A westbound CSX autorack train rolls along the south bank of the Monongahela River on a glorious summer afternoon.

NS Office Car Special 951 rounds the curve into Portsmouth, Ohio. Did I get wet? Very. Was it worth it? Yes.

In the tradition of the Powhatan Arrow, NS 4270 charges through the rain north of Portsmouth, Ohio.

The Norfolk Southern Office Car Special meets a northbound freight in Circleville, Ohio.

Lake Superior & Ishpeming 3004 and 3009 deliver a train of empty cars to the Empire Mine. There's just something surreal about the ore processing facilities here that always makes me feel uneasy.

Now in Negaunee, 3074 leads her train past the Great Negaunee Appliance Pile. Massive tailings piles on the horizon tower above the surrounding communities.

LSI 3074 leads a sister through the tundra around Eagle Mills Junction with a whopping two car train of mining chemicals. The power lines in the background carry the high voltage required for mini... (more)

This view from the yard office shows the switch crew at work on the right. At the upper left is a set of locomotives on the ready track outside the diesel shop. The locomotives at top center are i... (more)

A crew prepares to switch out two hopper cars to bring to the Tilden Mine from the string on the left. Photo taken from the LS&I yard office.

With the shipping season slowing, LS&I locomotive spend more time sitting at the engine facility than on the road.

Work continues to fill the Saginaw with pellets, and the LS&I's dock job heads off the dock to retrieve another cut of cars. The Soo Locks will close in several days, bringing the lake shipping se... (more)

A set of Lake Superior & Ishpeming U Boats shoves a cut of loaded ore cars up onto the Presque Isle Ore Dock. Lower Lakes Towing's Saginaw is taking on taconite for her last trip of the season.

Most of the fog has lifted as an eastbound Canadian National freight train passes through the countryside west of London, Ontario.

A westbound Canadian Pacific train cuts silently through the fog outside London, Ontario.

The last gasp of winter is slowly melting away on a foggy March morning outside London, Ontario as Canadian National plays host to a westbound VIA train.