The crews from Cadillac and Owosso begin to swap trains in the yard in Clare. Behind them, some trees erupt like fire as fall color develops.

One splash of autumn color, and one splash of sun. All that I could hope for, as CSTN nears its southward destination of Clare to meet its Owosso counterpart.

GLC 390 hammers south through some gorgeous fall color near McBain, Michigan, on October 22nd. 390 has been polishing these rails for almost 60 years, and the Alco-trucked GP35 shows no signs of s... (more)

GLC 390 brings a 86 car OSTN down into Howell with GLC 390,393, and newly acquired 384

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

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.

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

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.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j8n7H_plkY&t= On a perfect summer morning, GLC 390 rumbles north towards Traverse City with several former Southern Railway TSBY hoppers headed for the ... (more)

A pair of former Ann Arbor GP35s work the Pere Marquette remnant in Clare on a beautiful fall afternoon.

With color coming very late this year, this pocket that has been good to me in the past is just now getting good. With 50 loads from Ron Brown, the ONTN races through the tunnel kicking up fallen... (more)

Working in Port Huron the last 2 weeks during the weekdays, it has severely hindered my ability to shoot GLC as they work weekdays just like me. However, as normal, I went home during the weekend... (more)

Passionate about his work, Great Lakes Central engineer/conductor Matt Cox, who took on the role of mobile conductor for the day, using a company vehicle to head down to the trains' destination, w... (more)

After a long day being suffocated by the clouds, the sun finally broke free from the clouds and unleashed a wonderful palate of colors in the sky above the GLC OSTN, working the yard in Durand, MI... (more)