Alcos still roam on the Lake State but for how much longer? Nobody knows but for now I am pleased to catch my good old buddy #1280 leaded a train out of Alpena in the late evening.
Lake State Railway train 327a pulls off of the "cheater's street running". My railfan van (used for elevation at times) can be seen to the left of the train.
What lucky power on such an unlucky day! Lake State Railway train 325, the Alpena yard job, carries out its duties with C425M-ac 1280 and GP40M-3 1171.
Train 326 pulls off of the "cheaters street running" and onto the approach for the Thunder Bay River Bridge. If you look on the left side of the photo you can see my railfan mobile. The crew has a... (more)