A matched pair of LSRC Alcos pull South at Franklin Street. Elevation for the shot was gained by standing ontop of my van.

Matching sets of Lake State blue are getting harder to find on the Huron Sub. as the new GP40M-3s (painted in TFM) tend to dominate the line. It's always a treat to get an Alco leading.

I love it when they put the Alcos up front! LSRC train 326 awaits its crew in the Alpena Yard. Taken with permission.

A grey two pack leads train 326 down the 10th Street "cheater's street running".

LSRC 3500 leads a three pack of mixed paint down 10th ave in Alpena. The train is destined for Bay City, MI.

LSRC 3500, still in Kelowna Pacific paint, leads train 326 South through downtown Alpena.

Holding on tightly.

LSRC 281 pulls out from behind the aging sign shop on a beautiful August evening.

A classy Alco leads train 326 through downtown Alpena. If you look to the right of the crossbuck you can see my secondary camera set up for taking video.

An awesome Alco-MLW-EMD consist rocks around Death Curve. The curve was nicknamed Death Curve by local railfans because of the way the trains rock around the curve.

A pan shot of an aging Alco.

Two of the Lake State Railway's Geeps attempt to copy the Alcos that they are replacing by letting off a little smoke.

LSRC C425M 281 leads train 326 into the "cheater's street running" section of 10th ave. A model of the 281 in D&M decals was released by Atlas Model Railroading in HO scale.

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.