The Sugar Run

Huron and Eastern RR switches the Pioneer Sugar Plan in Croswell, MI. This is one of two industries that is served there. The other is a fertilizer storage for local agriculture support which gets covered hoppers offloaded on a relatively new spur.

The trackage here is former Pere Marquette / Chesapeake and Ohio... part of D.B. Harrington's Port Huron and Northwestern Railroad of the 1800s. The line went from Port Austin to Port Huron, but south of Croswell to Port Huron was abandoned in the 1970 time frame. Bad Axe to Croswell makes up the main line now.

The original banjo music was the very first time playing that melody. As often I record a lot of my music as the creative juices flows. If I like them I will refine and play them again.