Shortlines Train Locations Updates - April 2024

[Plannerdad]

MQT NB at Ann St around 12:30. 4 engines and about 120 cars, with the new TILX cars on the back end.

[~Z~]

Grand Elk south through Byron Center at 2:08pm. WAMX 4190, WAMX 4124(both LHF) with 16ish cars.

[LansingRailFan]

LSRC Z126 into Bay City at 08:08 with LSRC 6356/LSRC 6355

[Talk]

MS Z627-15 os Grand Haven TWP southbound MMRR 2170 leading 2019 light 09:16

[Plannerdad]

GRE EB under I-196 at College around 9:20am. Looked like a lot of King hoppers, but chose not to stop and count on the freeway. I was a statistic at the spot on Friday the 13th of October last year already!

[Talk]

MS Z627-15 os Grand Haven TWP southbound MMRR 2170 leading 2019 light 09:16

North Grand Haven 12:40. 5 Cars

[LansingRailFan]

HESR 702 inbound to Durand at 14:50 - HESR 3866 (railamerica rwb) and HESR 3390

[Andy24]

Grand Elk Z439 or Z739 roaming in downtown GR right now at 3:48pm.

I drove passed Hughart Yard and heading south at 4:00pm and saw more cars being lined up or stored on the tracks closest to US 131. Not sure if Grand Elk J303 went NB yet.

[SD80MAC]

Grand Elk Z439 or Z739 roaming in downtown GR right now at 3:48pm.

I drove passed Hughart Yard and heading south at 4:00pm and saw more cars being lined up or stored on the tracks closest to US 131. Not sure if Grand Elk J303 went NB yet.

What is J303?

[Andy24]

Grand Elk Z439 or Z739 roaming in downtown GR right now at 3:48pm.

I drove passed Hughart Yard and heading south at 4:00pm and saw more cars being lined up or stored on the tracks closest to US 131. Not sure if Grand Elk J303 went NB yet.

What is J303?

Job 303 - Kalamazoo to GR run per wiki.

Unless it just GDLK 303 NB / SB

[SD80MAC]

Yeah, there's no J. It's just "Grand Elk 303".

[LansingRailFan]

21:30 - HESR 745 departed Zilwaukee with the 90 empty potash cars that CN brought the other day. Headed for Durand.

[Jim_c]

Sometime in the wee hours of the morning GDLK rolled into Plainwell and parked for a few hours. They can now be heard on the radio, apparently having returned from their work in Otsego. Presumably they will be northbound soon.

[atrainguy60]

Northbound LSRC local approaching Holly at 5:52pm. LARC 4201 and 8 cars (5 tank cars and 3 boxcars).

[Plannerdad]

GRE headed east with around 30 hoppers at 9:00a at the river.

[Talk]

MS Z627-17 os Grand Haven southbound 10:46

[Andy24]

Grand Elk 303 NB at 1:10pm, probably stopping to switch at a business by 54th with horn blasting at 68th St

Grand Elk 303 NB again at 1:33pm, sounding horns at 54th to 44th St area again, unknown power

From a YouTube video taken down at Plainwell by a Railfan, GDLK had WAMX #4189 and WAMX #4209 trailing with 15 cars: https://youtu.be/VLEtT9q9JcA?si=QM7Uf4upC95Abq8V

[Talk]

MS Z627-17 os Grand Haven southbound 10:46

Back North 16:32. MMRR 2019 leading 2170 trail

[Andy24]

Grand Elk 303 NB at 1:10pm, probably stopping to switch at a business by 54th with horn blasting at 68th St

Grand Elk 303 NB again at 1:33pm, sounding horns at 54th to 44th St area again, unknown power

From a YouTube video taken down at Plainwell by a Railfan, GDLK had WAMX #4189 and WAMX #4209 trailing with 15 cars: https://youtu.be/VLEtT9q9JcA?si=QM7Uf4upC95Abq8V

GDLK 303 @ 6:13pm roaming SB at 50th St in Wyoming, Mi, assuming WAMX #4209, WAMX #4189 are the engines with an unknown number of cars

[Andy24]

Marquette Rail Z151-18 @ 11:18 copying EC1 form to proceed southbound from CGE 3.6 Turner Ave with MQT #3406 + 3(?) and 83 cars