Dang, that RS-3 sounds sweet! Modern locos have lost that soul entirely.

Those RS3s have a great sounding engine and P3 horns. What a terrific little workhouse!

There is nothing like the sound of an RS3 rumbling away in a switch yard. Fantastic video!

I remember the Detroit & Mackinac. I grew up in Bay City

Facinating look back.

Used to go to sleep listening to cars being humped in the Saginaw yard. Man...... What memories!

This is absolutely amazing fmnut! Thanks so much for sharing this and all your other great videos. I guess you saw my request for D&M or was it a coincidence? So many great shots, so many engines, shots of freight, tracks... AWESOME!

I miss my old hometown, I remember that yard quite well

Love the also sound

Love the video with all that ALCO power!

EMD cabs on those GEs look great!

.......again......priceless footage............

Thank you for the video fmnut. I love the Detroit & Mackinac 50ft boxcars and those Alco C425 's. One of my favorite railroads.

@fmnut

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Just wish I had shot more, but at the time the road trains were running at night. See my Lake State videos for more D&M Alco action.

@MikeG42

2 жыл бұрын

@@fmnut ok I'll check em out

i love that classic horn,8:24

worked there from 1972 on the penn central and up until 1985 on the gtw in bay city mi as a carmen

Love those Alco's when they idle! Sounds like it's idle is set to low, But it's not!

The rockin' and rollin' railroads.

Hey fmnut thanks again for sharing this video! I watch it every few days. I had another request, by chance on your way up north back in the day did you ever stop and film any Michigan Northern or TSBY trains?

@fmnut

10 жыл бұрын

Only in my 35mm slide days. MIGN was history by the time I got a video camera (1988). TSBY was a bit off my selected route.

Don't suppose you got any video of the yard in Tawas City?

@fmnut

7 жыл бұрын

Gerry Buck Sorry, what you see is what I got. At the time period of these scenes the trains were running through Tawas City at night.

The best part of this whole video is none of that horseshit, punk, Gangbanger graffiti. Kids were better educated back in the 80's and early 90's.

nice

wrong.. the d&M became the LSRC, the CMGN became the HESR now part of the G&W

Both are now the LSRC...

Did you ever capture the D&M 10, it was a 44 tonner with a rather unique Wabco horn with curved bells. We have this horn in the basement of the SMRS but I have never heard it sound as it is now missing part of one of the bells.

@fmnut

8 жыл бұрын

sorry, but no. It probably sounded a bit like a Reading MU horn which was also a curved bell WABCO. see my video Last Run of the Blueliners.

@ernestpassaro9663

2 жыл бұрын

Alcos we're known to be good pullers

@ernestpassaro9663

2 жыл бұрын

Were known

That's an RS-2. This one was scrapped in 2011.

@fmnut

6 жыл бұрын

bearbon2 yes, an RS-2 upgraded to RS-3 specs. Still has the fuel tank under the cab and narrower short hood which are RS-2 spotting features.

@brianburns7211

4 жыл бұрын

Was it D&H originally?

alco...the only loco that snorred

didn't CMGN 8801 get scrapped to a accident in zilwaukee?

@fmnut

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, Railpictures.net has several photos from 2008 at Bay City with the radiator end missing.

@cadenmichael3217

3 жыл бұрын

@@fmnut I loved the video tho, Did the DM & CMGN share wenona yard?

@fmnut

3 жыл бұрын

@@cadenmichael3217 officially it was CMGN but they pooled power.

@cadenmichael3217

3 жыл бұрын

@@fmnut oh, makes sense, I don’t think HESR and LSRC do that

@fmnut

3 жыл бұрын

@@cadenmichael3217 no, because they're separately owned now. CMGN and DM were under common control when this video was made.

i've done the 8902 is HO scale.

I know what RS3 is now

I recall the big depot in Detroit but it did not interest me.