Just like in the late days of the Milwaukee Road, T007 crawls west at 10mph on jointed rail. After a slow start, the clouds cleared out resulting in a perfect westbound chase.
MMRR 1216, a former Kansas City Terminal SW1200, leads the local Michigan Shore switch job down the quasi-street running on Manahan Ave after working Webb. The interesting switcher has since been ... (more)
Grand Elk train 303, the Grand Rapids to Kalamazoo road local, gets underway after working Green Valley. WAMX 7030 was transferred to the Grand Elk from the Wisconsin & Southern and was their numb... (more)
WSOR 3802 puts its train back together at Iron Ridge after making a run up to Mayville. Soon, the train will depart for Slinger where it will exchange cars with the local from Milwaukee.
I never believed that the ND&W's track was this bad until I saw it first hand. Even though the railroad's corporate owner, Pioneer Railcorp, has made significant improvements to the line since the... (more)