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Count down to blast off

            Back in the days of black and white Central Michigan locomotives, before the Rail America Huron & Eastern purchase, in the beginning the Bay City to Durand and back job 702/701 picked up the nick name "The Rocket".

I have heard a couple of versions of how it got it's nickname, one involving a fast talking, fast running engineer, one as a joke in reference to how "slow" they had to run on bad track at the start, and even a story in reference to the "slow" loading GE U23B's they purchased at the start, but no matter how, or now even 18 years and the 3rd different owner later it is still affectionately called The Rocket.

So here we are in Durand, MI. the Central Michigan now gone purchased by the Huron & Eastern earlier in the year.

The inbound 702 arrived earlier and the crew having swapped the cars going to the CN & TSBY, for cars coming from the CN & TSBY and are now ready to head back north with 701.

As the old Grand Trunk Western depot stands guard in the background CMGN 5492, 2001 & 8903 lead 3 new to the Lake State Railway units 3563, 3573 & 3515 and the following freight as "The Rocket" prepares to blast off.

Taken in: United States / Michigan / Durand / Durand (show map)

Taken on: June 1, 2004

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Durand, MI.

Durand Union Station

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Central Michigan Railway

CMGN

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CMGN 5492 « less

Sets appears in: • Huron & Eastern Railway

Groups appears in: • Michigan Trains • Great Lake Railroads more » • RailAmerica* • Michigan Shortline Railroads « less

Camera: Plustek OpticFilm 8200i (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Plustek OpticFilm 8200i
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Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 18.0 (Windows)
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