A lot of the activity was in the wee hours. #145 would show up after midnight at Baldwin and run over to Walhalla, head in the pass and then set off his Lud cars in the yard tracks and west wye, and pick up the Manistee cars set off the day before by LU75. He'd then wait at the middle crossover for #146 to arrive. #146 would pull down the main to the east end and set of his Lud cars on the east end of the siding as #145 was departing for Manistee. #146 would then run to Baldwin, head in the siding and set off his Sag cars in the yard tracks. Sometimes he'd have to wait for ML18 to arrive, or sometimes would meet him south of Baldwin. MP17 would usually show up next and head south to meet ML18. When ML18 arrived at Baldwin, he'd pull around the east wye onto the Sag main, then shove back into the siding to pick up the Sag cars that #146 set off earlier, then head east to meet LU75. LU75 would buzz right by Baldwin to Walhalla, set off his Manistee block, and pick up the Luds set off earlier by #146, and then head to Ludington. On his rest, he'd be called back out as TL74 who usually only worked at Dean and then into Sag. The Evart Local left Lud around noon and handled the Reed City I/C with the MN, and worked Evart. He often had to dig out cars at Hersey that went to Evart. He'd also set out cars for Manistee at Walhalla for #145 to get later. Sometimes ML18 came all the way to Baldwin for MP17. In that case ML18 had to pull around the west wye to clear the south wye switch so MP17 could depart. After making his pick up, he'd shove back south and then come around the east wye to head for Saginaw. All the trains had a caboose back then, so it was no big deal to make back up moves ---- unlike today!!
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