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   D&M Hauls B52 Simulator for the Air Force...
     
   

 

 The three photos below were submitted by Don Luke.  In 1977, the United States Airforce was touring the nation with a B-52 simulator for use in training pilots.  The train was pulled to the Air Force bases in the Upper Peninsula via the D&M to Mackinaw City, and then across the Straits of Mackinac using the railroad ferry, The Chief.  Don took these three photos, two of the power (D&M 974 and 469) and a photo of the cars after loading in the ferry.  [Don Luke Collection]  
 
 
 
 

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