Soo Line engines 715 and 406 are switching their train at the east end of the yard near the location of the former steam engine serivcing facilities at East Houghton in July of 1976.

St. Albans engine servicing track on the west leg of the wye in March of 1982. This is power for the Coal River district.

St. Albans engine servicing track on the west leg of the wye in June of 1981. This is power for the Coal River district.

A pair of GP-30s are pulling their train through the former copper smelting area south of Hubbell, Michigan, heading for Houghton, in December of 1976.

One of the improvements brought about by the creation of Conrail was an investment in new power. A fairly new GP-40 leads a westbound train through South Bend, Indiana.

The Grand Trunk Western is making a delivery to the C&O at Walbridge.

Miscellaneous engines on the ready track next to the Grand Trunk Western shops in Battle Creek.

Road and yard power being serviced at the engine terminal at Battle Creek, Michigan.

Locomotives lined up waiting for major work at the Grand Trunk Western shops at Battle Creek.

An eastbound Port Huron train is making a pickup in the yard at Durand, Michigan.

GTW 5701 (ex MP 2047) and 6400 (ex DT&I 400) have cut off of their train in the yard at Battle Creek and are heading for the engine terminal.

CR 6163 and CN 5571 are preparing to leave Botsford Yard with a train bound for Grand Rapids.

A quartet of GP-38s are running with only a cab through Battle Creek, Michigan, on the old mainline. Soon, Conrail and the Grand Trunk Western will consolidate their mainlines through Battle Cree... (more)

This is the engine terminal at Elk Run Junction in March of 1982. Engines were fueled, sanded, and watered here for their runs either into the coalfields or back to the yards at Handley and Russel... (more)

The facilities at Rainelle have a homey makeshift air about them. Deliveries for the sand tower were made up a long trestle ramp.