Shortline Saturday: Epic Chase of the Ann Arbor Railroad! (Drone Video)

On an overall gloomy day we headed down to Milan Michigan to see if anything was running early in the morning. B70 was gone fore the day, but the Ann Arbor Railroad was bringing a grain train up for the Great Lakes Central Railroad. Since this was going to be a railfanning day, we decided to spend it chasing the Ann Arbor Railroad all day.

We started our day at Milan Michigan where we got two shots, first at the south end of the AA yard, and second just north of the signals. Leading the way on this day was 1337. 2373 and 2368 were the other locomotives in the consist. We then headed north of town to a small crossing where the train is picking up speed. Then we scurried north to Warner road where the drone was launched for the first flight of the day. An epic shot of warner curve was to be had as the train cleared northbound. After some delays we made it to a spot north of the Huron River Bridge in Ann Arbor. The train skirts its way over the bridge and around a couple curves before heading for Osmer. At this point we broke for lunch and a restroom break before continuing our day.

At Osmer we found the GLC getting ready to bring its grain train to the interchange while the AA finished setting up for them. After the GLC cleared out of the way, the AA backed onto their train and prepared to depart Osmer. We then headed back down to the Huron River Bridge for the second drone shot of the day. This would also turn out to be really neat as they slowly crawled over the old bridge. Since we filmed the entire train we did not get our next shot until Milan, but it was another drone shot of the train rolling for Toledo. We then headed for Azial Michigan, and then finally Diann Junction for the final shot of the train passing by.

It was an awesome day of chasing that I was glad to share with my brother and one of my good friends.

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