Photographs by ERIC GOTTLIEB - Captions by RICH WAHL


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Branch-Line Trestle

What a nice place for an afternoon picnic!

Grant's Orchard

The only worms in our apples are rail-fans!

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Richmond Yard's East Tower

Whew! Should be able to hide from that cop here

Old Haven Branch-Line Outdoor Restaurant

Fresh engine soot on a burger tastes just like barbecue!

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Old Haven and Branch-Line

When it rains hard the trout bite pretty good in the rail bed

Old Haven VFW Hall

More lard in the stagecoach and we'll need 2 horses!

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Lennox Crossing Bridge

Hope those bottom drop coal cars are secured tight!

East Richmond Yard Caboose Track

What's a nice caboose like you doing in a place like this?

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East Richmond Yard

We painted the coal cars sky blue to camouflage them.

Richmond Yard S&J Boring

Sure is boring! Hasn't been a train past here in days.

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Gratiot Valley Alco RS-1 Fireman

Mom likes a good camera shot when I pass by.

Warren Swift Meat Packers

So that's where the pig we hit up line went, eh Mike G?

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Rugged Terrain On The Narrow Gauge

How did the rest of our train end up down there?

Summit Station And Junction

I told Fred: Buy a small place on a cul-de-sac!