LSRC M420W 3500 is about to cross Johnson Street and enter the yard limits after a long journey up from Bay City.
LSRC M420W 3500 leads train 326 South at the Werth Road crossing.
An Alco C425 leads LSRC 301 North past the farm fields near Kawkawlin, which is just north of Bay City.
The brush is thick on the North end of the yard...
LSRC train 326 sneaks its way out of the Alpena area. It is seen here crossing the busy Washington Ave. (M-32) with GP40M-2 1171 and C425M-ac 181 as the power.
Freshly repainted M420 3571 is in charge of a short southbound train out of Alpena.
Lake State RS-3 975 is busy shuffling cars at the LaFarge cement plant.
Fellow Railpictures.net photographer John Ryan shoots train 327a as it arrives in Alpena.
The coupler probably belonged to the 698. Now it has a front row seat as the old MLW meets the torch.
End of the line for LSRC 698.
An ignominious end to a long career. Another Lake State Alco goes to scrap.
Steam returns to Alpena! Okay, so maybe not. It's just an extra smokey 181!
M420W 3500 pulls across the Thunder Bay River bridge as the 181 lets off some smoke.
So this is what it's like to be a bug....taken with permission.
