A post relating to the state of Michigan
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Vision in blue
The Lenawee County Railroad Company’s newest locomotive, an Alco S2 recently acquired from the George Silcott Company in Worthington, Ohio, glints in the morning sun at Adrian, Michigan on 09 October 1978. The LCRC had started operations in autumn 1977 […]
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Photo day—Sunny day at Staib
Conrail GP-7 #5903 heads a southbound train approaching Staib Road, between Clinton and Tecumseh, Michigan, on 27 February 1982. Behind the locomotive are two empty flatcars from Pallox, Inc. in Clinton and a caboose. This was one of the last […]
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Photo day—Tecumseh twilight
As the last rays of the late December afternoon sun fall on Tecumseh, Michigan, Conrail’s “Clinton Local”, has just crossed M-50 and is moving south alongside S. Evans Street. Tecumseh’s fire station is momentarily blocked as the train passes. Edward […]
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Photo day—Spring day on the Clinton Branch
On a May afternoon 43 years ago, Edward Hodges captured Conrail’s southbound Clinton Local as it headed for Lenawee Junction, Michigan. The location for this May 1977 photo is just north of the Staib Road crossing between Clinton and Tecumseh. […]
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Splitting the switch at Riga
Following Conrail’s embargo of the Clinton Secondary Track between Lenawee Junction and Clinton, Mich. in early 1982, Conrail continued to operate a local from time to time from Toledo to Lenawee Junction to interchange with the Lenawee County Railroad. The […]
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Photo day—Starting work in Clinton
On the sunny Wednesday afternoon of 11 June 1980, Conrail GP-7 #5760 has started working switching cars at the Budd Company plant in Clinton, Michigan. Four years after the Conrail merger, #5760 still wears its Penn Central black paint. The […]
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Photo day—caboose sunset
The setting western sun silhouettes the classic outline of Conrail N5C caboose #23076 at Ottawa Lake, Michigan on 28 March 1982. The caboose had arrived on a unit grain train to the Michigan Elevator Exchange at Ottawa Lake, and was […]
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Edward D. Hodges, Sep. 17, 1938–Jan. 12, 2020
I received word this morning from Tecumseh, Michigan of the passing of my long-time friend and contributor to this blog, Edward D. Hodges, on Sunday evening. A railroad modeler, photographer, historian, traveller and all-around enthusiast, Ed’s love of railroading was […]
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The first train reaches Tecumseh—180 years ago
Before August 2018 runs its course, I thought it appropriate to note that this month marks an even 180 years of the arrival of the first train in Tecumseh. The Palmyra & Jacksonburg Railroad a line constructed north from a […]
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The D&LN Comes To Town
by Edward D. Hodges Originally published in “The Cross Tracks” Summer 1987 issue on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of this event; this year–2017–marks the 120th anniversary of the completion of the D&LN. TOOT! TOOT! TOOT! The Lima Northern […]