Gaylord was the center of my consulting career during this time, and my first month of encounters with the D&M were around Grayling-Gaylord-Alpena. I had heard this guy on the radio, but went bli... (more)
The 3PM Tilden Job brings another train of pellets to the yard at Eagle Mills, where the train will be yarded and combined with other cuts for the Hill Job to take to the docks in Marquette.
Eerily reminescent of the late 70s; it was not far from this spot where you couldn't buy a spot to watch the cabhops to and from Hardy Street and see the railroads of the east. SCL U-boats were a... (more)
The 3PM Hill Job is returning from Marquette after dropping off loads and picking up empties, easing past the AEI scanner and about to cross the Morgan Creek bridge. Don't ask me how I got across... (more)
On the complete opposite end of the beauty scale from the U25C is the BQ23-7. Being a GE fan does not prevent the feeling that this is perhaps the ugliest locomotive ever built. But you can hard... (more)