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.
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)
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.
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.
LSRC is about to duck under Coldwater Rd and enter Flint Yard.
A short LSRC train eases southbound onto the Flint Yard lead at Mount Morris.
Southbound sand loads through the big curve at Boon on GLC's Western District.
Southbound ONTN slows as it enters the city limits of Alma with GLC 390 on the point.
Great Lakes Central's first six axle locomotive makes its first revenue trip on the Western District, hauling frac sand.
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)
