CN Train Location Updates - May 2023

Daily whereabouts of train locations along with sightings for heads ups to other railfans.
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08:47 - WB M399 with CN 2976/CN 3201 thru Durand on M2

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251 by the fort St cam at 9:52 CN x2

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CN DD 205.2 @ 10:19 reported WB train with 560 axles, traveling at 39 mph

CN DD 219.5 @ 10:25 reported EB train with 498
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NB Local on the Fort St cam 10:23
GTW 5933 running long hood forward with 39 (empty?) gondolas

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09:50 - EB Q116 with CN 8889/CN 8868 by the 205 cam

10:14 - WB M399 with CN 2976/CN 3201 by the 205 cam

10:50 - EB A492 with CN 3862/CN 3269 by the 205 cam

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116 passing MP 22.5 at 12:47 pm

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251 went by Royal Oak already. Signals seem to indicate something following and something coming South.

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11:50 - L572 going south over Champaign Rd. CN 8873 and 8952 (gtw). On his way back to Flat Rock.

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116 SB rack and stack train CN x2 approaching Royal Oak. Stopped at the moment

515 passed going NB
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GrandTrunkPontiac wrote:
Wed May 31, 2023 10:47 am
NB Local on the Fort St cam 10:23
GTW 5933 running long hood forward with 39 (empty?) gondolas
GTW 5933 returned SB running short hood forward with 39 full gondolas, seen on the Fort St cam 12:29.

Out of curiosity, does anyone know what this local job was? Might this have been to pick up aggregate from US Silicia in Rockwood? I see L57361 listed on the wikia, but that's listed as a 20:00 night job.

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GrandTrunkPontiac wrote:
Wed May 31, 2023 1:31 pm
GrandTrunkPontiac wrote:
Wed May 31, 2023 10:47 am
NB Local on the Fort St cam 10:23
GTW 5933 running long hood forward with 39 (empty?) gondolas
GTW 5933 returned SB running short hood forward with 39 full gondolas, seen on the Fort St cam 12:29.

Out of curiosity, does anyone know what this local job was? Might this have been to pick up aggregate from US Silicia in Rockwood? I see L57361 listed on the wikia, but that's listed as a 20:00 night job.

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Delray wrote:
Wed May 31, 2023 12:47 pm
251 went by Royal Oak already. Signals seem to indicate something following and something coming South.
251 and 116 passed each other at MP 22.2, Opdyke Road, today.

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L508 will head south from Pontiac after Amtrak 355 departs. CN 2930 and 2221.

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508 passed MP 22.5 at 5:40 pm right behind Amtrak 355. Some containers, mostly mixed freight.

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513, GTW 5853 is back into Pontiac after working Red Lava in Waterford.

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Something is lined by Opdyke at 6:31, I have never seen the signal at 22 lit up like this
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Train 507 passing MP 22.5 at 6:50 pm.

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David Collins wrote:
Wed May 31, 2023 6:31 pm
Something is lined by Opdyke at 6:31, I have never seen the signal at 22 lit up like this
507, CN 8916 and 2302. Crossing over from 1 to 2 at MAL and in at Johnson Avenue.

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513 worked on the Orion branch this evening. Had two scrap gons and picked up one empty lumber car.

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NB M384 with CN 8952 leading is between Conant and Delray on shared assets rn

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