A GTW SW1200 leads a local freight out of the yard in Bay City. This yard and accompanying branchline to the yard was sold by Grand Trunk Western in the late 1980's in an effort to remain competit... (more)

A trio of class units, F7 800, GP38 2000, and U36C 3600 sit under the sanding tower in the Erwin yard on the Clinchfield RR. Its evident that a journey 50 yards to the south to the wash rack would... (more)

A local freight led by CRR 3011 cross Lake James on the Catawba River Bridge just north of Marion, NC. Note the caboose in the middle of the train. 35mm slide from my collection, photographer unkn... (more)

The Ann Arbor was not the only railroad in Michigan to utilize car ferries, the Grand Trunk Western was another. Seen pulling cars from the SS Madison, 8100 works the slip in Muskegon, MI. Car fer... (more)

On January 4th, 2000, Central Michigan 8801 was involved in a collision with a truck, leaving the locomotive extremely damaged. The locomotive was hauled back to Bay City where it was deemed beyon... (more)

Ann Arbor RS-2 301 sits in the yard in Owosso on the caboose track with a trio of Ann Arbor streamline cabooses. The caboose track was removed a number of years ago, but the yard is the main yard ... (more)

An Ann Arbor S3 sits on the caboose track in the yard in Owosso with a pair of streamline cabeese behind. The caboose track and the alco are both gone, but the yard is still in service. 35mm slid... (more)

From a railroad with a fleet of very unique cabooses, the Ann Arbor had a very odd steam-era cab that lacked a cupola, but still managed to make it well into the 70's on the railroad. AA 2700 was ... (more)

A pair of Ann Arbor RS-2's work the yard in Toldeo, OH. After the state of Michigan purchased the Ann Arbor, trains would not run to Toledo anymore, but would rather interchange with the new Ann A... (more)

A pair of Ann Arbor RS-2's run south along Oak Grove Rd. south of Cohoctah, MI. Trains like this would end in just a couple of years as the end of ferry service resulted in a loss of traffic. Fort... (more)

Clinchfield GP38 2001 sits in the yard in Spartanburg, SC. One year after the date of this photo, the Clinchfield would no longer exist as it was rolled into the massive Seaboard System. Despite t... (more)

A lone Clinchfield GE U36C sits in the yard in Spartanburg, SC. In just a year from now, this unit and the 6 others that the Clinchfield took delivery of in 1971 to help ease a power shortage, wou... (more)

The steepest grade on the former Ann Arbor, Boon Hill, was always a struggle for southbound trains. At about 2%, the three GP35's fight hard to bring their train up the hill, however, once clear o... (more)

With its tail end clearing the GTW main, a pair of Ann Arbor Alco RS-2's throttle up and begin their journey south to Toledo, OH. In just a few years, the Ann Arbor would be no more, trips by the ... (more)

GTW 1776, the Grand Trunk Western Bicentennial unit makes its way west through Durand, MI. after dropping cars in the yard. 35mm slide from my collection, photo by J. Swift.