 24 hours ago lmao:

WB E271 w CN 2288/CN 5619 thru Copetown West, ON at 18:45. Racks and stacks, most likely destined for Flint.

EB M394 by MP 205 cam at 19:45

WB Z149 w IC 2703/CN 8834 at Bayview, ON at 20:35

EB M302 w CN 3051/CN ex-citi 3982 and mid-DPU CN 2879 thru Mishawaka, IN

EB Z148 w CN 2846/CN 3040 thru Mishawaka, IN

Anyways

That E271 was combined w the Z149 in Port Huron. Then after working flint, the units from that e271 were dropped in Flint.

[LansingRailFan]

Overnight, we had

East from BC:
Z148
Q122 - by MP 205 just before 7
L500 - 6cars - 205 at 03:00
M302

WB from BC we did see an X347 of stored/aggregated centerbeams for Winnipeg.

WB from PH we had:
M397
M301
A491
X301

Z149 is still in Flint

WB L501 w CN 5792/CN by MP 205 at 07:04
EB Q122 w CN/CN f/f by MP 205 at 06:45

[LansingRailFan]

Watch for these EBs:

S75681 is CN 2836/CN 2583/CN 3082

X148 is CN 2844 solo

[Steve B]

Eastbound by Trowbridge at 1045

[Steve B]

Westbound by Trowbridge at 1101