Lake State railroads 281 an Alco enters Bay City.

[roundthirteen]

When LSRC was leasing that HESR GE B30-7 B-Unit they never brought it down to the south end of the line. It must be fun to road switch with being cabless.

[vettestyle]

I shot it once in Bridgeport when the lease first began but that was the only time that I seen it go south.

[gaycowboy31]

@vettestyle that second unit the cabless one looks like and old BN booster unit I have shots of those in service

[vettestyle]

Yes, I think your right HESR has three of them in service one that is still in BN green and black #4065.

[gaycowboy31]

@vettestyle I am trying to make out the former shortline that came from it appears to look like an sp style paint scheme with the scarlet red nose on gray but I dont recall Sp ever owning any cabless booster units in that class unless BN sold it to them prior to it becomeing shortline property I know BN had them and you are saying one of these is still in the green and black interesting I used to see them all the time on BN trains

[vettestyle]

The short line that these units work on is Huron and Eastern here in Michigan. This paint sceame was a knock-off of the SP but done by Central Michigan that merged into the HESR. Hope this helps always loved having SP clones running around in Michigan.

[gaycowboy31]

@vettestyle thats cool thanks for clearing that one up I didnt think SP ever owned units of that class as B units but I wasnt sure if it may have lost the cab in a derailment but thats very interesting SP clones who would have knew I think they look better in the BN paint

[bonehead1902]

Train came from Alpena where i live. more likely i can tell because the cement hoppers. Came from Lafarge

[vettestyle]

Hello, You have a neat town I played tourist up there a few times and plan to go back this summer. This train surprized as it was video'ed on a Saturday just entering Bay City I didn't know they came down on Saturday.

[bonehead1902]

yea they go on saturday but they dont go on sunday. I need to buy a Video cam so i can tape the trains swiching at the yard and at Lafarge that whould be cool what town u live in?

[vettestyle]

Hey bonehead! (I always wanted to say that to somebody and not get punched in the nose) You do need a cammera then I wouldn't have to travel all the way up there and hope that their doing some switching. I live in a little town called Richville 10 miles east of Saginaw.

[wagrailroad]

That gray unit sho' is ugly!

[1225hubbard]

Nice video I was up there a few weeks ago to check them out didnt get anything nice like that just caught the train going up to alpena.

[vettestyle]

thanks for the comment. Trains around Saginaw and Bay City are deffinetly hit or miss on the weekends.