Kids play on the platform at Marion Union Station after a Conrail eastbound clears. The Norfolk & Western diamonds are visible just behind the last car. John Uckley photo scanned by David P. Oroszi.

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A Conrail crew removes the platform canopy supports in the summer of 1978. Today the station is undergoing restoration and is a popular railfan location. John Uckley photo scanned by David P. Oroszi.

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A city bus departs the train shed at Detroit's Michigan Central station in the spring of 1978. John Uckley photo scanned by David P. Oroszi.

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An apparent predecessor to the Ballast Express program rides up the grade to the Miami Cut Branch in Toledo in the fall of 1978. The truss bridge is the former Pennsylvania line into the city; it was dismantled in 2006. John Uckley photo scanned by David P. Oroszi.

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A Conrail switcher shoves a coal train, possibly bound for Toledo Edison's Acme Plant, up the Miami Cut Branch grade while a westbound passes on the Chicago Line. John Uckley photo scanned by David P. Oroszi.

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