Prior to departing Sugarcreek with the ORTA Special, Ohio Central's 2-8-0 #33 in original LS&I livery crosses paths with a horse and buggy.

Former Detroit Edison units; doesn't look like the 3012 will be providing much tractive effort in the near future!

From my slide collection from an unknown photographer.

A power short WC leased a large anount of the LS&I U-boat fleet during the winter/early spring of 1996. Most of the units tended to stay in Upper Michigan working the ore trains that were running ... (more)

LS&I 2501, 2304, 2300 arriving at the east end of Eagle Mills yard with 120 empties. The LS&I was a riot of color in the 80's with a few units remaining in the solid "ore dust brown" along with q... (more)

An ex-C&O leaser leads a train in the railroad's hometown. This was a really neat part of this trip but was outdone by our cab ride on a C&NW H-16-66.

Ex ATSF RSD-15's are in the late afternoon sun at Eagle Mills, Michigan after being stored pending sale.

A cold day in Michigan far away from the normally warm confines of a Gator. Basking in the glow of a winters sun that is nowhere near as warm as it should be. The red paint looks good against the ... (more)

The LS&I was home to an interesting fleet of Alco's and GE's for a long period of time. In this shot three RSD-12's have arrived at Eagle Mills and after doubling there train over have cut off and... (more)

Leap day 1996 found LS&I 3007 idling at Trout Lake. WC had leased a number of LS&I U-boats to get them through their annual winter power shortage and most of them tended to stay in Upper Michigan.

LS&I 1604 is coupled to a pair 40 foot newsprint service cars as it waits to shove them into the Kimberly-Clark Munising Plant. The 1604 was LS&I's last operable RS-3 and was maintained to operate... (more)

The 7am Tilden pulls into Eagle Mills with 60 loads of taconite.

At one time the LS&I was entirely signaled from West Yard to the mines with intermediates every couple miles, now the only section signaled is the area from Eagle mills to the mines and the rest i... (more)

Living on borrowed time and the last of its kind, 1804 is the last LS&I RSD-12 known to be left unscrapped in the United States, it is also one of only two LS&I Alco's in exsistance, and one of on... (more)