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Here's a few recent photos of Mineral Range locomotives shot at the Humboldt Mill.
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Mark W. Andersen

They needed to use the flanger part of the plow to clean the rails more than they needed to plow except for grade crossings.

T&SBY pulled the plow up from Cadillac and out to Grawn and then plowed back to Traverse City. When I saw the plow train it was in the Boardman Yard and by the time I went home and grabbed my camera it was already on its way to the lumber company in Bates. Then they pulled it back to Traverse City a...

GLC ran a plow train from Petoskey to Cadillac on Monday. Actually they pulled the plow up to Petoskey with 399 and 395 coupled nose to nose and plowed back to Cadillac. Here's a few photos from the chase. Many thanks to KC for the heads up. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mackinacmark/12298321263/ htt...

Pepin-Irreco is the explosives company that owns the track and Vreeland Rail Inc operates the trains. A&L opreates a scrap metal business but is not currently shipping by rail.Trains operate on an as needed basis. Here's a few shots from last fall. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mackinacmark/624826585...

On 3-11-12 I caught Marquette Rail switching in the Manistee yard. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mackinacmark/6974002317/ Then I follwed the 2005 to Filer City. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mackinacmark/6827902836/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mackinacmark/6974052619/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mac...

Thanks for posting some excellent photos Corey! They turned out much better than mine. I enjoyed meeting you too.

Were they pulling a tank car?

GLC 398 arrived in TC at 11:30 to deliver a load of lumber out to Bates. The 1st shot is at the Pere Marquette depot.
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The 2nd shot shows the 398 approaching Lautner Road in Acme.
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GLC arrived in TC at 11:30 to deliver a load of lumber out to Bates. The ist shot is near the Pere Marquette depot. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mackinacmark/6884370398/" title="GLC 398 in Traverse City 3-30-12 by mackinacmark, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6109/6884370...

Here's a few shots from the Marquette area on 10-9-11. The 1st shot is CN5679 with a loaded ore train at Goose Lake. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mackinacmark/6251417190/ The 2nd shot is the LS&I 7 Tilden job rolling through Empire Junction. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mackinacmark/6251556476/ The ...

Here's a few shots from 10-2-11. The first train is CN 2133 with the local freight train at Neguanee. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mackinacmark/6209930596/ The same train at ex C&NW Euclid Yd. in Ishpeming. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mackinacmark/6222166604/ Lake Michigamme is the setting for this...

Here's a few pics from Marquette Rail on Sunday morning. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mackinacmark/5802671400/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mackinacmark/5802677912/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mackinacmark/5802681602/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mackinacmark/5802117771/ http://www.flickr.com/photo...

I caught GLC 397 and 395 in TC today. The first pic shows the 397 passing the Pere Marquette Depot. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mackinacmark/5766068091/ The 2nd pic shows the train approaching Launter Rd. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mackinacmark/5766618770/ Pic three shows the train arriving in Ba...

Here's a few images from 12-28-10. Little Lake sunrise. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mackinacmark/5306790897/ CN power in Ishpeming Yd. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mackinacmark/5306973235/ LS&I 7 Weigher at Empire Jct. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mackinacmark/5307036351/ LS&I 7 Tilden at Empire Jc...