Lake State Railway C425M-ac 181 approaches the Long Lake Ave. crossing. The unit will then tie down until the arrival of the inbound road freight.

What lucky power on such an unlucky day! Lake State Railway train 325, the Alpena yard job, carries out its duties with C425M-ac 1280 and GP40M-3 1171.

Train 326 pulls off of the "cheaters street running" and onto the approach for the Thunder Bay River Bridge. If you look on the left side of the photo you can see my railfan mobile. The crew has a... (more)

Lake State train 301 has just departed from the yard in Bay City with a rebuilt Alco C425 still wearing its former Detroit and Mackinac paint.

Lake State 281 is heading west through Defoe Park in Bay City with a bit of what’s left of a snowstorm it ran through the night before.

Lake State Railway 1280 leads four other engines alongside Martin Street in Bay City through six inches of snowfall recieved that morning.

LSRC 181 and 798 team up to bring a train of empty stone cars across East Hart Street in Bay City.

LSRC 181 and 798 team up to bring a train of empty stone into the curve near East Hart Street in Bay City.

Saginaw Bay Southern train Z145 is on the move again after waiting for HESR train 702 to cross over the diamonds at Mershon Interlocking on Saginaw’s Westside.

The crew aboard Saginaw Bay Southern Local Z126 is waiting for the tail of the coal train in front of them to clear a switch so they can proceed to finishing their work up for the day.

Crew members on board Saginaw Bay Southern train Z126 go about breaking down the trains contents into the departure tracks of Saginaw Yard after arriving from Bay City a few minutes earlier.

Alcos are still the kings of the Lake State Railway Company. Two of the railroads C425M-AC are coming into Saginaw Yard light after dropping off a cut of cars across town.

Lake State Railway C425M-AC #1280 is seen switching cars in Saginaw Yard in a view obtained from the pedestrian bridge that extends over the yard.