Close clearance between trains and various track side objects in Essexville, including houses. I wouldn't mind living in this house myself.

HESR 702 throttles up on the out skirts of Bay City at Stone Island Rd.

Built in March, 1969 as a GP40 for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, it was rebuilt to a GP38AC in 1988 and sold to the Central Michigan Railroad shortly after. Today this locomotive is seen restin... (more)

A few trees still hold their foliage today as LSRC 1164 heads up the Z126 job northbound on Bay City's south side. This train runs daily from Saginaw to North Yard in Bay City and handles all of ... (more)

The Z126 job cruises down the Bay City Subdivision with traffic bound for Essexville and other points in northern Michigan.

The sun came out for a few minutes this day and luckily i was able to grab a shot of CN L500 leaving the yard while it was out. Ex-GTW CN 4904 is the power today.

With more than one train in such a small yard, the power for Z126 rests on the lead for an industrial track while 301 finishes up.

HESR's daily road freight from Bay City to Durand is seen passing through Defoe Park shortly after departure.

Two classic GE and EMD road locomotives lead the dail 702 through Defoe park.

The power from yesterday's loaded coal train sits on the lead track outside of Trenton Power Plant. This is a great place to (legally) get up close to and shoot parked locomotives.

The sun is setting as CN 397 slows to a crawl at Saginaw Street in Lapeer, Michigan to take the siding and pass 396 going east.

On my way back to Hayden on HWY 177, I happened to catch a glimpse of this guy's tail end passing between two hills and made a quick turn around to catch up with it. GP39-2 502 handles this extra ... (more)

CMGN 2014 does the daily Bay City to Saginaw job crossing Wilder Rd. in Bay City Michigan.