LSRC 1164 leads Consumers Energy empties that are just out of the plant at Essexville.

LSRC 1162 leads a longer than normal Z126 local along North Water Street in Bay City.

LSRC 5921 leads SBS Train Z144 out of Saginaw Yard with coal loads bound for Consumers Energy in Essexville.

The LSRC plow extra arrives in Alpena.

Heavier-than-usual snowfalls required plowing of Lake State's Huron Shore subdivision on this bitterly-cold January afternoon.

Before the former TM/FURX GP40s had a firm grasp on the Lake State they used just about anything on trains running on what was the CSX trackage including the 1280, which has just picked up three l... (more)

LSRC 2003 leads The Z126 Job through the South End of Bay City before it received the standard blue paint job.

LSRC 181 leads SBS Z126 southward around a slight curve near 32nd Street in Bay City.

LSRC 3504 is working the LSRC Yard near Bay City putting together a train bound for Northern Michigan.

LSRC Train 301, The Bay City local is switching the yard and will soon depart for Wenona Yard to pick up cars from the Huron and Eastern. The 1280 was acquired in December 1980 by the Detroit and ... (more)

LSRC train 326 passes through a pristine winter scene as it climbs the grade out of Alpena. Never before has the photographer seen snow quite like this, and the alco really makes the scene.

The temperature a brisk 16 degrees with the moon breaking through the clouds, 3504 idles at the Alpena facility awaiting next day's duties.

M420W 3504 takes a break in the heated stall of the Alpena Roundhouse.

LSRC 1166 backs empty grain hoppers into Crop Production Services in Saginaw for reloading.

Go MLW! GO! With the plow in the middle of the state, the Lake State ran a lone unit a short ways through town to clear the way, seen here blasting through a snowbank and smoking it up. Alpena has... (more)