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Re: CN Train Location Updates - February 2024
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2024 8:53 pm
by atrainguy60
507 just went through Durand at 8:45pm on its way to Flint. GT 4914 (original blue paint) is switching the yard.
Re: CN Train Location Updates - February 2024
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:49 am
by Manistique
A SB went past MP 22.5 in the dark around 6:45 am. Short train so I will presume it is a Saturday 515.
Re: CN Train Location Updates - February 2024
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2024 9:54 am
by LansingRailFan
03:57 - WB G875 with CN 3388/CN 2847 thru Mishawaka, IN
07:05 - WB Z149 with CN 2937/CN 2838 thru Charlotte
09:45 - WB X139 with CN 2983 up front and CN 2978 mid DPU thru Mishawaka, IN. Empty cans for Prince Rupert, BC - all double stacked.
WB X123 with CN 2284/CN 8823 is in BC and should be the next to depart. Halifax to Markham
We had an X491 31 out of Sarnia overnight as well.
Re: CN Train Location Updates - February 2024
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2024 9:57 am
by Delray
251 by the Fort St cam at 9:36 CN x2
Re: CN Train Location Updates - February 2024
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2024 10:16 am
by Manistique
NB 515 with 5466 and four boxcars and ten I think loaded gondolas (a lot) just went past MP 22.5 at 10:16 am.
Re: CN Train Location Updates - February 2024
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:49 am
by David Collins
Huge M382 northbound by YD at 11:43. Three GEVOโs for power.
Re: CN Train Location Updates - February 2024
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2024 2:17 pm
by Manistique
116 rolling past MP 22.5 with one 5700 after letting Amtrak 350 cross over to the depot in Pontiac while he waited. Time 2:16 pm.
Re: CN Train Location Updates - February 2024
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2024 4:11 pm
by Robertrains
Re: CN Train Location Updates - February 2024
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:19 pm
by Beemer
21:43 Pontiac local headed south from a jaunt up the Orion/Cass sub. No visual; just happened to be outside and heard the horns. The southern wind picks up an assist.
Re: CN Train Location Updates - February 2024
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:36 am
by Delray
251 by the Fort St cam at 9:19 CN x2
Empty coke cans just before at 9:07
Re: CN Train Location Updates - February 2024
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:24 am
by Manistique
251 just passed MP 22.5 at 11:20 am. A 5700 leading a 3100, I think, only the 5700 was working. Medium sized train, mostly autoracks, some gondolas with ties, some empty well cars.
Re: CN Train Location Updates - February 2024
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:20 pm
by David Collins
Beemer wrote: โSat Feb 24, 2024 11:19 pm
21:43 Pontiac local headed south from a jaunt up the Orion/Cass sub. No visual; just happened to be outside and heard the horns. The southern wind picks up an assist.
Wow, on a saturdayโฆ
Re: CN Train Location Updates - February 2024
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:41 pm
by Robertrains
OK Folks,
CN "EJE Heritage" ET44AC #3023 did not come back north on train
382 today (2-25) as some predicted! I
"ZOOMED" by bicycle to the tracks when I heard a northbound horn from my new house in Fraser around 11:30 a.m. Well I made it in time by a few minutes! The sound really travels on these new
ET44ACs!!!! Instead, just two regular
CN ones,
#3034/3084 ,with 137 cars! It cleared Masonic Road approx. 11:40 a.m. The
"J Heritage" unit instead was spotted on
"Heritage Units" (by GabeStar19 ) at 11:28 today just sitting in the yard! Well, it probably will come back north on some train tomorrow! Does anyone here know?
CN "EJE Heritage" 3023 H.U. link: https://heritageunits.com/locomotive/detail/CN3023
Re: CN Train Location Updates - February 2024
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2024 3:04 pm
by Delray
507? by the Fort St cam at 14:34 CN x2
Re: CN Train Location Updates - February 2024
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2024 3:07 pm
by Manistique
116 just went past MP 22.5 at 3:06 pm. Missed the power. A few racks and a lot of stacks.
Re: CN Train Location Updates - February 2024
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2024 3:18 pm
by David Collins
Robertrains wrote: โSun Feb 25, 2024 12:41 pm
OK Folks,
CN "EJE Heritage" ET44AC #3023 did not come back north on train
382 today (2-25) as some predicted! I
"ZOOMED" by bicycle to the tracks when I heard a northbound horn from my new house in Fraser around 11:30 a.m. Well I made it in time by a few minutes! The sound really travels on these new
ET44ACs!!!! Instead, just two regular
CN ones,
#3034/3084 ,with 137 cars! It cleared Masonic Road approx. 11:40 a.m. The
"J Heritage" unit instead was spotted on
"Heritage Units" (by GabeStar19 ) at 11:28 today just sitting in the yard! Well, it probably will come back north on some train tomorrow! Does anyone here know?
CN "EJE Heritage" 3023 H.U. link: https://heritageunits.com/locomotive/detail/CN3023
*should* (keyword: should) be on M384 tomorrow, unsure if leading or trailing.
Re: CN Train Location Updates - February 2024
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2024 3:40 pm
by GTW6401
Manistique wrote: โSun Feb 25, 2024 3:07 pm
116 just went past MP 22.5 at 3:06 pm. Missed the power. A few racks and a lot of stacks.
CN 8906.
Re: CN Train Location Updates - February 2024
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2024 5:18 pm
by Robertrains
David Collins wrote: โSun Feb 25, 2024 3:18 pm
Robertrains wrote: โSun Feb 25, 2024 12:41 pm
OK Folks,
CN "EJE Heritage" ET44AC #3023 did not come back north on train
382 today (2-25) as some predicted! I
"ZOOMED" by bicycle to the tracks when I heard a northbound horn from my new house in Fraser around 11:30 a.m. Well I made it in time by a few minutes! The sound really travels on these new
ET44ACs!!!! Instead, just two regular
CN ones,
#3034/3084 ,with 137 cars! It cleared Masonic Road approx. 11:40 a.m. The
"J Heritage" unit instead was spotted on
"Heritage Units" (by GabeStar19 ) at 11:28 today just sitting in the yard! Well, it probably will come back north on some train tomorrow! Does anyone here know?
CN "EJE Heritage" 3023 H.U. link: https://heritageunits.com/locomotive/detail/CN3023
*should* (keyword: should) be on M384 tomorrow, unsure if leading or trailing.
This would be good! What train took
"EJE Heritage" ET44AC #3023 to Flat Rock from Toledo yesterday?
Well, it would be cool if it came back! OK,
3023's nose should be aimed east, judging by the direction it was aimed when turning to Flat Rock, that is to say if it wasn't
"Wyed" at Walbridge or another loco added! We shall see! OK, I got train
383 after waiting a couple hours at the tracks when the signal was green
! CN ES44AC #2989 leading with
CN (ex
Citi Rail)
ES44AC #3926, and
CN ES44AC #2911 Mid D.P.U., 142 cars, cleared Masonic Road, Fraser, at 4:42 p.m.
Re: CN Train Location Updates - February 2024
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2024 5:23 pm
by GTW6401
507 is departing from Moterm with CN 2316 & 3343.
Re: CN Train Location Updates - February 2024
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2024 5:29 pm
by David Lang
Southbound 508 by Linden at 5:25pm with 2 CNs and 76 cars.
Today's train had a good mix of cars. First 3 cars were intermodal, followed by 3 - 86' boxcars, which was kinda cool to see since you don't really see a whole lot of those cars anymore. (NS 18K and 19K thru Elkhart always have several 86 footers).
Anyway, the rest of 508 consisted of several tanks, a few more boxcars, some short covered hoppers, a few empty centerbeams, quite a few auotracks on the tail end, and a few other random cars mixed in.