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)

8138 leads a train of mixed freight out of Grand Rapids on this snowy Michigan morning.

After finishing up helper duty and cutting off from the train, D803's conductor mounts the EOT so this Essexville-bound coal drag can continue on its journey.

A pristine winter scene was slightly disrupted about an hour earlier when a track inspector rolled by in a highrailer, exposing the rails that were covered by several inches of new snowfall. At l... (more)

Long, mid-winter shadows stretch far across the frozen Thornapple River, as CSX's Q335 makes its way from Toledo to Grand Rapids. On a bitter cold day, thoughts of summer fishing from this old doc... (more)

Is a Stop sign REALLY necessary to alert motorists of their impending doom? The angle of this old country road provides for an intimidating scene as UP's 6677 leads a train of mixed freight betwe... (more)

Normally a nocturnal train with NS power, these visitors are quite a few hours behind as they pull NS's Grand Rapids-to-Elkhart job on this warm and stormy spring day.

Two drivers wait patiently - and at a safe distance - as the helper units of a loaded coal train near the 64th Street crossing on the south side of Holland. As seen from the I-196 overpass.

Amtrak's Pere Marquette glides around the elevated curve at the north end of Grand Junction, kicking up a storm of powdered snow in its wake.

After waiting patiently for about 45 minutes, I finally saw a headlight in the distance. Now I just had to hope that the 3-minute arrival cycle for jets flying into Detroit Metro would continue, ... (more)

4464 brings up the rear of a loaded coal train heading up East Saugatuck hill. BNSF 1055 and SOO 6031 assist in pushing the 130 cars up the ruling grade on CSX's Grand Rapids subdivision. This co... (more)

After a long wait in the bitter cold with fellow RPer John Ryan, 2373 finally appeared with her companions and a short train just before sunset. The warm light of the setting sun definitely made ... (more)