The Lake State Railway does its best to keep trucks off of the road.

GP40M-3 1164 rests on the fuel pad as dead M420W 3504 looks on. The passenger cars in the backround belong to the Bluewater group. Photo taken with the permission of the Saginaw Bay Southern Railw... (more)

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.

So this is what it's like to be a bug....taken with permission.

LSRC 1179 would soon back down onto its train of coal hoppers.

LSRC 1174 and LSRC 2052 Switch the Weanona Yard as they make up their train and prepare to head to their own "North Yard".

After switching Essroc Cement, 1164 leads the Z126 back towards Foss Yard.

Gotta love people who plow snow ON the tracks. 1174 plows plowed snow off the tracks as the snow begins to fly once again.

Pulling towards their own yard now, the ALCO 425 #181 smokes a bit for us as she does her thing.

In a fresh blanket of snow, the 301 job pulls the night train into the yard limits.

In a fresh blanket of snow, the 301 job pulls the night train into the yard limits past a very christmas card like setting.

The Gulf, Colorado, and San Saba road train heads toward the BNSF interchange at Lometa, TX with a healthy train of covered hoppers as it passes a wildflower patch. The MVP locomotive trailing is... (more)

"Borrowed" #1161 sits in the makeshift engine facility area, having been swaped out on the yard job for #1172.

The M&VP's major customer is Diamler Chrysler, here we see the yard job switching auto-parts boxcars with the huge Chrysler Plant looming in the background.