The afternoon job begins their task around the shops in Owosso. The crew will shove out to the yard south of town and somehow spend the rest of the evening switching. We gave up and went onward fo... (more)

Big Little Shortline. While some railroads have been struggling from Pandemic-related limitations, Great Lakes Central has been acquiring more power and gaining customers this year. But at the ... (more)

Having a snow-day to my advantage, GLC OSTN made a daylight appearance south of Durand, and despite the falling snow I ventured out to shoot it.

After having a brief chat, the ONTN crew hops on the Cadillac power to take to Owosso. The CSTN crew hops on the Northbound power and doubles to the northbound cut. After getting clearance, CSTN r... (more)

Great Lakes Central 397 brings up the antlers...er, markers, of the North Pole Express. The headend has just passed iconic Carland Elevator with a lot of smoke from 1225, while 397 quietly gets dr... (more)

Dwarfed by the massive silos that will load the grain train it has brought north GLC 397 pulls a few empty fertilizer cars out from the load track at The Andersons in Oakley, MI. A complex that is... (more)

After running down light to Osmer to pick up a CSX grain train, GLC 397 is split from GLC 398, and the 397 put back onto the CSX train before making the last leg of the trip up to The Anderson's e... (more)

The frost that settled overnight is slowly starting to melt away, and after a pre-dawn start, an extra GLC grain train out of Oakley, MI. has cleared the toughest obstacle of the day: the CN Flint... (more)

With cold temperatures outside, the time of year for filling the shop with power has come. GLC has decided that it is cheaper to keep the shop heated all winter rather than letting the power idle ... (more)

While the fall color was less than stellar, and when I say less than stellar, I mean non-existent, the scenery along the GLC Northern District was still excellent as usual. As the train races nort... (more)

While I have stated time and time again how difficult the climb that Boon Hill on the GLC Western District presents to trains, the climb that Elmira Hill presents to southbound is just as difficul... (more)

As the sun falls fast on the Friday before Memorial Day weekend, GLC power rests outside the shops after a quick turn south. These tracks have held a lot of history, from Ann Arbor Alco FA's, the ... (more)

On an icy morning just after sunrise, a quartet of GLC Geeps race north on the St. Charles Branch for Oakley, MI. to pick up a loaded Anderson's grain train.

The Great Lakes Central OSTN passes by the wonderful Howell Depot, which has watched the end of Ann Arbor steam, numerous unique diesel units, and the return of steam with the Pere Marquette 1225 ... (more)

The GLC Middleton Turn makes its way west along the Middleton Branch as it passes a small herd of cows huddling for warmth in the plentiful sun, oblivious to the passing train crawling along behin... (more)