Alcos in Ingersoll by
Jonathon Leese, on Flickr
An Alco S6 and an MLW S13 have a long train of auto racks in tow as they smoke their way through downtown Ingersoll, ON, right before sunset. The racks were just pulled from the CN interchange and more are waiting east of town, having been brought in from the CP interchange by the Woodstock Turn. OSR serves GM's CAMI plant (which builds the Chevy Equinox and GMC Terrain) which at this time was shipping out 90 cars a day. I guess one ditch light is better than none? Unfortunately in recent years, #500 has been relegated to the deadline in Salford. 5/2/2013
Screaming through Hinsdale by
Jonathon Leese, on Flickr
Southern Pacific #4449 is doing every bit of 60 as it slams through Hinsdale on the former CB&Q mainline. 7/18/2009
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Jonathon Leese, on Flickr
An east-bound Wolverine is accelerating back up to track speed upon regaining home rails after traversing the joint Amtrak-CN trackage through Battle Creek. In the distance is Post Cereal, one of two large cereal plants here in "Cereal City". 4/24/2016
TSBY NW2 #1977 by
Jonathon Leese, on Flickr
Tuscola & Saginaw Bay NW2 #1977 “City of Vassar” was sitting outside of the Great Lakes Central shops in Owosso when I clicked it in April of 2007. This engine, along with RS2 #466 and RS1 #2394, was one of the original TSBY units back when that railroad only operated in the thumb. As far as I can tell, the little switcher last ran in 2005, and has been out of service ever since. It is currently in storage on the GLC north of Mount Pleasant. 4/21/2007