The GLC OSTN rolls south of Byron, MI. through a forest on fire with color.

Simmering after dark.

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)

A pair of GP38-2's switch tie gons at Selma yard before heading north to Kalkaska and Traverse City.

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

Fall has arrived to most of Northern Michigan and is well represented along the GLC at Harrietta as the southbound CSTN heads back to Cadillac after switching out Wexford Sand in Yuma.

After spotting a cut of sand hoppers at the north end of the sand plant, the pair of 38's come to the south end of the plant to gather a small cut of cars to take back to Cadillac. This plant used... (more)

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)

On a better than expected day which originally had steady rain, the SRI Fall Color Train rolls north down Elmira Hill past the former Boyne City, Gaylord, and Alpena Railroad bridge remains just n... (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)

Only about 30 minutes from home base, the GLC ONTN makes a mad dash through a thick tunnel of lush green leafy trees.

The old heads know the labor of love required to keep the beast alive.

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)

Some days, everything that you want, comes together perfectly, such was the case as the GLC OSTN pulls a cut of damaged surplus military artillery equipment from Camp Grayling out of the yard in D... (more)

The Shepherd Elevator Trackmobile operator takes a break to watch the GLC ONTN roll south past the elevator as they were told to halt operations until the train cleared town and the siding.