Genesee & Wyoming's Marquette Rail makes another off-schedule daylight run, returning north in the late afternoon light.
First we see them make their way up Grand Rapid's West Side on CSX rails, taking the diamond with sister G&W road the Grand Rapids Eastern.
Back on home rails, the train blasts the suburban town of Comstock Park, crossing busy West River Drive.
Halfway up the hill from Comstock, the train pauses at Michigan Rail to setout the third car, a tank. The move is quickly completed, and the train resumes the climb up the hill.
Finally, the train arrives in Sparta, some 14 miles from downtown Grand Rapids and 11 from Fuller. The train passes the south end of the siding, continuing on into downtown Sparta.
Consist:
- NREX 5418 [SD40-2]
- MQT 3408 [SD40-2]
- MQT 3389 [SD40-2]
- 42 cars [Mixed]
Location/Time:
- CSX GR Terminal Sub, GR, MI, Ann St xing/Fuller Jct, on 9-13-14 at 16:11 EDT
- MQT GR Sub, Comstock Park, MI, West River Drive xing, at 16:22 EDT
- MQT GR Sub, Alpine Twp, MI, 7-mile road xing/MI Rail, from 16:40 to 16:48 EDT
- MQT GR Sub, Sparta, MI, Martindale Rd xing, at 17:02 EDT
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