CN Train Location Updates - July 2023

[Manistique]

E280 east clear mp212.8 at 09:28. BNSF #8572 + UP #6519. UP is the aforementioned P276 leader into BC

Passing MP 22.5 on the Holly at 12:11 am. Nice to see foreign power from competing railroads on a train.

[bluewonderrails]

E251 appeared on Fort St. cam in Trenton at 12:24. BNSF x2. Likelihood is #5043 + #6671 that led yesterday's E280. Both were spun that #5043 (yellow letters) leads E251.

[David Collins]

515 by Royal Oak at 12:38, pretty much all centerbeams, except for two boxcars on the tail

[bluewonderrails]

GTW #5855 lhf brought back 40 coke empties NB on cam just after 10:00, At 12:53, 47 loaded SB. Saw the empties by chance scanning for the aforementioned SB -- speaking of that 09:07:00 SB, aside from leader #8813, #5740 + #2980 + #293? the other numbers.

[Robertrains]

EB P276 91, the VIA Rail trainset, thru Griffith, IN at 20:31 with UP 6519, AC44C6M or whatever rebuild.

South Bend at 12:30.

Battle Creek at 03:00.

Swapped the UP unit for a CN.

Well, I wasn't able to post since I was at work! What time did EB P276 with new VIA "Venture" set pass Port Huron? Again I miss another one of these!!!! Yeah, it looks great with the "New" UP 6519, AC44C6M!!!! Speaking of "AC44C6M" units, I just caught southbound 383(?) with a new CN AC44C6M (ex C44-9W), #3305!!!! Here's my first time seeing one leading and only the second time seeing one since last fall which was trailing!!!! What locomotive number was 3305 in the past? Also, saw my first new house nearby!!!! ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍

[Manistique]

251 passing MP 22.5 at 3:51 pm.

[GrandTrunkPontiac]

EB P276 91, the VIA Rail trainset, thru Griffith, IN at 20:31 with UP 6519, AC44C6M or whatever rebuild.

South Bend at 12:30.

Battle Creek at 03:00.

Swapped the UP unit for a CN.

Well, I wasn't able to post since I was at work! What time did EB P276 with new VIA "Venture" set pass Port Huron? Again I miss another one of these!!!! Yeah, it looks great with the "New" UP 6519, AC44C6M!!!! Speaking of "AC44C6M" units, I just caught southbound 383(?) with a new CN AC44C6M (ex C44-9W), #3305!!!! Here's my first time seeing one leading and only the second time seeing one since last fall which was trailing!!!! What locomotive number was 3305 in the past? Also, saw my first new house nearby!!!!

CN3305 was a rebuild of CN2563, according to Canadian Railway Observations issue June 2022.

And here's when I realized my Morning Sun Books' CN Power in Color Vol 5 is well out of date as it was printed before those Dash-9 rebuilds.

[ConrailDetr​oit]

921, CN 5262 beginning their work at Kilgore Yard.

[Steve B]

Westbound by Trowbridge at 1908

[bluewonderrails]

E251 west clear mp223 East Lansing at 19:13. BNSF duo #5043 + #6671

[Manistique]

Amtrak 355 about an hour and a half late leaving Pontiac today due to a late arrival because of problems with 351 hitting a pedestrian in Kalamazoo this morning tying up traffic.

[Manistique]

507 with five locomotives is flying past MP 22.5 at 7:52 pm.

[KC8RBK]

E251 west clear mp223 East Lansing at 19:13. BNSF duo #5043 + #6671

Clear 205 about 2005 workin hard and moving slow

[KC8RBK]

364 by 204 at 2008

[Delray]

251 by the Fort St cam at 9:47

UP 6519
BNSF 8572

[LansingRailFan]

SB E280 91 with BNSF 6576 solo thru Birmingham at 09:30.

EB Q116 with CN 8938/CN 8857 thru Charlotte at 09:45

Another E280 81 with CN 3841 solo is in BC and for Flat Rock as well.

10:14 - WB E271 with CN 8959/CN 8926 thru Charlotte.

[Delray]

251 by the Fort St cam at 9:47

UP 6519
BNSF 8572

Clear RO. 515 chased em up the hill.

[Manistique]

251 and 116 passed at MP 22.5 at 12:50 pm. NB 515 followed 251 on Main 1 at 12 noon.

[MtClemensRailFan]

M383 through Common Rd. @ 13:08. IC 2702, CN 2294, & 2284 with 119 cars. Not the fastest moving train in the world.

[bluewonderrails]

251 by the Fort St cam at 9:47

UP 6519
BNSF 8572

Clear mp222 Lansing at 15:30