An early morning derailment on the East lead in CN's Battle Creek Yard left a few KBSR grain cars on the ground and gave the track crews a full days work ahead.
The first train on the derailment scene in Waterloo is the NS Ballast train. As 925 creeps into the work zone, an NS Tie truck prepares to unload track material for the repairs.
The Ballast train sits on uneven rail as track work goes on into the night. The pressure is on to get Main One open. 26T, an East bound stack train is waiting just to the West to be the first trai... (more)
Hulcher Professional Service & NS track workers set track panels into place on main two as the ballast train prepares to dump rock on main one.
A work train pulls through the work zone after dumping rock on Main One in Waterloo. Track Panels for Main Two are staged to for installation.
521 is still working cuts in the yard as trains stack up on the Main Line. Along with the derailment blocking the East Lead, 399 is stuck on Main One with air problems. 149 waits on Main Two, Fule... (more)
The Ballast Train waits on Main Two for the final track panels to be installed prior to dumping rock.
The Ballast Train dumps rock on Main One as crews set panels on Main Two as track repairs continue after a large coal train derailment in Waterloo.
AMTK 29 showing some head end damage is paired up with AMTK 26 on 350 heading for Jackson.
521 works a cut as cleanup continues from an early morning derailment of grain cars on the East Lead by CN EMMETT.
Grain from Iowa. 872 was straight through Battle Creek and East through Bellevue on the Flint Sub.
With unexpected Soo Line power on point, X500 rolls across the CSX Grand River Bridge.
The head end of 394 clears CN Gord and rumbles under the Washington Street overpass. The end of the Ralston Foods siding can be seen in the foreground.
Yard maintenance carries on as the conductor for 711 is lining the iron to get the power back to the train.
Q334 rolls East after crossing the CN Diamonds in Lansing.
