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Yesterday we went back to the 1970’s, but today we’ll only go back to Sunday morning.  It was cool and clear, so I headed out to Saginaw for a few hours.  Driving over the Meacham Boulevard overpass, I could see a flashing red beckoning a northbound train into the yard at Saginaw while a soutbound was waiting.  I parked and got into position just in time to catch this train with the skyline in the background.

As soon as he cleared up into the yard, this southbound came down towards my position on the bridge.

I heard another southbound get clearance from DS22 to come on in to Saginaw from CP11.  I quickly repositioned to the grade crossing just north of the yard office, and was rewarded with this view of three SD40-2’s.  It won’t be too long before we’ll wish we could still find these in mainline service.

As soon as the SD40-2’s merchandise train cleared the north end of the transfer track from the old BN, a new train asked DS22 for clearance to head north towards Alliance.  I headed to the south end of Lake Wanda for this picture of his passage with the grain elevators as a backdrop.

This was the same angle I used a week or so ago with a warbonnet GE leading.  Listening to the radio, the next few trains approaching were not going to deliver anything interesting either, as all were led by more C44-9’s.  I decided to head home and try my luck in the late afternoon.