Huron and Eastern (HESR) 204 - EMD GP38-2

A special Bluewater Michigan Chapter excursion train is prepared to head west at Pigeon, Michigan and will now return to Reese. It is seen on Rail America’s Huron and Eastern Railway. Passengers rode this train for the Pigeon Farmers’ Festival, July 24, 1999. These freshly painted GP38-2 locomotives, #204 and #203, power the train. Heres engine #204 in the "Old" RailAmerica scheme from the previos year: A special Bluewater Michigan Chapter excursion train is prepared to head west at Pigeon, Michigan and will now return to Reese. It is seen on Rail America’s Huron and Eastern Railway. Passengers rode this train for the Pigeon Farmers’ Festival, July 24, 1999. These freshly painted GP38-2 locomotives, #204 and #203, power the train. Photo ID #4516278 shows loco #204 in previous paint scheme from the year before!!!! (Canon A-1 35mm camera, Kodak print film)

The Bluewater "Caro Pumpkin Festival" excursion train is seen crossing the Cass River, Vassar, MI, October 1998! Huron & Eastern GP38-2 is painted in the original RailAmerica paint scheme! Photo ID #4516282 shows loco #204 in fresh RA paint the next year! (Canon AE-1 35mm camera, Kodak PJC 1600 print film)

Nice original color photo of Huron & Eastern #204 in its original paint scheme and named the "Spirit of America". Originally delivered to the Rock Island as #4352 by EMD in November of 1976, it then bounced to the PLE as their #2057 before ending up with the Huron & Eastern RR. Later it would be repainted into a red/whit/blue stripe and renumbered 3868