Editor's note: A previous version of the story listed the wrong manufacturer of locomotive #7014 used by the Coopersville and Marne Railway. The locomotive is a model SW9 built in 1952 by General ...
At the time of this story, I stood 6 foot 1 and weighed about 200 pounds. It was back in the late 1990s, and I was working Grand Trunk Western Railroad trains Nos. 383 and 384 between Flat Rock and ...