Lake State Railway

   Welcome!!!
 To the Lake State Railway Railfan Site 

 Company Logo on side of LSRC 371. Taken by Patrick Caauwe

Welcome! to the Lake State Railway Railfan Website! We are pleased to have you aboard. The Lake State Railroad operates over historic Detroit and Mackinac and NYC trackage in northern Michigan. The LSRC was formed in 1992 after several industry closures on the old Detroit and Mackinac, which led to its end and selling off as part of a 5 year lease purchase agreement. Since 1992 the LSRC continues to maintain a professional and important operation and utilizes a roster of Alco motive power traveling through scenic North Eastern Michigan.

Serving customers such as LaFarge, Specification Stone, various gypsum mines, and many others, LSRC is rapidly changing and aggresively persuing new business including the aquisition of the CSX line south of Bay City through Saginaw to Flint.

 This website is dedicated to preserving the history of the LSRC locomotives aquired since its 1992 creation and has no affiliation with the Lake State Railroad or any other companies pictured or mentioned. The Lake State Railway offical website can be found here.
  Dont forget to check out the photo of the moment below and lastly, enjoy the ride and let us
 know what you think!

- P. Caauwe, Webmaster

Email: tpcrailservices@yahoo.com

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  Tcaauwe2002

LSRC's Newest Painted Lococomotive Spotlight

LSRC 2052 is Lake State Railways newest paint. Taken 12/24/2009, 2052 is still stored in Saginaw awaiting more repairs before being placed into service in her new colors. Photo by Dan Shankel

Based at the historic Alpena roundhouse, #469 saw daily service on the Alpena switch job untill 2007 when a major failure took her out of service for good. Part of the original order of RS2 locomotives which dieselized the D&M, #469 was the lone survivor on the roster, with the only other RS2 in the US also being a former D&M unit # 977. The October 2006 issue of Trains Magazine features a special article about the 469, a unique gem in northern Michigan. The photo above is a Michael Koprowicz photo.

To See more photos please visit the PHOTO GALLERY 

  Photo of the Moment:   
 

LSRC 2052 and 1164 power the Northbound Lake State train, running later than usual, as it creeps along at 10mph on the outskirts of town along Piper Road. Photo by Jim Guest

• 181* -- Stored
• 281 -- Stored
• 371*
• 381 -- Stored
• 469 -- Sold
• 646 -- Sold
• 698 -- Scrapped
• 798* -- Stored
• 800
• 801
• 805 in progress
• 974 -- Scrapped 8/12/2011
• 975* -- Scrapped 7/24/11,7/25/11
• 976* -- Scrapped
• 977 -- Sold
• 1162
• 1164*
• 1166
• 1169
• 1171*
• 1174
• 1177*
• 1178
• 1179
• 1195 -- Scrapped
• 1280* -- Stored
• 2003*
• 2052*
• 3500 -- Stored
• 3504 -- Stored
• 3515 -- Scrapped
• 3563 -- Sold
• 3571 -- Sold
• 3575 -- Scrapped
• 4300 IN PROGRESS photo included
• 4301 in progress photo included
• 4302 in progress photo included
• 5921
• LSRC's History
• Scheduals
• Yard Facilities
• Business Car 424
• Thanks From the webmaster

• Plow train at Maquette Street
• LSRC plow train near the I-Bridge in Bay City
• LSRC plow extra Jan 22nd 2009
• 301 at Wheeler road with 3515 and 3500.
• third derailment video oct 16 2006
• Lake State in the snow!!
• LSRC along blacmar siding
• Pere Marquette 1225 and the Timberliner

• More new paint
• Alabaster in LS SBS merger
• More scrapped power
• 4301 Rumor
• 801 Looking Sharp
• Personal update
• Updates
• More wind turbines
• Big and unusual train.
• 975 Being scraped

• Marquette Rail's Offical Website
• Michael Koprowicz's freinds of the CMGN and HESR multiply webiste.
• Bluewater Michigan Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society
• MichiganRailroads.com
• Group List on DM
• Detroit and Mackinaw Photos from Fallen Flags.com
• D&M Railway Historical Society Home Page
• Lake State Railway Company homepage
• ChessieChapter
• Huron and Eastern railfan Yahoo group