CN Train Updates - June 2023

[Manistique]

116 passed MP 22.5 on the Holly at 1:20 pm on Main 1

NB 515 is passing MP 22.5 on Main 2 with 5430 at 1:49 pm going very slowly with a very long train mostly of tanks including two NS hicubes.

[ConrailDetr​oit]

562, CN 3060 finishing up at Port Robinson Yard.

Stamford Sub, Port Robinson, Ontario.

[Manistique]

251 is passing MP 22.5 on the Holly at 4:50 pm.

[LansingRailFan]

15:30 -

NB E251 at Pontiac with CN 2343/CN 2249

NB X253 at Beaubien with CN 2278 solo and all racks for IHB Gibson

[Manistique]

That extra 253 (first time I have heard that number) is passing MP 22.5, struggling up the hill in the rain, making weird noises.

[Manistique]

508 just passed MP 22.5 at 7:30 pm. I don't think it had any containers tonight.

[ConrailDetr​oit]

WB by Paris.

Dundas Sub, Brantford, Ontario.

[LansingRailFan]

19:41 - NB X253 with CN 2278 solo takes the Chicago Wye in Durand and heads WB to Battle Creek

20:44 - WB E251 with CN 2343/CN 2249 by the 205 cam. Almost all racks aside from 2 boxcars.

20:46 - WB M301 with CN 3859/CN 3078 thru Durand on M1. Looks to be holding at Bancroft for an EB.

21:32 - EB L500 with a solo CN 8000-8100? And 75 cars. 70 were empty racks off of an E270 with dual BNSF that was terminated in BC. Five other freight cars on the head end to Lansing. They’ll set off all 75 cars in Lansing and the. Go power light to Durand.

The dual BNSF engines led an E253 out of BC to IHB Gibson.

[LansingRailFan]

That extra 253 (first time I have heard that number) is passing MP 22.5, struggling up the hill in the rain, making weird noises.

E25361 is a new symbol.

Profiled as Battle Creek to IHB Gibson.

The X253 was an extended E253 from Flat Rock.

E251 is now profiled to terminate in Battle Creek. We won’t be seeing any X251s out of Battle Creek anymore.

[David Lang]

Thanks LansingRailfan for the symbol update.

I'm now wondering since 251 now terminates in Battle Creek, will the same train continue West as 253 now, or will there be a 251 and 253 on the Holly and Flint Subs to Battle Creek?

I'm hoping the Holly and Flint Subs will now have both 251 and 253, but I probably won't get that lucky.

Thanks.

[LansingRailFan]

Thanks LansingRailfan for the symbol update.

I'm now wondering since 251 now terminates in Battle Creek, will the same train continue West as 253 now, or will there be a 251 and 253 on the Holly and Flint Subs to Battle Creek?

I'm hoping the Holly and Flint Subs will now have both 251 and 253, but I probably won't get that lucky.

Thanks.

If they have enough loads to go to IHB Gibson and power and a crew, then you’ll see two trains. If not, you’ll see one train with different blocks for different folks.

[LansingRailFan]

08:07 - WB P365 departs Durand on time for East Lansing

WB lined on M1 at Durand

08:19 - WB M397 with CN 2865/CN 3090 thru Durand on M1

[LansingRailFan]

02:40 - WB A491 with CN/CN and its flint pickup on the head end with the 86' boxcars by the 205 cam

04:38 - WB solo CN almost all rack train, most likely L501, by the 205 cam

05:38 - WB E271 with solo CN 2331 and 7 autoracks by the 205 cam

06:55 - EB Q122 with CN 8871/CN 3872 by the 205 cam

07:30 - WB Z149 with CN/CN ex-citirail by the 205 cam

08:43 - EB M302 with CN /CN 3305 and mid-DPU CN by the 205 cam

08:46 - EB Q122 with CN 8871/CN 3872 thru Durand on M2

[LansingRailFan]

09:20 - WB P365 by the 205 cam

09:55 - WB M399 with CN 8960/KCS 4862 thru Durand on M1.

[LansingRailFan]

07:55 - WB B731 departed Kings, Ontario with CN 2873 and rear DPU CN 2918

08:20 - WB E27121 departed Dorval, QC with CN 2678/CN 2686

[LansingRailFan]

10:27 - WB M397 with CN 2865/CN 3090 by the 205 cam

10:43 - WB MOW crew with a Brandt truck and two flat cars by the 205 cam

10:50 - WB Q187, intermodal from Montreal is lined out of BIT. We’ll see this train this evening. All empty containers going back west to Prince Rupert, BC.

[David Collins]

08:20 - WB E27121 departed Dorval, QC with CN 2678/CN 2686

If there’s a train I’m going after today, it’s this one. A duo of Dash 9’s on a CN train is gonna get really hard to come by soon with the rebuild program in full swing.

[LansingRailFan]

11:30 - EB Q116 with UP 8599 solo - racks and stacks today - thru Charlotte

[bluewonderrails]

09:55 - WB M399 with CN 8960/KCS 4862 thru Durand on M1.

Clear mp212.8 EE Cory Yard at 12:01

[LansingRailFan]

12:00 - EB A492 by the 205 cam with CN 2999/CN 3003

12:20 - WB Q187 clear Burlington West, ON with CN 3176/CN 3836

12:40 - EB A492 at Harrison Rd in East Lansing. Good cut of coke hoppers today. Engines roaring after accelerating out of all of the slow orders thru Lansing