A large group of children wait to greet Santa on board this westbound Amtrak Passenger at Durand, Michigan.

HESR 5086 shoves into the yard with 120 plus coal cars and 6 loaded hoppers, the cars can be seen in the back ground with the GTW caboose on display in Durand.

The southbound GLC freight waits to head south light to osmer.

A IC sits south of Durand on the Southside siding on the holly sub just north of Pitt Jct.

CN 398 heads east through Durand.

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A CN eastbound heads out of Durand as CN 149 heads west after receiving a crew change at New Lotherope road and blocking single track.

A eastbound freight makes its way through town.

CN 399 has made its Pick up in the yard and heads back to there train. When they left town there train was 2 plus miles long and both EMD's were notched up and sounding great.

1225 rolls past the signals at Monroe street at 3:03am on its run back to Owosso from Bay City.

Pere Marquette 1225 gets under way at the Monroe Road crossing, heading towards Saginaw on the Huron & Eastern, with a Rail America company special in tow.

Pere Marquette 1225 hits the diamonds at Durand as a waiting Amtrak passenger records it on his cell phone. 1225 will proceed north to Saginaw, with two passenger cars and a 15 car revenue freigh... (more)

Pere Marquette 1225 pulls onto the CN main with Durand Union Station in the background. The train will be wyed by backing around the depot and then proceed north on the Huron & Eastern to Saginaw... (more)

CN 399 rolls around the curve at Oak Street in Durand after passing Durand Union Station.

HESR 5086 and CMGN 5175 double up a coal train on the west side of Durand yard. This coal train is bound for the Essexville MI.