
HESR 101 (County of Sanalac) and caboose at Bad Axe, MI on 20 May 1989
On the occasion of Transportation Week in Michigan in 1989, the Huron and Eastern Railway organized an open house in its headquarters city of Bad Axe, MI on Saturday, 20 May 1989. For this celebration, several events took place:
- an open house of the H&E’s newly-constructed diesel shop
- an excursion train ride using equipment from the Bluewater Michigan Chapter, NRHS
- equipment displays
- motor car rides in the H&E yard
Unfortunately it poured with rain all day, putting a damper on the activities. I was helping with the motor car rides, and few people ventured over to check us out. On the plus side, we were allowed the next morning to ride the branch line up to Kinde and back on our motor cars, so all was not lost!
These are some of the photos I made on the day of the event.

HESR 103 (County of Tuscola) in the engine house at Bad Axe, MI on 19 May 1989

HESR 102 (City of Bad Axe) outside the engine house at Bad Axe, MI on 19 May 1989

HESR 103 and 102 swtiching the yard at Bad Axe, MI on 20 May 1989

HESR 103 and Bluewater passenger equipment at Bad Axe, MI on 20 May 1989

HESR 101 and caboose #650 in the yard at Bad Axe, MI on 20 May 1989

HESR 103 (County of Tuscola) in the yard at Bad Axe, MI on 20 May 1989

HESR 103 (County of Tuscola) in the yard at Bad Axe, MI on 20 May 1989

Connecting HESR 102 and 103 in the yard at Bad Axe, MI on 20 May 1989

HESR 102 and 103 in the yard at Bad Axe, MI on 20 May 1989
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