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GP9 #1602Former Great Northern GP9 #1602 and ex ATSF GP7u #1500 dig in to lift 53 cars up out of the valley while rounding the curve at Wigent Road, north of Frog-eye, Michigan on the old Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. After switching at Fremont, this lengthy train proceeded across the Michigan border up to Reading, where they dropped a 49-car cut of grain hoppers for loading at the elevator. The four car train then continued to Hillsdale, set off the 1602, and proceeded as a Coldwater turn with "ugly ducking" 1500 alone. November 7, 2008.GP30M4216
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GP10 #1073With "Frog Eyes" in the lead, the Indiana Northeastern Coldwater Turn rolls west approaching Quincy. The Coldwater Turn serves many industries west of Hillsdale, including several in Coldwater proper. Their next stop will be at Quincy Siding, where they will switch out a single ATSF covered hopper, then backtrack with it to Sun-Gro Industries, where it will be set off. GP7 #1601 of 1952 vintage assists the slightly newer GP10 #1073. 9-26-2011.GP30M4216
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GP30 #2230With exhaust flying, twin veteran GP30s and a high hood GP7 show their stuff bringing a loaded 29 car coal train + 1 scrap load up out of the ravine for the long ascent up the grade toward Hillsdale on the old Lake Shore and Michigan Southern line. The leading locomotive is a former PRR unit and is the only locomotive on IN's roster to retain its original as-built road number. August 25, 2009.GP30M4216
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GP30 #2230A trio lashup of GP30s #2230 and #2185 bracketing veteran high hood GP7 #1601 drag a lengthy loaded coal train up the hill and around the curve near Wigent Road south of Reading, MI. The coal is bound for the Endicott Generating Station at the end of the Litchfield Branch. August 25, 2009.GP30M4216
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GP30 #2185Former Reading GP30 #2185 teams up with the #1601 and #2230 to drag a long coal consist up the grade at the Wigent Road crossing south of Reading, MI. August 25, 2009.GP30M4216
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GP7 #1601Classic high-hood GP7 #1601 shows off her 1952-built lines while towing a Conrail ballast hopper across the Grand Avenue crossing in Ashley, IN on the old Wabash 4th District line. In this photo from March 20, 2009, construction was just starting on the new industrial projects to the west of this crossing. An INER crew was dumping trap rock ballast along the line for future use in the new rail and sidings which would be laid in the coming months.GP30M4216
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GP10 #1073The entire consist of today's Coldwater turn is visible as the westbound mixed freight rounds the curve at the Bunn Road crossing, northwest of Jonesville, MI. The Coldwater Turn serves many industries west of Hillsdale, including several in Coldwater. "Frog Eyes" GP10 #1073 leads the train, with assistance from GP7 #1601 They will continue down the Old Road to Quincy, where they will setoff a covered hopper at Sun-Gro before continuing to Coldwater. 9-26-2011.GP30M4216
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AT&SF hopper #315792Sun-Gro Industries, near Quincy, MI, received fertilizer loads from the BNSF. Often, these arrive in covered hoppers from BNSF predecessor roads Santa Fe and Burlington Northern. One such example is shown here, AT&SF covered hopper #315792, painted back in 1975! This is the Indiana Northeastern's Coldwater Turn, running from Hillsdale to Coldwater and return. Today's train is 12 cars long. Shown at Bunn Road, near Litchfield Junction at Jonesville, MI. September 26, 2011.GP30M4216
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GP10 #1073"Frog Eyes" GP10 #1073 brings a northbound road freight up the Indiana Northeastern's former Lake Shore mainline at the S-curve at Bankers. GP30 #2185 and GP7 #1601 lend some horsepower to the 12-car train, all of which are bound for the Coldwater Turn. The #2185 will be setout at Hillsdale for a 92-day inspection while the first-generation Geeps will make the trip down the Old Road. 9-26-2011.GP30M4216
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GP7u #2216With its former Santa Fe number restored, Indiana Northeastern chop nose GP7u #1500 catches the sun's rays for the first time after repaint at the Hillsdale Yard. September 26, 2011.GP30M4216
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GP30 #2185Former Reading GP30 #2185, a workhorse in the INER fleet, rolls into Fremont, Indiana with a short 9 car southbound mixed freight. It appears the old 76 ball in town will outlast the venerable Co-op grain silos which are such a prominent fixture along the track. At this time demolition equipment was being staged for the soon-in-coming demolition. March 7, 2011.GP30M4216
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GP30 #2230A trio of Indiana Northeastern's finest motive power charges up to drag the 48 car mixed freight up out of this ravine just north of the state line approaching Duquid Road. GP30 #2230 leads GP7 #1601 and GP9 #1602 this sunny winter's morning. This is one of the more scenic stretches of Michigan INER trackage. March 7, 2011.GP30M4216
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GP30 #2230GP30 #2230 leads GP7 #1601 and GP9 #1602 up out of the valley at the head end of a 48 car northbound mixed freight train on INER's mainline. The train is composed of 15 cars of mixed freight for Hillsdale and the Coldwater turn, and 33 empty grain hoppers which will be set off with the 1602 for loading at Reading. Even nearly to the Duquid Road crossing, the cars continue to unwind around the curve. Hi KP! March 7, 2011.GP30M4216
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GP7 #1601Indiana Northeastern high hood GP7 #1601 was built in 1952 as Reading Railroad #614, and today continues to see daily service, well over 50 years later! It is pictured switching a pair of flatcars in MofW service loaded with new ties for installation at Ashley, IN. March 20, 2009.GP30M4216
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GP30 #2185Lone hunchback GP30 #2185 is star of the show as it leads a short 9 car southbound mixed freight from Hillsdale down toward Montpelier, Ohio. Here, the train is shown crossing a small creek just north of Montgomery, along Long Lake Road near Poats Road. The covered hopper behind the locomotive is from Darling International, an INER customer in Coldwater. March 7, 2011.GP30M4216
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