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Central Michigan GP40-2LW #9712Back when the Central Michigan truly was the Central Michigan (2001ish), a northbound train from Saginaw enters the neighborhoods of Bay City on a northbound run toward Wenona Yard. Powering this train is a matching set of CMGN power, GP40-2LW #9712 and U23B #8905. Just imagine the wailing horn echoing off the houses as it rolls through crossing after crossing.GP30M4216
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Michigan Shore Z627Michigan Shore turn job Z627 takes a "restricting" indication on the mainline at Waverly for the shove move into Waverly Yard in Holland. The brakeman protects the reverse move through the turnouts, as required. Pre-2011, the late PM-era mast signal here would have shown a red-over-yellow restricting indication using C&O signal rules. With the new equipment, rules have changed to Seaboard aspects. August 19, 2015.GP30M4216
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Michigan Shore GP38 #2057Mid-Michigan Railroad GP38 #2057 reverses Michigan Shore train Z627 through the plant at Waverly and into Waverly Yard. This impressive signal arrangement replaced late Pere Marquette era signal equipment at this site in 2011. Michigan Shore recently switched from a 5 day nocturnal schedule from Muskegon to Holland and return to a three day per week daylight turn schedule. 2057 is on home rails here, as in former lives it was CSXT #2106 and originally built as B&O #4806.GP30M4216
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LSRC C425M #281Venerable ALCo C425M #281 idles away with C420 #976 at the Bay City Yard back on August 25, 2000. In those days, a twin set of LSRC would typically layover at the Bay City Yard during the day before assembling and heading out on the Alpena-bound road freight in the evening. Both units retain Detroit & Mackinac colors, with 281 in its factory D&M colors from acquisition in 1980 and 976 in its version of the D&M Turtle scheme, standard in the 70s when it arrived.GP30M4216
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MQT SD40-2 #3003 southboundMarquette Rail's southbound Z151 road freight heads down into the cut behind #3003, #2004 and GRE #3839 near the 15 Mile Road crossing. They have 54 cars bound for Grand Rapids this beautiful morning. July 3, 2013.GP30M4216
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MQT SD40-2 #3003Marquette Rail's southbound Z151 road freight heads gears up to life this 54 car freight out of the roller coaster cut near Milepost 53. Leading the train today is the colorful consist of #3003, #2004 and GRE #3839. July 3, 2013.GP30M4216
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Grand Elk SD40-2 #4124 and GP38 #3806In this zoomed shot, much of newly formed Grand Elk Railroad's motive power idles away at Botsford Yard in Kalamazoo on a Saturday afternoon, May 16, 2009. The rest of their roster of locomotives was parked at Hughart Yard in Grand Rapids this day.GP30M4216
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LSRC C425M #1280Fourteen years ago today, LSRC's Gaylord Line local heads north on a Memorial Day afternoon with two tankcars for Gaylord. This view is from near the M-72 crossing parallel to Norway Street. Detroit & Mackinac painted Alco C425M #1280 leads the way. May 31, 1999GP30M4216
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GLC GP35 #390Unit grain runs were in full swing in late fall of 2008 on the former Ann Arbor rails of Michigan. Here, former AA GP35s 390, 385 and 394 plus the two GMTX GP38-2s roll south approaching the Joy Road crossing at Osmer, MI with a lengthy loaded train. The conductor is on his way out of the cab to throw the switch at the north end of the Osmer siding, where the cars will be left for the Ann Arbor Railroad to pickup to continue the southbound journey. 10 cars of mixed freight were left for the GLC to take north this afternoon. November 18, 2008GP30M4216
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GLC GP35 #390Former Ann Arbor GP35 #390 shows off her trademark Alco FA-2 trucks and nose notched bell as this southbound unit grain train passes a fine example of a gambrel-roof barn at the north end of the Osmer siding at Joy Road. November 18, 2008GP30M4216
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Michigan Southern GP9 #908Michigan Southern GP9 #908 leads their local job west along the former NYC "Old Road" approaching the US-12 road crossing between Sturgis and White Pigeon, MI. As Pioneer took over operations, they replaced the MSO Alco fleet with a few geeps such as the 908. This job is returning from Sturgis. Only 413 miles to Buffalo! July 18, 2002.GP30M4216
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Michigan Southern RS3M #7804Michigan Southern RS3M #7804 trundles along the former NYC "Old Road" near Bronson along a short stretch where the tracks are paralleled by US-12. They are returning from Coldwater with a cut of tankcars from local industries. This segment of the line is now unused and in very poor shape. MSO has cut back operations to Sturgis. This classic Alco went out of service on the MSO around 2004 and remained out of service at White Pigeon, MI until December 2011 when it and other Alco sisters were cut up for scrap. April 25, 2000.GP30M4216
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Grand Elk caboose #13Grand Elk's class N-11 transfer caboose, GDLK 13, rests on one of the former roundhouse leads at Kalamazoo's Botsford Yard. This caboose was built in October 1969 as Penn Central 18516, and retained that number through the big blue Conrail era. It was assigned to Grand Rapids, MI in the 1990s. When Grand Elk took over the Kalamazoo Secondary in spring 2009, they inherited this caboose, and painted it in their colors in 2010. July 10, 2010.GP30M4216
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IORY SD40-2 #4083SD40-2 #4083, a former CP Rail unit, leads southbound train No. 400 around the curve at Raisinville, MI. This is interchange traffic from the Canadian National at Flat Rock Yard. The 400 operates over the old CN portion of the Flat Rock Sub as far as Diann Jct., then continues south on the IORY-owned old DT&I route. June 16, 2010GP30M4216
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Michigan Southern GP16 #1616PREX GP16 #1616, in it's Nickel Plate Road inspired paint, is working on the Michigan Southern Railroad as of early March, 2011. They are shown early in the afternoon assembling their short 3 car train to take to Sturgis. View looking west from Kalamazoo Street in White Pigeon. March 7, 2011.GP30M4216
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