The Huckleberry Railroad is a narrow gauge heritage railroad located in Flint, Michigan, just north of Flint.
The railroad received its name due to its slowness; it was said a person could jump off the train, pick huckleberries, and re-board the train as it traveled without difficulty.[1]
Former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad 464, an K-27 class, known as "mudhens", 2-8-2 steam locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1903, pulls vintage wooden passenger cars over a portion of the original Pere Marquette Railway roadbed along the shores of Mott Lake.
The other Engines used on the line are,
Former (National Tube Works) 1950 General-Electric 50 ton #7
Former (Badger Army Ammunition) 1950 Plymouth No.11.
Engines Out-of-Service,
Former (Alaskan Railroad) 1920 Baldwin 4-6-0 #152
Former (Potosi & Rio Verde) 1904 Baldwin 2-8-0 #4
Former (Quincy & Torch Lake) 1894 Brooks 2-6-0 #3
Former (American Smelting and Refining Co.) 1950 Plymouth JCD #5