Laid up on blocks and shorn of some parts, I thought 5086 was done for sure. However, I was pleased to find her in service this autumn.
D&M RS-2m 977 was rebuilt in 1977 with a new fuel tank and relocated battery boxes make it look like a RS-3.
Almost hidden by the trees from the road on the back side of the engine.
Saginaw Bay Southern Rwy train Z14421 crosses the Saginaw River in Bay City in a rare detour move. The engines detoured on Huron and Eastern Rwy from Bay City to Saginaw before joining home rails... (more)
Saginaw Bay Southern Rwy train Z14421 awaits the Huron and Eastern Rwy bridge tender to align the bridge over the Saginaw River in Bay City. SBS detoured two CSXT engines over the HESR from Bay C... (more)
The engineer on the Midland Turn is busy getting these 3 old GE's up and going for the trip tonight. The 5086 was originally built in 1980 for the BN and now hauls freight for who knows how much l... (more)
The Durand Turn is slowing down for the south side of Bay City. This job runs around 9am, 5 days a week, from Bay City to Durand and back. On Saturdays an extra crew usually takes the train just t... (more)
A few GE's that the Central Michigan owns is stored at the shops in Bay City. As evident by the rust on the wheels this C30 hasnt seen much service for a few months. With RailAmerica mostly an EMD... (more)
The power off the Durand Turn has just arrived at the house in Bay City. This power wont lay over here for very long as there is a crew on duty to at 20:00 to make a Midland Turn. Rail America now... (more)
LSRC 5921 trails behind on a loaded coal train as it passes under the Independence Bridge in Bay City, Michigan bound for nearby Essexville.
Railroad crews work to replace a damaged wheel set after derailment near Bay City, Michigan.
HESR 5086 leads Train 702 southward out of Bay City, Michigan.
LSRC 5921 trails behind a loaded coal train through Foss Junction in Bay City, Michigan in route to the Consumers Energy plant in nearby Essexville.
LSRC 1280 and 798 are backing over Wilder Road and into North Bay City yard.