Yes, it was as cold and windy as it looks. The snow was falling, the wind was blowing hard, and the wind chill was well below zero. As 9732 passed the Holland depot, the eastbound signal disappe... (more)

Even dogs are railfans. As a westbound Amtrak approaches behind me, these two dogs ignore the NS freight heading east. Apparently they are passenger train fans. Well, ok, perhaps they were more... (more)

A setting sun illuminates the snow-blasted front of 90200 as it heads west to Chicago. The snow is a result of traveling through Michigan, where lake effect snow had been falling all day. Smoke f... (more)

674 leads a mixed freight through Griffith as it rounds the curve to head west to Joliet.

A heavy snow squall kicked up just minutes before Amtrak's Pere Marquette came into view, as the heavy snow was being spawned by frigid Canadian air blowing over Lake Michigan. But later in the mo... (more)

After arriving from Chicago, 506 and 3 Superliners pause for a moment in the driving snow before backing into Amtrak's station in Grand Rapids.

Marquette Rail's 3001 illuminates the side of a lonely hopper as it comes around a curve in the middle of some late-night switching. This time exposure both captured the lowering of the gates at ... (more)

5790 kicks up a little dusting of snow on a cold December morning as it heads east through Lansing with a train of mixed freight.

#78 leads an empty coal train south through Fostoria on a warm September afternoon.

Y121, led by 6134, rumbles slowly across the historic Rabbit River trestle after its weekly run to the Hamilton Farm Bureau. Six inches of fresh snow the day before provided for a classic wintry ... (more)

2610 plows snow on a lightly used runaround track as the CSX local delivers a lumber car on their final job of the day.

The CSX local job shoves cars into the Packaging Corporation of America's Grand Rapids warehouse as the day comes to a close. Thanks to 640mm, we're able to get a view that isn't normally seen wi... (more)

And the Best House on the Block award goes to....this house on 135th Ave., which has the best view in town every Thursday as CSX makes its weekly delivery and pickup. Here, 6134 pushes grain hopp... (more)

6134, with Chessie System caboose 904015 bringing up the rear, rumbles through the west Michigan countryside at a blazing 5mph with a weekly delivery to the Hamilton Farm Bureau. The branch, whic... (more)

CP's daily Chicago-Toronto train waits for a crew change on this snowy February day. The blizzard conditions had greatly reduced the yard visibility, and at times white outs were experienced, mak... (more)