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Photo day—Passing Dexter
As members of the Ann Arbor Model Railroad Club look on, Conrail train DREL-7 (Detroit-Elkhart) passes the former Michigan Central Railroad depot in Dexter, Michigan on the evening of 07 June 1989. Edward Hodges was on hand to capture this […]
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Photo day—Leaving home rails
A cold winter fog is in the air on the morning of 10 December 1985 at the interchange yard next to Diann Tower, near Dundee, Michigan. A Grand Trunk Western train is travelling south on the former-DT&I main line, trailed […]
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Photo day—5778 vs. the elements
A late spring snowstorm was underway when Edward Hodges photographed Conrail’s southbound “Clinton Local” on 18 March 1977. The train is just approaching the Staib Road crossing, located between Clinton and Tecumseh, Michigan. Conrail has been in existence for almost […]
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Photo day—Grain train on the Carrothers
Two cast crossbucks stand guard as Conrail #7911 leads a southbound unit grain train down the ex-PRR Carrothers Branch in the winter of 1982. The train was captured at the North Pemberville Road crossing, between Walbridge and Woodville, OH. By […]