It's great when you arrive at a beautiful winter scene, get out of your car and randomly hear a train coming less than a mile away. What's not great is walking up to the edge of a river to get in... (more)

D700, the local that runs west from Grand Rapids, flies over the Kalamazoo River, kicking up the fresh powder on the bridge.

The "pointless arrow" cuts its way through the dark of night, breaking the silence of a peaceful evening in the Kalamazoo River Valley. On the night of December 23rd, 156 made its way on to Amtra... (more)

CSXT 3062 (along with CSXT 5006) is bringing up the rear of 130 coal loads, helping to push train N910 up and over East Saugatuck Hill en route to West Olive. Just prior to cresting the hill, the... (more)

3062 rolls light through a tunnel of orange en route to helper duty. The locomotive (and trailing unit CSXT 5006) will meet a coal train a few miles to the south (railroad west) at Wells siding i... (more)

BNSF 5776 & 5976 lead 130 empty coal hoppers down East Saugatuck Hill near New Richmond, MI., on a beautiful autumn morning.

Amtrak's Pere Marquette rolls through a west Michigan "autumn wonderland" on its journey to Chicago.

Amtrak Cascades unit 90251 leads the way through scenic Washington en route to Eugene, OR., on this beautiful summer morn....oh wait, that's not right. It seems someone got a little lost and is f... (more)

Non Powered Control Unit 90413 on the point tonight of Amtrak train P370 almost to the end of the run in Grand Rapids crosses the Kalamazoo River in New Richmond, MI.

987 & 988 arrived in Grands Rapids on their maiden run back on Christmas Eve. After returning east for one job, they then came back to West Michigan where they've been exclusively on pusher duty ... (more)

It's a clear and crisp morning as Amtrak's Pere Marquette rolls across the Kalamazoo River en route to Chicago. On the opposite side of the river, the parking lot is full at New Richmond Bridge P... (more)

P371 crosses the Kalamazoo River.

The morning sun glints off the side of 2680 as it leads fellow geep 2639 back to the yard on this crisp winter morning. The two were running light after finishing up some switching jobs at local ... (more)

The days are numbered for these classic signals that have proudly watched over this section of track since the days of steam. This location was originally called Helper due to the existence of a s... (more)

Warm sun on the distant trees contrasts with the frosty scene still lurking in the shadows below. An overnight temperature of zero combined with the humid air of the unfrozen river created inch-t... (more)