The Great Lakes Central's OSTN arrives in Howell, Michigan on a rainy October evening, pounding the diamond with CSX's Plymouth Sub and rolling past a set of searchlight signals after dropping the... (more)

The Great Lakes Central's OSTN pulls out on to the connection from the GLC's Cadillac District to the HESR's Owosso Sub as it puts together its southbound train in the GLC yard east of town in Owo... (more)

The Great Lakes Central's OSTN rolls over a swollen Shiawassee River in Vernon, Michigan behind a trio of EMD's on a dreary October afternoon. GLC utilizes trackage rights over the HESR to get fro... (more)

It's a dreary, rainy day in Cohoctah, Michigan as a trio of Great Lakes Central EMD's lead the OSTN southbound through town, past the old grain elevator complex. A pair of GP38-2's lead on the ex-... (more)

Looking down the former right of way of the Ann Arbor, the Great Lakes Central's OSTN is building their train at the south end of San Yard in Owosso, Michigan. When the train leaves the yard, they... (more)

Michigan is ablaze with color as Autumn slowly turns to winter, and GLC's Cadillac Turn rolls south to meet its Owosso counterpart.

After swapping trains with the Cadillac South Turn, the Owosso job winds through Alma, approaching the Pine River.

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)

While Michigan may be underwhelming as far as terrain changes, the GLC Northern District from Elmira north definitely goes against the grain. The roar of the locomotive charging the twisting grade... (more)

A place of lore amongst fans of the Ann Arbor RR, the former shops, now owned and operated by Great Lakes Central RR play host to some interesting operations, and can definitely keep someone busy ... (more)

While the color most of the way up to Boyne Falls, MI. was a bit flat until Kalkaska, MI. Once we were clear of Kalkaska, the color suddenly was all over, and it was spectacular everywhere we look... (more)

After switching DTE Gas in Kalkaska the train now heads back south to Walton Jct. as it rolls along Fife Lake.

Still earning it's keep during the winters, the GLC's ex Ann Arbor Snow plow waits out another fall day in Cadillac. In the near future it will be back out and put through another season of snow f... (more)

As the last of the sunlight casts over the trees, it is absorbed by the GLC Middleton Turn and the Carland Elevator. The train would stop here and drop a carload of new rail for the rehab project ... (more)

While meets on the Great Lakes Central are an absolute rarity on the mainline, especially since most sidings on the system are too short, there is a common meet: the ONTN and CSTN. These trains me... (more)