Work Train 968 heads east after running around the train at Pavilion. Today the Rail Train is dropping rail on the South Bend Sub from MP 166 to 168.

It's Friday the 13th and a black cat crosses my path in the form of IC 6005, leading CN #458 eastward on the old GTW. Yes, that is a caboose tucked in back there in the consist.

The Battle Creek local rests at Pavillion with a classic GT (GP38-GP9) lashup waiting for the Kalamazoo local to bring cars down. Pavillion is about 12 miles south of Kalamazoo.