Passionate about his work, Great Lakes Central engineer/conductor Matt Cox, who took on the role of mobile conductor for the day, using a company vehicle to head down to the trains' destination, w... (more)

As the sun begins to settle below the horizon, the GLC OSTN throttles up and the venerable GP35's that ride on Alco trucks feel as though they have to smoke like Alcos with an Osmer bound with a 9... (more)

50 years of wear and tear are starting to catch up to the GP35's on the GLC roster. Various issues are starting to hinder performance, and require a little coercion to get the job done. Despite th... (more)

With 90 cars of CSX grain pulling on the drawbars, the 5 units on the point of the GLC OSTN work hard to maintain the 40 mph authorized speed as they prepare to climb the hill into Howell, MI. Tak... (more)

A very unusual sighting on the GLC, a pair of GP38-2's with the lead unit running long hood forward leads the OSTN south out of Durand on a wonderful spring day.

The Great Lakes Central OSTN passes by the wonderful Howell Depot, which has watched the end of Ann Arbor steam, numerous unique diesel units, and the return of steam with the Pere Marquette 1225 ... (more)

The GLC OSTN rolls south of Byron, MI. through a forest on fire with color.

Despite the prospect of turning 50 years old in November this year and wearing the paint of 4 different owners (Ann Arbor, Michigan Interstate, Tuscola & Saginaw Bay, & Great Lakes Central), GLC 3... (more)

After a dispute with CSX for 2 months over who would repair a broken rail on the interchange track, with CSX eventually agreeing to repair the rail, the interchange track is finally back in servic... (more)

After running light to Durand and picking up 22 cars, the GLC OSTN rolls by the large Lott Elevator complex in the small town of Cohoctah, MI. Lott Elevator has not loaded railcars for years, and ... (more)

A short GLC OSTN climbs the hill into Cohoctah past the Lott Elevator facility. The elevator has not been rail served since the days of the Ann Arbor, and the loading track is used for storing LPG... (more)

GLC conductor Justin Ellis walks towards a switch after removing the derailers so he can line up his train to drop it and then turn and burn light back to Owosso.

Southbound at sunset...

After starting early this morning, a pair of GLC geeps haul a 90 car CSX unit grain train northbound towards Cohoctah, MI. and will eventually take it all the way to its destination of Oakley, MI.

Pacing one of the last two GLC GP35's that still carry their TSBY yellow and black from the previous era as it pulls the GLC OSTN south of Cohoctah, MI. Thanks to fellow RP'er Ben Waineo for assis... (more)