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September song at Defiance
In early September of 1989, I received a phone call from the Indiana Hi-Rail Corporation in response to a resume I had sent them. They told me that they were planning to open a new division based in Defiance, Ohio, […]
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Photo day—Guarding the diamonds
Lingering snow on the ground indicates that spring is late when Edward Hodges took this photo at Raisin Center, Michigan on 09 April 1982. We are looking east on the Norfolk & Western Railway’s Detroit District at the point where […]
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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—Flash of Red
Norfolk & Western caboose #555004 was photographed by Edward Hodges at track speed on an eastbound freight headed for Detroit, Michigan on 05 March 1977. The exact location is not noted, but is thought to be east of Adrian, […]
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Photo day—SC-1 on the Academy curve
The Michigan winter of 1981–82 was a long and hard one. Signs of winter remain on the spring afternoon of 08 April 1982 as Norfolk & Western Railway train SC-1, the “Super Charger” from Detroit to Kansas City, rounds the […]
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Photo day—Britton in 1909
Here’s an interesting old black and white photo of Britton, Michigan, taken in 1909. This is looking west down the present-day M-50/Monroe Road. Even though this highway is still a mud road at this time, crossing gates have been installed to […]
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N&W’s Defiance-Napoleon, Ohio local—circa 1988
Today something unusual—a video. Until 1989, the former-Wabash line between Maumee, OH and Ft. Wayne, IN was owned and operated by the Norfolk & Western Railway. The section between Liberty Center, OH and Maumee had been out of service for […]