Watco's Ann Arbor Railroad heritage unit seen working Ottawa Yard on the north side of Toledo.

Painted in Iowa, Chicago and Eastern's flashy two-tone scheme, a lease unit waits for a new crew at Osmer, where the Ann Arbor (WATCO) interchanges with Great Lakes Central.

Railroad ferries were once commonplace on the Great Lakes. Here we see Ann Arbor's "City of Green Bay" entering the Elberta/Frankfort, MI harbor with a load of freight cars. A colorful y... (more)

We rode the ferry across Lake Michigan between Kewaunee, Wisconsin to Elberta, Michigan on August 19, 1979. Here, we are approaching the dock at Elberta as Ann Arbor S3 #7 prepares to remove the ... (more)

The 292-mile Ann Arbor Railroad was a subsidiary of the Detroit Toledo & Ironton RR from 1963 to 1970. Locomotive maintenance and repairs for both railroads was done at DT&I’s engine and shop fa... (more)

The train has just crossed the GRAND TRUNK WESTERN tracks and is headed north along the east side of the impressive Durand railway station.

The ANN ARBOR name still appears on this GP 35 along with several other Diesels parked along this short stretch of track.. However, under the cab window there is a very faint sign reading MICHIGA... (more)

I photographed this string of ANN ARBOR RAILROAD GP 35's in 1983, the day after Pere Marquette 1225 was moved into the former ANN ARBOR Shops for restoration. When the ANN ARBOR went bankrupt MIC... (more)

With ominous skies looming, the Ann Arbor Railroad heritage unit switches autoracks.

Ann Arbor Railroad No. 2373 is back on the move north after picking up 3 boxcars from the Diann Interchange, while passing by the MoW Building in Dundee, Michigan after crossing over the Raisin Ri... (more)

Under Wabash control, the Ann Arbor had only two Alco RS-1's Nos.20 and 21. Number 21 was assigned in September 1962 to local service at Owosso, Michigan. Photo taken from my slide collection, pho... (more)

An Ann Arbor Railroad grain special creeps across the bridge spanning the Huron River in the railroad's namesake city. The current railroad with the name runs 50 miles between Ann Arbor and Toledo... (more)

Ann Arbor RS-1 21, owned by the Southern Michigan Railroad, sits on an isolated piece of trackage south of Tecumseh, Michigan.

The Ann Arbor heritage unit sits on display at the Amtrak depot in Toledo for National Train Day.