GTW GP9R 4632 leads a local west into Pine yard.

Switching freight on the GRAND TRUNK WESTERN branch from Durand to Bay City.

A MICHIGAN RAILROAD CLUB fantrip from Detroit to Jackson, Michigan has stopped at the Pontiac Depot to pick up a few extra passengers. At the far right you can see the Pontiac station. To the le... (more)

Grand Trunk's Train 21 has dropped off its Chicago bound coach in Durand and is now between Vernon and Corunna on its way to Muskegon.

Although at the time Grand Trunk Western depended mainly on steam power, even as early as 1946 Diesel 7911 was busily switching cars in the Pontiac, Michigan yards.

GTW 5629 takes a ride on the turntable at Indianapolis during a 1966 fan trip. J. McDaniels photo-negative in my collection.

Shown here is Combine 7365. It had been converted to serve both crew and passengers on Grand Trunk's Mixed Trains 41 and 42 running between Durand and Greenville, thus making a caboose unnecessar... (more)

THE MAPLE LEAF, Train 20, has just arrived from Chicago. It is waiting in Durand while the last car is detached so that it can later be hooked to the rear of Detroit bound Train 56 which can be s... (more)

Train #21 has just left the Birmingham station and is on its way to Muskegon. The rear coach will be switched to the Chicago bound INTER-CITY LIMITED at Durand. Locomotive 5629 was scrapped in Jul... (more)

Train #21 from Detroit to Muskegon is shown arriving at the Birmngham station. You will note that the platform was level with the car floors and so passengers were not required to climb steps to ... (more)

A rainy summer evening in Scranton finds a hostler spotting his charge on the turntable for a spin. The humid air and spotty rain make for a moody, but (very) wet ambiance. This photo was part o... (more)

A rainy summer evening in Scranton finds a hostler spotting his charge on the turntable for a spin. The humid air and spotty rain make for a moody, but (very) wet ambiance. This photo was part o... (more)

Soaked and Steamy

On a wet late summer night, a hostler conductor for the Grand Trunk signals his engine to a stop for a spin on the table. Other engines wait their turn in the backg... (more)

Some passenger cars of the COLE BROS. CIRCUS train.

A Grand Trunk Western Geep leads a former DT&I unit on a southbound freight through Blue Island. Tom Golden photo.