Lake State Railway is celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2017 and to commemorate the occasion, the latest GP40-3 slug mother has been released in a special 25th Anniversary scheme, wearing road n... (more)

Train 326 departs Alpena on a snowy afternoon.

LSRC 1179 and 6301 are in full dynamics as they slow for an imminent slow order just down the line.

The Lake State Railway MP15 #1501 cab end is shown at Metro East Industries in East St. Louis. The LSRC 1501 is the ex-UPY 1394 and was constructed in 1980 as M-K-T #57 and was recently acquired ... (more)

Introducing the first Lake State Railway MP15AC, LSRC #1501! Stripes are no stranger to the first Lake State Railway end cab as it was built as M-K-T #57 in 1980 and later went on to become Union... (more)

LSRC Train 301 has just departed from the yard in Bay City with traffic bound for northern Michigan.

Z127 rolls south towards Flint as it paces along side of Blackmar road between Bridgeport and Birch Run.

Z127 passes the old signals that used to guard the north siding switch for Blackmar but now is just another signal along the line, the siding was torn out a few years ago.

Z127 leans into the curve as it slows for a 10mph slow order a couple blocks behind me.

1179 and a SD40-2 build the southbound Z127 at the south end of Saginaw yard and will soon depart for Flint.

Lake State Z126 is approaching Tuscola Road in Bay City with northbound cars out of Saginaw Yard.

Ex. CN3577 built 1976. Bill Clynes photo.

The LSRC's predecessor Detroit & Mackinac was historically home to a fleet of Alco diesels. The LSRC carried on that tradition into the 2000s until the fleet (minus the 469) was scrapped in 2011. ... (more)

One of the new Lake State slug sets works hard up the grade south out of Alpena with a hefty 57 car train 326.

LSRC Z126 is approaching Fremont Street in Bay City as they head for Saginaw.