Two of the Annie's ex-Conrail GP38s work the south end of Osmer siding, interchanging with the Tuscola & Saginaw Bay. For a modern view of this scene, check out SeanK97's picture 220684.

Coming towards me with Brakeman "in tow" this train will back up into the siding to drop the hopper for the Ann Arbor RR to grab later today or tomorrow. For a comparison see photo 220777 from E.... (more)

Headlights glaring my way as the train backs AWAY from me at 11:30am. It's dark enough to look like early evening with the snow falling so hard.

Conrail could've used yellow handrails or something -- this image looks cold! And why are those people standing in the middle of the track when there's a green showing for an eastbound! (Today, ... (more)

TSBY's daily train arrives at Osmer siding with interchange for the Ann Arbor. The power consists of former Ann Arbor GP35s, the 392 "banditized" while the 385 has been given full TSBY livery. T... (more)

Basically a stub of its former self (but much more profitable), the Annie brings interchange from the TSBY down Osmer Hill into Ann Arbor. For comparable views of this scene, see picture 155382 f... (more)

Traversing the Gallup Park causeway, this westbound crosses fill excavated during construction of the New York Central's 1910 Detroit River Tunnels, 45 miles away.

This is not a notable photograph by any artistic standards. But it does represent one of the few times in my life that I've been absolutely terror-stricken. After a day of railfanning in the Metro... (more)

In the difficult winter of 1977-1978 Conrail was drawing upon all available locomotives to keep the traffic fluid, including this ex-New York Central GP7. Twenty years before, this would have bee... (more)

Not a lot that can still be found thirty years later! The westbound "St. Clair" behind F40 206 and the tracks and equipment at left are gone, Amtrak passengers board at a new station to the west,... (more)

Winter in the Midwest! A hired laborer has shoveled off just enough of the platform, in the midst of steady snowfall, to allow passengers access to this arriving Chicago-bound train. Spring is s... (more)

Couldn't call AAA for this one! A Hulcher crew changes out the front truck of Genesis 28, reportedly suffering from a seized traction motor.

The perils of winter railroading have visited Train 350 on its morning journey from Chicago.

Not a usual sight on the Michigan line, the result of detouring around a derailment at Bryan, Ohio. The structure in the foreground is the entrance ramp to the Artrain, which uses this siding whe... (more)

Looking at an image like this, you'd think the Ann Arbor was a big operation! Well, it makes an interesting impression anyway ...