My 2 Great Lakes Central Locomotives

Once #391 is repaired I will have 2 GP35's pulling my Great Lakes Central freight train.

Great Lakes Central #391

I just picked up my Great Lakes Central locomotive #391 from Brasseurs Electric Trains in Saginaw Michigan where it was being repaired it wasn't repaired now I need to take it back and have them do it again. I at least had the opportunity to redo the decals.

The Prototype for the Box Car I Just Got

I got this picture from the Lake State Railway Company photographic roster the road number is LSRC #10017 not 10028 as on the model it's the only box car with that paint scheme on their roster.

A New Box Car For My Central Michigan Railway Freight Train

I'm getting delivery of a Lake State Railway box car today that I will be using on my Central Michigan Railway layout. The Lake State Railway tracks are nearby the tracks used by the Central Michigan Railway, so it would make sense that the Central Michigan Railway freight train would be hauling Lake State Railway rolling stock. The box car road markings are LSRC 10028.

This is the locomotive I will be using to pull the Central Michigan Railway freight train.

The Great Lakes Central Loop Update

I have now replaced the Bachmann steel EZTRACK with nichol silver EZTRACK and added some straight pieces of track so the track for the loop is complete. I have also added rolling stock, 4 covered hoppers, giving me a good start on completing the freight train.

Great Lakes Central Hoppers I Am Creating Today

Today I am getting 4 undecorated Acurail covered hoppers from Walthers. I have already created the decals to decorate them into the above pictured hoppers road numbers 4105, 4110, 4127, and 4131. Once I have completed them I will post them here for comparison. The jury is still out as to whether I will paint them green. I most likely will.

I decided not to paint them green.

Central Michigan Railway Locomotive #9712

I have my eye on a locomotive from Barsseurs Electric Trains in Saginaw Michigan that runs $159.95. it's a Central Michigan Railway GP40 road number #9712. I am hoping to get it for my birthday. for $75.00 down I can put it on lay-away.

Central Michigan Railway

There is a good chance I will be looking into modeling this railroad next.

Central Michigan Railway (1987-2003) the Successor is Huron and Eastern Railway runs on the former Grand Trunk Western mainline from Durand to Bay City, Michigan. Through the late 60's and early 70's Penn Central engines and cabooses where a common site in Bay City using the former Meredith Jtc. to then cross the river on the north east side of Saginaw (now owned by CSX), then proceed north. By the late 1980's railroad traffic on the GTW line was minimal and one of the two sets of tracks where removed through Bay City. The Straits Corporation then purchased the line from GTW and established the Central Michigan Railway.  The Straits Corporation purchased and sold the former Detroit & Mackinaw (now Lake State Railway) prior to it's ownership of the Central Michigan Railway. Today we find the line in constant use, servicing a wealth of customers throughout Mid-Michigan.