New Looks and New Power on Michigan's Well-Known Class II Railroads - A Railfan's Narrative

(Featuring ‪@southernmichiganrailfan9841‬)

So this video was something I decided to put together in regards of some changes that have been happening to the Class II regional railroads around the state of Michigan, though these 2 trains I caught happened in 2 different days but they were within the same weekend so I decided to put them together anyway. So first up we have Great Lakes Central OSTN rolling south out of Durand yard with GLC 384 trailing (since apparently they didn't spin the power, so the lead unit lead LHF out of the yard lol), then we had LSRC Y101 come through about 2 days later with 2 UP SD70Ms that came from the Indiana Northeastern, from a trade that LSRC done with them for 2 of their SD40-2s. And this was all quite neat since LSRC decided to slap 4201 on point of Y101, which is quite a unique locomotive since it was a downgraded GP40M-3 that was also still in the LSRC Phase I scheme. So i guess with that said, I hope y'all enjoy the narrative

Locations, Dates & Times: Durand Union Station, Durand, Michigan
Friday, October 26th, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Genesee Road Railroad Crossing, Burton, Michigan (CN CP Belsay)
Richfield Road Railroad Crossing, Flint, Michigan (LSRC CP South McGrew)
Sunday, October 28th, 2024 at 2:00 PM

Subdivisions Railfanned: CN Flint, GLC Ann Arbor District (or CN Holly Sub), LSRC Saginaw

Team Consists of:

GLC OSTN:
GLC GP35 #399
GLC SD35-3 #384 (New Paint Scheme)

LSRC Y101:
LSRC GP38-3 #4201 (Downgraded GP40M-2, Phase I Scheme)
LSRC SD70M #6437 (Ex-UP)
LSRC SD70M #6438 (Ex-UP)

Cameras Used: Canon Vixia HF G60, Canon EOS Rebel T7 (For Photos)

And that should be all for now. Thanks for watching!