An old paint scheme still roams the rails of west Michigan. Here, 2519 leads a short train through the Kalamazoo River valley on this beautiful spring morning.

In just a few months the fields will be green, the smell of corn will be in the air, and the CSX local will no longer be visible from this vantage point. 2639 is en route to the Hamilton Farm Bur... (more)

Due to a derailment in Ohio, Q381 was rerouted through Michigan much to this photographer's delight. Being a fan of newer BNSF power, it was definitely worth the chase to get a shot of these spot... (more)

A sure sign that spring is just around the corner...after being frozen over for nearly three months, the Black River is flowing free again with only a small amount of ice left, giving a fisherman ... (more)

2546 kicks up snow as it leads a train of mixed freight west through mid-Michigan.

Loaded coal train N910 starts its ascent up the winding curves of East Saugatuck hill as 5852, working as D802, brings up the rear for helper duty. A fresh 3" sticky snowfall blanketed everything... (more)

5403 leads a train of mixed freight from Toledo to Grand Rapids on this beautiful fall afternoon.

#24 leads its train back past the old Grand River Ave. farm on this bitterly cold winter afternoon.

Seen here in a typical wedgie shot is #24 pulling 13 empty hoppers while heading west out of Lowell en route back to Grand Rapids.

A short hike through the woods and deep snow provided a view rarely seen (or captured) of #24 heading south across the old steel bridge spanning the Grand River in Lowell.

This old farm has seen tens of thousands of trains pass by over the last century, but in 2009 this is the only traffic it sees roughly three times a week. #24 is leading a short train of grain ho... (more)

A few ducks gather in the chilly water of the Thornapple River as #24 passes by with a short unit grain train for King Milling in Lowell.

One of the last SD80MACs in Conrail paint is seen here arriving in Grand Rapids with a load of stone on a warm summer evening. Since this photo was taken, the locomotive has been repainted into C... (more)

9044 leads a unit grain train through the west Michigan countryside on this sunny, but bitterly cold winter day.

CP's X500 heads out of Grand Rapids en route to Toronto. The snow packed on the nose of 8810 was picked up over 100 miles away near the border of Michigan and Indiana, where close to 2 feet of la... (more)