Second Chances
Considering all the cool stuff that rolled through Alanson in the Michigan Northern era this is far from sharks or Alco's but for a multitude of reasons I hardly ever shot Michigan Northern in its heyday. In September 1983 this excursion made its way up the old MC/NYC line through Gaylord to the Mackinaw City and after letting the passengers spend a couple nights in the Straits area it returned southbound on the old PRR route through Petoskey. It was sort of a farewell to the Straits area for railroading as the tracks were soon coming out north of Cheboygan and Pellston. My Uncle who lived in Flint and often had taken the train north in an earlier era rode this and I was tasked with picking hime up Friday night and bringing him home to Trout Lake for the weekend and then getting him back on the train Sunday morning. The weather was pretty bad on Sunday but I followed the train south and shot it as far as Alanson where SEMTA 902 and 904 roll by the old station.
Second Chances
Considering all the cool stuff that rolled through Alanson in the Michigan Northern era this is far from sharks or Alco's but for a multitude of reasons I hardly ever shot Michigan Northern in its heyday. In September 1983 this excursion made its way up the old MC/NYC line through Gaylord to the Mackinaw City and after letting the passengers spend a couple nights in the Straits area it returned southbound on the old PRR route through Petoskey. It was sort of a farewell to the Straits area for railroading as the tracks were soon coming out north of Cheboygan and Pellston. My Uncle who lived in Flint and often had taken the train north in an earlier era rode this and I was tasked with picking hime up Friday night and bringing him home to Trout Lake for the weekend and then getting him back on the train Sunday morning. The weather was pretty bad on Sunday but I followed the train south and shot it as far as Alanson where SEMTA 902 and 904 roll by the old station.