The photographer Lewis Hine is known today as a man who worked toward reform for the working person. His photography highlighted the extreme conditions they worked in. What is less known is he did... (more)

Steam encompasses Pere Marquette 1225 as it idles in the cold morning air while crews prepare it to head up the Curwood Highlander excursion to Owosso.

The trio of GP35s lead ONTN southbound across Harrison Rd for Owosso.

A pair of Great Lakes Central GP35s race south through the cornfields across lower Michigan on a hazy summer day. It was great to see these vintage geeps still running on the same rails since thei... (more)

A pair of SD35’s sandwich a GP35 as a Southbound manifest makes its way through the outskirts of Alma

GLC 392 leads ONTN southbound passing the MMRR Yard Office to the west of State St. After shooting ONTN with GLC 384 leading earlier in the day. I got home and put the equipment away not reall... (more)

With about 79 empty NS System Grain cars, GLC 393 sits just south of Begole Rd. An extra crew on the GLC dragged the train up over night, and tied it down. Ultimately this train is bound for Ander... (more)

Built for Pen Central as the PC 8012, GLC 396 leads the lengthy ONTN into Alma, and further north through the night. 396, as most engines these days, has a lengthy past. Worked to the bone for sev... (more)

After swapping trains with the Cadillac South Turn, the Owosso job winds through Alma, approaching the Pine River.

After leaving 3 CPS Tanks for the GLC at Court St due to meeting the hours of service, the MMRR crew rolls the 3868 west into the barn for the night, and most likely weekend with the last of the s... (more)

Pere Marquette 1225 steams south through the fields of central Michigan.

After a pickup of 329 in the Transfer downtown here in Alma, and 6 to pickup in South End Wright Siding, ONTN gets back up to the track speed of 40 with 59 cars riding along.

With over 3 quarters of the train being loads, GLC 382 & 396 head south enroute to Owosso.

Southbound ONTN slows as it enters the city limits of Alma with GLC 390 on the point.

PM 1225 leads the Curwood Highlander past some fall color just outside of Alma, MI.