BNSF 6141 leads coal train D801 across the CSX swing bridge in St. Joseph, MI.

Several railfans get a different perspective of E945 as it rolls slowly into Grand Rapids, shortly before stopping in CSX's yard for a crew change.

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

BNSF 7630 leads an empty coal train back to Wyoming after servicing Consumer Energy's powerplant in Essexville, MI.

Little River Railroad's #1 takes a spin on the turntable after teaming up with Flagg Coal #75 and Viscose #6 to pull a broken down 1225.

In a few moments, these bikes will provide transportation on the final leg of the commute for their owners arriving on this Metra train.

9372 leads a load of coal empties through the west Michigan countryside.

The conductor of Coe Rail's Michigan Star Clipper dinner train makes one final inspection pass before departing the station.

After making its pickup in Grand Rapids, S00 6042 leads X500 on CSX trackage en route to Toronto.

Amtrak's Pere Marquette crosses the century-old Kalamazoo River trestle on its morning run to Chicago. The trestle was built in 1907 to replace a wooden one that was destroyed by a derailment. D... (more)

Peaches, anyone? There is no shortage of fresh fruit in Michigan during the summer time, and peaches are in abundance on the west side of the state. Here we see 3839 passing an old style billboa... (more)

A view from the E. Joiner Parkway overpass shows the construction projects in full swing in Lincoln, as 6787 leads an intermodal train northward on this beautiful spring morning.

After a week of dismal weather, the sun came out just in time to catch the New York Central heritage unit leading a crude oil train across E. Galena Ave. in downtown Aurora.

Good morning, Deshler! A southbound CSX freight wakes up the locals as it crawls through downtown Deshler on a sunny September morning. Canon 60D mounted on a Manfrotto 269HDBU super tall tri... (more)

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)