Great Lakes Central Train Location Updates - May 2023

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399 and 396 northbound out of Cadillac at 1140. Petoskey run.

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NB OSTN working AP with 386/329/383/395. They pulled onto the CSX main with eight cars on the head end for HESR and will back into the cars that L305 set off before reversing back to the GLC main.

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AANscaleRunner wrote:
Fri May 19, 2023 11:54 am
399 and 396 northbound out of Cadillac at 1140. Petoskey run.
Arrived in Petoskey just before 5:00pm.

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EB Cadillac 399 396
32 cars. 1043 am

Loaded center beam and MT gon in North yard.

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In a recent video by AANscaleRunner a half dozen or so cement cars went north to Elmira. It also appeared several empty cement cars were used as spacers between the plastic pellet loads.
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Viking is loading beam cars of salvage ties lately. They have on loaded in here now. Looked like a bunch of empty pole cars and a couple loaded beams at biewer 1113

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GLC here working mcbain. Looks like they're dropping off 2 pole loads, 3 lumber loads and 2 empties at biewer 1145

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KC8RBK wrote:
Mon May 22, 2023 11:45 am
3 lumber loads and 2 empties at biewer 1145
I’ve seen this Biewer location receive inbound lumber loads before. Does anyone know why they receive inbound lumber when they are a mill who makes lumber?
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AARR wrote:
Mon May 22, 2023 11:55 am
KC8RBK wrote:
Mon May 22, 2023 11:45 am
3 lumber loads and 2 empties at biewer 1145
I’ve seen this Biewer location receive inbound lumber loads before. Does anyone know why they receive inbound lumber when they are a mill who makes lumber?
The guys here at the mill said even with the added capacity here they can't keep up with demand after shuttering lake city. It used to be the other mill would add and subtract production to match demand. Now they buy lumber from other producers, unload it here, truck it to Lansing where it's relabeled as their own product then shipped to fill the orders they've committed to but can't fulfill. I've also heard recently of them unloading cars on the jail team tracks around Lansing. It must be their siding in Lansing just doesn't have the capacity to keep up or something.

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Thank you for your detailed response.

The inbound cars I have seen were labeled from Weyerhaeuser.

I wonder if there is any connection between this and the Biewer loads I’ve seen going to Saginaw? Those cars are labeled as loaded in Jackson MS and destined for IL but end up in Saginaw.
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AARR wrote:
Mon May 22, 2023 11:55 am
KC8RBK wrote:
Mon May 22, 2023 11:45 am
The guys here at the mill said even with the added capacity here they can't keep up with demand after shuttering lake city. It used to be the other mill would add and subtract production to match demand. Now they buy lumber from other producers, unload it here, truck it to Lansing where it's relabeled as their own product then shipped to fill the orders they've committed to but can't fulfill. I've also heard recently of them unloading cars on the jail team tracks around Lansing. It must be their siding in Lansing just doesn't have the capacity to keep up or something.
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The 3 loads dropped off today are marked "Westernvelt Lumber" on the wrapping.
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The 3 loads of westervelt got picked up from Ann Arbor last Wednesday. Thought it was weird that lumber was going north and on NS centerbeams
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Add the Biewer Mill in McBain as another customer that receives inbound lumber.
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The 3 loads of westervelt got picked up from Ann Arbor last Wednesday. Thought it was weird that lumber was going north and on NS centerbeams
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AARR wrote:
Mon May 22, 2023 11:10 am
In a recent video by AANscaleRunner a half dozen or so cement cars went north to Elmira. It also appeared several empty cement cars were used as spacers between the plastic pellet loads.
This past Tuesday I noticed a cut of cement hoppers on the pass at Walton Jct. I did not count how many or check reporting marks.

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Elmira run out of Cadillac today. Arrived Elmira 1440 or thereabouts.

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TC run earlier today.
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TC Man wrote:
Fri May 26, 2023 7:47 pm
TC run earlier today.
390/395 went to Middleton yesterday.

396/399 went to TC yesterday. Had a gondola for the scrap place and pulled two empty centerbeam cars from Amerihart
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LansingRailFan wrote:
Sat May 27, 2023 1:54 pm
TC Man wrote:
Fri May 26, 2023 7:47 pm
TC run earlier today.
390/395 went to Middleton yesterday.

396/399 went to TC yesterday. Had a gondola for the scrap place and pulled two empty spine cars from Amerihart
Beam cars?

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Centerbeam Flatcars
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Beam cars?
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KC8RBK wrote:
Sun May 28, 2023 1:03 pm
LansingRailFan wrote:
Sat May 27, 2023 1:54 pm
TC Man wrote:
Fri May 26, 2023 7:47 pm
TC run earlier today.
390/395 went to Middleton yesterday.

396/399 went to TC yesterday. Had a gondola for the scrap place and pulled two empty spine cars from Amerihart
Beam cars?
Yeah I was knee deep in PBRs and High Noons and couldn’t remember wtf to call it

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