A Day on the Lake State Railway in Saginaw, Michigan

Filmed December 29th, 2017.
A couple friends came down to Windsor for a few days and we shot trains around Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. We dedicated one day to the LSRC in Saginaw and met up with a local who showed us around. The LSRC is a prominent Michigan shortline with about 300 miles of track in Central Michigan. Most of their track is ex Pere Marquette and the Saginaw Sub between Saginaw and Flint was the second mainline in North America to have CTC. The trilights are original PM signals from the 1920s. Because this was in the middle of the holidays it was a little slow around the yard but we were able to shoot 2 trains and watched them while they worked the yard. Enjoy!
Train 1: LSRC DOW Job with LSRC 1171 (GP40M-3)
North Washington Ave. in Saginaw, Michigan.
Train 2: SGFL (Saginaw to Flint) with LSRC 6302 (SD40-2) and LSRC 6304 (SD40-2).
Identifiable yard power:
SD40-2: 6302, 6305 and 6301
MP15AC: 1502
GP38M: 2052
Road Slug: 304 and 303
SD70M-2: CITX 140 and 142
GP40-3: 4325, 4304, and 4303.
GP40M-3: 1179
Thanks for watching! A CPWindsorsub Production. Copyright 2018.

[@naisagathefirstdestronmand8559]

Finally, a video on my hometown. What a wonderful wreck and ruined city. Still gives me warm feelings despite how poor the place is.

[@kddaniels5965]

my hometown this was a Chessie yard when i was young was awesome then. there was SD9 engines worked there, just loved them.

[@relentless3735]

Wow this is absolutely beautiful! Thank you for making this and for posting it! 💃🏻♥️💋

[@Rtzee]

A cool video. Thanks

[@CPWindsorsub]

Thanks!

[@sptco100]

EMD's, and Thrall doors...oh my!

[@CPWindsorsub]

Was a beautiful day lol.

[@bryanlosen3262]

I saw the thrall car as well. Guessing most rail fans don't even know what it is!!

[@hiccuphaddock9998]

LSRC 6302, 6304. How many cars on that one?

[@hiccuphaddock9998]

How many cars were on LSRC 1171?