Shortlines Train Location Heads Up - October 2023

[tsinoms]

Hearing GRE heading east near Leonard St in GR. 0823

[Talk]

MS Z627-20 os Grand Haven Southbound 08:34. MMRR 2170 leading

[kd_1014]

GRE working Amway in Ada WB 12:45

[Tankcar123]

12:56 nb 303 mp81. WAMX 4189 and WAMX 4206 with 24 cars.

[Talk]

MS Z627-20 os Grand Haven Southbound 08:34. MMRR 2170 leading

Northbound 13:08

[Andy24]

Per friends video, Marquette Rail is currently heading northbound in Grand Rapids, Mì

[jadamczyk]

Thanks for your updates Tankcar123. Is MP 81 Wayland??

[~Z~]

Milepost 82 is downtown wayland, 81 is on the south side of Wayland. Grand elk north through Byron Center at 2:30 p.m.
In case it's helpful, here's basically every milepost of every railroad in the USA, map form so easy to find the local mileposts: https://fragis.fra.dot.gov/GISFRASafety/

[Andy24]

Grand Elk northbound blowing through 54th to 44th St in Wyoming at 2:57pm.

[Andy24]

Grand Elk northbound blowing through 54th to 44th St in Wyoming at 2:57pm.

Grand Elk southbound through Wyoming 54th St area at 4:44pm. Assuming WAMX #4209 and WAMX #4206 are the engines, no visual from me

[~Z~]

Grand Elk south through Byron Center at 4:56pm. WAMX 4206 and WAMX 4189 with 9 cars. (covered hoppers, tank cars, and couple empty centerbeams.)

[LansingRailFan]

https://www.wlns.com/news/train-derailm ... t-lansing/

JAIL Z646 today rolled some rail next to the Outback Off-Road auto repair. Oh the irony.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/BgZ6WFGkmGuMQHKm6?g_st=ic

[Andy24]

Hearing distance train horns in the distance around Wyoming area. No visual, probably a Grand Elk local switching ?

[Andy24]

Hearing a train horn in the distance of Wyoming 54th to 44th St areas right now. No visual on the train(?). I am pretty sure it is a train. Maybe around 36th st now

[LansingRailFan]

GDLK sent an empty stone train back to NS. It was on the Elkhart VRF cam at 14:25 with NS 3654/NS ####. On NS it turns into train 63F, heads down the Marion Branch to Wabash and on to Richvalley to the quarry here:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/sajMi9aZpURHQnbPA?g_st=ic

[Jim_c]

Hearing the GDLK EOT telemetry in Plainwell. It's been there for a bit so I presume they're in Otsego Usually that means they'll be northbound when they're done.

[Andy24]

Marquette Rail Z151 @ 9:36am copied an EC1 to proceed southbound at Turner St mp CGE3.6 with MQT #3391 leading with 1-3 other MQT engines and ?? cars in north side of Grand Rapids, Mi

[Tankcar123]

10:05 nb 303 mp81. WAMX 4190 and WAMX 4225 with 7 cars.

[Andy24]

Marquette Rail Z151 @ 9:36am copied an EC1 to proceed southbound at Turner St mp CGE3.6 with MQT #3391 leading with 1-3 other MQT engines and ?? cars in north side of Grand Rapids, Mi

Marquette Rail @ 11:03 has arrived into CSX Wyoming Yard with MQT 3391, MQT #3408(?), MQT #3567 and MQT #3389 with 25 cars

[~Z~]

10:05 nb 303 mp81. WAMX 4190 and WAMX 4225 with 7 cars.

Appreciate the heads up. Heard the horns at 92nd st, grabbed a quick pic as the Wisconsin Southern unit strolled north at 11:42am, same 7 cars(tank cars and boxcars.)