Laid up on blocks and shorn of some parts, I thought 5086 was done for sure. However, I was pleased to find her in service this autumn.
Much of the former Central Michigan power survives on this Rail America line.
This extra heads back towards Saginaw, MI with 21 grain cars and the main reason to run today, 20 sugar beet cars. The local is passing pass the Vassar Local's power parked for the weekend at Rees... (more)
The engineer on the Midland Turn is busy getting these 3 old GE's up and going for the trip tonight. The 5086 was originally built in 1980 for the BN and now hauls freight for who knows how much l... (more)
An extra pauses at Akron to grab a bit to eat. This job went ot work at 8am and ran out of yard near Buena Vista, MI to Sebewaing, MI. Now they are headng back towards Saginaw with 21 grain cars a... (more)
An extra crew heads back towards Saginaw with 42 cars. This crew ran from Saginaw to Sebewaing and back to get sugar beet cars for Bay City. They are about 4 miles from the siding they will park f... (more)
The Durand Turn is slowing down for the south side of Bay City. This job runs around 9am, 5 days a week, from Bay City to Durand and back. On Saturdays an extra crew usually takes the train just t... (more)
The Durand Turn is heading back to Bay City with around 75 cars. A C30-7, B30-7A, and a U23B makeup this pretty odd consist. The Huron Eastern and Central Michigan are both now owned by RailAmeric... (more)
The Durand Turn is on their way back to Bay City as they past thru some fields a few miles north of Saginaw. This turn is only about 8 miles from Bay City where they went to work at 9 am this morn... (more)
HESR 5492 shoves 35 emptys into the grain elevator at Richville.
HESR 3867 pulls out of Genesee Yard in Saginaw bound for points in Michigans Thumb.
HESR 5086 leads Train 702 southward out of Bay City, Michigan.
Another railfan watches as HESR's 702 comes down from bay city.
The 740 job cuts cars in Wenona Yard on a beautiful summer morning.
HESR 5492 had a special edition paint scheme for a few weeks in July courtesy of a few Saginaw residents who tagged it while parked at Genesee Yard.
