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Great Lakes Central Train Location Updates June 2023

Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2023 10:38 am
by GLC@ZLT
OSTN past zukey lake/Lakeland went south last night 22:06 and came back north early this morning 3:40. Looked out the window going south and looked like 3 locomotives, I could only make out 329. Both directions had decent sized trains

Re: Great Lakes Central Train Location Updates June 2023

Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2023 6:14 pm
by GLC@ZLT
OSTN-3 382 southbound with a potash train from HESR 88-92 cars per the GLC fb page. Passed Zukey lake/Lakeland at 14:26. Was waiting for a northbound trip back but maybe they are going to wait until next week to pick up the locomotive at osmer. GLC escape was parked here and at osmer (maybe to shuttle back??).

Re: Great Lakes Central Train Location Updates June 2023

Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2023 12:04 am
by LansingRailFan
GLC@ZLT wrote:
Sat Jun 03, 2023 6:14 pm
OSTN-3 382 southbound with a potash train from HESR 88-92 cars per the GLC fb page. Passed Zukey lake/Lakeland at 14:26. Was waiting for a northbound trip back but maybe they are going to wait until next week to pick up the locomotive at osmer. GLC escape was parked here and at osmer (maybe to shuttle back??).
Yes. Crew drove back home. Only needed one crew and one engine to take all of those empty cars back to Osmer.

Re: Great Lakes Central Train Location Updates June 2023

Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2023 9:56 am
by AANscaleRunner
Northbound out of Cadillac approximately 0930. Kalkaska run.

Update: Into Kalkaska at 1120.

Re: Great Lakes Central Train Location Updates June 2023

Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2023 7:48 pm
by GLC@ZLT
OSTN-5 north 329,382,383 17:38 engines only, went south at 14:54 but I only herd the horns from work. Both at Zukey lake/Lakeland. Guessing they picked up 382 at osmer from Saturday.

Re: Great Lakes Central Train Location Updates June 2023

Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2023 8:31 pm
by CSX8887
Whats ostns where abouts?

Re: Great Lakes Central Train Location Updates June 2023

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2023 3:11 pm
by dalek ling
Any ONTN update

Re: Great Lakes Central Train Location Updates June 2023

Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2023 3:43 pm
by LansingRailFan
GLC OSTN NB across the diamond in Durand at 15:40 with 386/382/383 f/r/r

Re: Great Lakes Central Train Location Updates June 2023

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2023 8:01 am
by TC Man
Anyone know why there is a gondola in Williamsburg? Possible reporting marks are: CSXT 916080.

Re: Great Lakes Central Train Location Updates June 2023

Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2023 10:45 am
by LansingRailFan
TC Man wrote:
Fri Jun 16, 2023 8:01 am
Anyone know why there is a gondola in Williamsburg? Possible reporting marks are: CSXT 916080.
If they pulled up ties from that siding they are probably using that gondola to take the em to McBain

Re: Great Lakes Central Train Location Updates June 2023

Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2023 4:51 pm
by TC Man
LansingRailFan wrote:
Sat Jun 17, 2023 10:45 am
TC Man wrote:
Fri Jun 16, 2023 8:01 am
Anyone know why there is a gondola in Williamsburg? Possible reporting marks are: CSXT 916080.
If they pulled up ties from that siding they are probably using that gondola to take the em to McBain

That's not anywhere near the Williamsburg line though. Unless they just took that car on a field trip since they had to take lumber up there "hey, I never get to go for a long ride, why does center beam always get to go?!?!". Lol

Re: Great Lakes Central Train Location Updates June 2023

Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2023 5:17 pm
by LansingRailFan
TC Man wrote:
Sat Jun 17, 2023 4:51 pm
LansingRailFan wrote:
Sat Jun 17, 2023 10:45 am
TC Man wrote:
Fri Jun 16, 2023 8:01 am
Anyone know why there is a gondola in Williamsburg? Possible reporting marks are: CSXT 916080.
If they pulled up ties from that siding they are probably using that gondola to take the em to McBain

That's not anywhere near the Williamsburg line though. Unless they just took that car on a field trip since they had to take lumber up there "hey, I never get to go for a long ride, why does center beam always get to go?!?!". Lol
Closer than McBain
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Re: Great Lakes Central Train Location Updates June 2023

Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2023 10:40 pm
by KingsleyRailFan
Might have stored it there for a future run. I’ve seen that done before.

On an unrelated note, they are beginning to tear up the siding near Right Brain in Traverse City.

Re: Great Lakes Central Train Location Updates June 2023

Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2023 9:51 am
by TC Man
KingsleyRailFan wrote:
Sat Jun 17, 2023 10:40 pm
Might have stored it there for a future run. I’ve seen that done before.

On an unrelated note, they are beginning to tear up the siding near Right Brain in Traverse City.
It's not being stored for a future run. It's connected to an empty center beam ready for pickup at Amerhart.

And I've mentioned that about the run around track in Boardman yard being torn up in the Michigan updates section. Now there are several bundles of new ties towards the north end of that runaround track. So I'm not sure what's going on there....

Re: Great Lakes Central Train Location Updates June 2023

Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2023 3:10 pm
by AANscaleRunner
399 and 383 southbound out of Petoskey approximately 1400.

Re: Great Lakes Central Train Location Updates June 2023

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2023 12:54 pm
by AANscaleRunner
383 and 399 building a southbound in Cadillac at 1230.

Update: Reported heading to Clare approximately 1510.

Re: Great Lakes Central Train Location Updates June 2023

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2023 5:44 pm
by LansingRailFan
Yesterday, GLC OSTN was SB at Ann Pere with 395/382/329/396 f/f/r/r at 19:00. They worked CSX on their way down before going to Osmer. They brought back well over 130 cars total including an 84 car empty grain train for HESR.

AARR has another grain train in Osmer for GLC. Well over 100 cars sitting in Osmer rn.

Re: Great Lakes Central Train Location Updates June 2023

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2023 2:47 pm
by LansingRailFan
OSTN sb thru Zukey Lake at 14:20 with 383/382/329. Gotta go pick up the next grain train and such

Re: Great Lakes Central Train Location Updates June 2023

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2023 4:05 pm
by AANscaleRunner
399 and 396 return to Cadillac from Clare at 1525.

Re: Great Lakes Central Train Location Updates June 2023

Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2023 9:28 am
by AANscaleRunner
McBain run yesterday after they returned from Clare. 2 loads of lumber and a gon sitting in Tufford.