Great Lakes Central Railroad (GLC) 390 - EMD GP35

Great Lakes Central GP-35 #390

Here is the 1st time (and only) I witnessed the Osmer interchange between Ann Arbor RR and Great Lakes Central RR!!!! Supposedly today (Oct 1, 2025) is the day which Watco purchases GLC! This Ann Arbor Railroad train interchanges cars with Great Lakes Central Railroad at Osmer, Michigan in June 2012. Ann Arbor engine #2368 is a GP39-2. Great Lakes Central #396 is a GP38-2 locomotive. The Ann Arbor tracks connect south to Toledo, Ohio while Great Lakes Central connects north to Owosso, MI. Years ago, the entire line was Ann Arbor Railroad. North of the city of Ann Arbor, it became Tuscola & Saginaw Bay Railway between 1982 and 1984. It was later purchased to become Great Lakes Central Railroad in 2006. Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway was originally formed in 1977 to operate in Michigan’s thumb. Those lines were sold in 1991. Date approx. (Canon AE-1 Program 35mm camera, Fuji 400 Superia print film)

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Taken through the fence.

the waiting game

Pittsburg Rd crossing - waiting for entry onto Detroit sub

398-392-390 with 31 cars southbound at Mancelona Michigan

southbound after crossing Prior Rd.

X-AA 390 - been almost 25 years since the old AA GP35's ran through Durand

Southbound at New Lothrop Rd

Great Lakes Central out bound at Prior Rd.

Great Lakes Central outbound at Prior Rd.

Viewed at Geers Road about halfway between Lucas and McBain, GLC 390 makes its way south to Clare with a seven-car train of gondolas.

Showing off the new 10 year paint scheme on 393 at Prior road - southeast of Durand

GLC 393 leads a grain freight south to the Osmer turn.

Glc line up - southbound at Prior Rd

A pair of units and one car, leaving the yard - southbound