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1977-05-31-21.jpg A free public relations train ride in Cadillac

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1977-05-31-24.jpg Free train rides in Cadillac

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1977-05-31-25.jpg 1501 pulling passenger train in Cadillac

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1977-05-31-26.jpg Black Jordan spreader (car # 629, built 1926). Note old reporting marks.

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1977-05-31-32.jpg RS-3 1601(1) at Cadillac engine house. Even at this early date its having problems. Note capped stack and removed radiator shutters. I never saw this engine in running condition.

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1977-06-13-21.jpg Cadillac engine house before expansion. At this point the roster may have been just 1601 (at left), 1501 (at right) and 2037 (not seen.)

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1977-06-13-22.jpg Looking south in yard, Cadillac

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1977-08-08-30.jpg Derailed car on spur to Michigan Cigar, Big Rapids.

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1977-10-03-27.jpg RS-2 1501 at Cadillac engine house.

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1977-10-03-28.jpg RS-3 2037 at Cadillac engine house

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1977-10-03-30.jpg RS-3 1601(1) still out of service.

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1977-10-03-31.jpg Jordan spreader stretching its wings in Cadillac

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1978-03-13-6.jpg Two Michigan Interstate GP-35s and their Russel plow working on MN at the M-20 crossing, south of Big Rapids.

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MAR-13-78-1.jpg Michigan Northern plow train at M-20 crossing south of Big Rapids March 13, 1978. Plow and two engines were borrowed from Michigan Interstate.

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1978-06-08a The following series of photos was taken in Big Rapids on June 8th, 1978. MN was offering free train rides, I believe as part of National Transortation Week.