CSX Train Location Updates - April 2023

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Saturnalia wrote:
Sat Apr 01, 2023 8:08 pm
Tom49801 wrote:
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kd_1014 wrote:
Sat Apr 01, 2023 5:17 pm
Ethanol loads just cleared Porter bound for GR, looked like a red white and blue BC Rail engine as the leader
As of 19:52 nothing has been seen nor heard for this train. We have a Bangor viewer that's still waiting at Sawyer mp CG105.2 (about 30 miles east of Porter) since your post & nothing has been seen.
That's because Kaden was being a jerk. Nothing by Michigan City nor seen on ATCS.
Thank you for the update, Alex. Got quite a few disappointed people now, especially from the engine description that was given, & I had posted in Bangor Chat there isn't going to be an ethanol train so that the guy who has been waiting track side at Sawyer can go home.

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MuskegonRailfanning wrote:
Sat Apr 01, 2023 8:15 pm
I heard from a friend down by Detroit-Area, there’s an rack train coming into Grand Rapids, getting re-directed on the Plymouth. CN 3310 on head end.
Nevermind.. he just told me April fools
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19:51 CT: P370 by Michigan City. 16 minutes late.
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Saturnalia wrote:
Sat Apr 01, 2023 8:52 pm
19:51 CT: P370 by Michigan City. 16 minutes late.
Amtrak P370-01 @ 21:24 ET eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 16 axles. IDTX engine #4602 & 3 cars.

​Amtrak P370-01 @ 22:04:30 ET eastward Division St Bangor, Mi mp CG60.93 live cam with 5 passengers Off at the station mp CG60.5

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Amtrak P370-01 @ 22:25 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 in Pearl, Mi with 16 axles. IDTX engine #4602 & 3 cars (AmCafe + 2 Ventures).

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kd_1014 wrote:
Sat Apr 01, 2023 5:17 pm
Ethanol loads just cleared Porter bound for GR, looked like a red white and blue BC Rail engine as the leader
Man, you really got me as I was hoping they arrive in GR by 10pm today since your post was at 5:12pm ET or CT time. Would be at least 4-5 hours to reach GR from Porter. 😕

On a different note from a report/video in Grand Rapids from a railfan who saw L302, it looks like they brought in 5-6 cars of boulders or crushed rock or sand(?) in CSX Gondolas. What I “assume” to be boulders or crushed rock

Credit to the YT video and the creator: L302 https://youtu.be/lkNPcIYVE0c

We could get another rerouted train on the GR or Plymouth Sub until that derailment tracks in Ohio are repaired
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Coal drag north at Riley St. Holland 4:18 AM.

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Tlout wrote:
Sun Apr 02, 2023 4:18 am
Coal drag north at Riley St. Holland 4:18 AM.
E801-31 @ 04:01:36 westward W. Monroe St crossing Bangor, Mi mp CG60.72 cam with BNSF engine #8544 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #8567.

The Coal Drag at Riley St was R598-01 with BNSF engine #6251 & CSX engines #3289 + #3209 & 130 loaded coal cars & rear BNSF engine #5688. This was C800 that had tied down in Grand Jct mp CG54 on 03/31.
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Saturnalia wrote:
Sat Apr 01, 2023 8:08 pm
Tom49801 wrote:
Sat Apr 01, 2023 7:54 pm
kd_1014 wrote:
Sat Apr 01, 2023 5:17 pm
Ethanol loads just cleared Porter bound for GR, looked like a red white and blue BC Rail engine as the leader
As of 19:52 nothing has been seen nor heard for this train. We have a Bangor viewer that's still waiting at Sawyer mp CG105.2 (about 30 miles east of Porter) since your post & nothing has been seen.
That's because Kaden was being a jerk. Nothing by Michigan City nor seen on ATCS.
I don’t think it’s very nice that you’re on here calling people names Alex.

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Amtrak P371-02 @ 06:38 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 in Zeeland, Mi with 16 axles. IDTX engine #4602 & 3 cars (AmCafe + 2 Ventures).

M327-02 @ 07:03 westward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 148 axles. CSX engine #3306 & 34 cars (10 loads + 24 empties) & rear dpu CSX engine #726 @ 2,139 tons & 2,113 feet.

Amtrak P371-02 @ 07:15 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 in Pearl, Mi with 16 axles.

Amtrak P371-02 @ 07:30:05 westward N. Center St Bangor, Mi mp CG60.35 live cam with 9 passengers On at the station mp CG60.5

M327-02 @ 07:35 westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 148 axles.

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M327-02 @ 07:53:54 westward N. Center St crossing Bangor, Mi mp CG60.35 cam with CSX engine #3306 & 34 cars (10 loads + 24 empties) & rear dpu CSX engine #726 @ 2,139 tons & 2,113 feet.

Amtrak P371-02 @ 08:16 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 16 axles. IDTX engine #4602 & 3 cars (AmCafe + 2 Ventures).

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07:47 CT: P371 by Michigan City
LansingRailFan wrote:
Sun Apr 02, 2023 7:15 am
I don’t think it’s very nice that you’re on here calling people names Alex.
I get that it’s April Fools, but like SD80MAC said, keep it out of the TLUs. People watch these and will go out based on what gets posted. Total jerk move that ended up with people spending lots of time and money waiting for a train that didn’t exist.

I’m just calling it how I see it.
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M327-02 @ 08:51 westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 148 axles. CSX engine #3306 & 34 cars (10 loads + 24 empties) & rear dpu CSX engine #726 @ 2,139 tons & 2,113 feet.

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08:06 CT: Eastbound by Michigan City
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08:40 CT: M327 by Michigan City
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Saturnalia wrote:
Sun Apr 02, 2023 9:06 am
08:06 CT: Eastbound by Michigan City
M326-02 @ 10:12 ET: eastward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 380 axles. CSX engines #7868 (a model C40-8W) + #7929 & 92 cars.

L303-02, per the Rouge Tower, was on duty at 10:30ET & will have about 35 cars today.

M326-02 @ 11:06:24 eastward Division St crossing Bangor, Mi mp CG60.93 live cam.
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M326-02 @ 11:30 eastward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 380 axles. CSX engines #7868 + #7929 & 92 cars.

L303-02 @ 12:00 Grand Rapids, Mi mp CGT2.0 job briefing with the RN Dispatcher: CSX engines #11 + #4575 & 33 cars (16 loads + 17 empties) @ 2,579 tons & 2,146 ft long. He’s ready to depart & has work in Lansing.

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12:05, M326 at Waverly, Holland. Both units are CW40-8s and the second one still has its Conrail style red class lights.

Moving slow eastbound, not sure if they’re having problems or what.

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Sun Apr 02, 2023 12:11 pm
12:05, M326 at Waverly, Holland. Both units are CW40-8s and the second one still has its Conrail style red class lights.

Moving slow eastbound, not sure if they’re having problems or what.
M326-02 @ 12:23 eastward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with with a chopped up radio report that should have reasaid 380 axles. CSX engines #7868 + #7929 & 92 cars.

The reason for his slowing was due to his PTC indicating he had a red signal up ahead & he had asked the Dispatcher if there was anything ahead of them & there wasn't. Cause for his PTC indication is unknown.

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M326 entering Grandville 12:38

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