Trains of Durand MI - April-May 1991

I made two trips to Durand in the spring on 1991.

The first part is from Thursday April 11th, and the second part was filmed on Sunday May 5th, during the annual Railroad Days.

1. A northbound Central Michigan RR train near Lennon MI with Detroit & Mackinac RR #976, an Alco C-420.

2. Amtrak 364 arrives at the Durand Station.

3. Amtrak 365 with a VIA F40 in the distance passing a westbound GTW freight.

4. The Grand Trunk westbound passing the station.

5. A pair of GT engines & a GATX switcher backing north into the yard.

6. The same power leaving town with an eastbound freight.

7. A Railroad Days excursion train with TSBY arrives & departs northbound at the station.

8. The excursion train southbound at Pitt Jct coming off the Grand trunk and onto the TSBY.

9. Still at Pitt Jct, a coal train heads south on the GTW with BN & Conrail engines.

10. Amtrak 366 & a westbound GT freight at East Durand.

11. The TSBY passenger train southbound at New Lothrop rd.

12. Amtrak 367 at the Durand station.

13. A coal train comes off the Grand Trunk Holly sub and heads west on the Flint sub. The power is a mix of GT, BN & UP.

14. The last northbound excursion of the weekend arrives at the station.

15. Pacing the passenger train northbound along M-71 between Vernon & Corunna.

16. The excursion train arrives at the TSBY shops in Owosso.