A post relating to the state of Michigan
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Photo day—LCRC switches the Southern Michigan
During the early years of the Southern Michigan Railroad Society in the mid-1980s, the line from Lenawee Jct. to Clinton, Mich. was already severed at Raisin Center by the removal of the crossing diamonds with the Norfolk & Western Railway’s […]
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Photo day—George Crane crosses the diamonds
The Lenawee County Railroad Company’s Alco S2 #2, named “George Crane”, arrives in Adrian, Michigan, returning from a run to the Conrail interchange at Lenawee Jct. It is 08 December 1982, and the train is crossing the diamond with the […]
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Photo day—Extra 301 North at Lenawee Junction
Flying white “extra” flags, a peculiar set of equipment crosses Lenawee Highway and enters the former-Clinton Branch trackage of the Southern Michigan Railroad Society at Lenawee Junction, MI on a cold January morning in 1986. The move marks the end […]
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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—Winter in Clinton
On a snowy day in early 1988, New York Central caboose #21692 awaits its next move on the Southern Michigan Railroad at Clinton, Michigan. I was trying to recreate a vintage railroad scene here, so I included the Lake Shore […]
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Photo day—Conrail in Adrian
In the spring of 1977, Conrail SW9 switcher #8987 was photographed standing next to the CR freight office in Adrian, Michigan. The unit still wears its Penn Central paint, having not yet received Conrail blue. Photos of Conrail trains in […]
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Photo day—Passing Palmyra
There was already snow on the ground when Edward Hodges photographed the Lenawee County Railroad’s RS-1 #3 “Howard D. White” passing Palmyra, Michigan on 13 November 1984. Palmyra was the site of a station on the New York Central’s “Old […]
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Photo day—On home rails
On 27 February 1982, Conrail GP-7 #5903 is at the front of a northbound freight train on Conrail’s Clinton Secondary line, just south of Tecumseh, Michigan. Have derailed near this point on the previous day due to an iced-over crossing, […]