GLC 395 leads the fast freight south through Cohoctah, Michigan just as the sun finally set for the day.

GLC 395 builds their train in the small yard north of the diamond in Durand, Michigan.

After a pickup of 329 in the Transfer downtown here in Alma, and 6 to pickup in South End Wright Siding, ONTN gets back up to the track speed of 40 with 59 cars riding along.

A Late ONTN meets the Sunset just a few miles North of Ithaca.

With over 3 quarters of the train being loads, GLC 382 & 396 head south enroute to Owosso.

Great Lakes Central backs onto CSX tracks to drop off and pick up freight. This is the first, and likely last, time I would see a solid 3-unit set of ex-Ann Arbor GP35 locomotives on the GLC.

A pair of consecutively numbered GLC GP38-2's ease a southbound train along the eastern shore of Lake Cadillac on its way to Clare.

Southbound ONTN slows as it enters the city limits of Alma with GLC 390 on the point.

The Cadillac crew build their Clare-bound train in Selma Yard. Three locomotives were a common sight on the Cadillac and Owosso trains when sand was still moving out of Yuma. Unfortunately the mos... (more)

A trio of GLC motors arrive at the west end of Selma Yard with fresh frac sand loads out of Yuma. The crew will collect more freight from Selma before departing Cadillac for Clare as CSTN 2.

A pair of ex-Ann Arbor GP35's still earning their keep pull several plastic pellets hoppers onto the wye at Clare before crossing Main Street.

After spotting a cut of frac sand empties, GLC 382 & 399 prepare to pick up a string of loads at Wexford Sand, the end of the line.

Great Lakes Central's first six axle locomotive makes its first revenue trip on the Western District, hauling frac sand.

Meet & Greet. The Cadillac crew (left) and the Owosso crew (right) have a chat on a bitter cold 18 degree day. I chased the GP35 pair out of Owosso and would manage to catch their return trip as... (more)

A short Turn from Cadillac arrives at the west end of Clare with an ex-Annie GP35 on point. CSTN will meet it's Owosso counterpart (ONTN) a couple blocks to the east of this location, as is the no... (more)