Amtrak 58 leads a very 2 hour late Amtrak 353 down the Shoreline sub to Chicago. Due to equimentment issues it was delayed close to 2 hours at Pontiac before departing.

NS Train BD27 with the SD40-2 Highhood NS 1628 shoves back onto Zug Island with a single coil and a boxcar, on a super rainy tuesday fall november night in Detroit. The Zug Island Flame is to than... (more)

CSXT 6903 leads CSXT Y194 heading back to CSXT Rougemere Yard in Detroit. Here it is seen going though South Detroit back to Rougemere.

CSXT 6903 still on the Y194 local job down the boat line in Detroit Michigan. Here it is seen returning into CSX Rougemere around 2:50 in the afternoon passing Delray Tower, which who knows how mu... (more)

The DeCon, AKA, the Detroit Connecting Railway, a sub of the Adrian and Blissfield, trundles towards Milwaukee Junction to interchange with the CN. The ex-Checker Cab Motor Co. SW900 handles dutie... (more)

Not where you may think this is. Nebraska? The Dakotas? How about the north side of Detroit, near Hamtramck! Yes, this is a view of the DeCon, AKA, the Detroit Connecting Railway, a sub of the Adr... (more)

CSXT 6903 leads CSXT Y194 on the Boat Line in Detroit. They are going back to Rougemere extremely late on this day and actually running as the CSXT Y196, the trains extra board due to the orginal ... (more)

CSXT 6903 leads the CSX Y194 the Boat Line Local job in Detroit. Here it is seen in Detroits Delray neighborhood entering back into CSX Rougemere yard. Delray tower would be just around the corner... (more)

IC 2711 leads CN Q116 down in Detroit Michigan on the Shoreline Sub heading to CN Flat Rock Yard.

Once plentiful on the NW and Southern RR, the number of operable high hood SD40s remaining is now reportedly in the single digits. I caught this survivor assigned to switching Oakwood yard's westb... (more)

Wabash train number 79, the Chicago Express, is seen leaving Detroit Michigan in 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

CN's ferry Huron (of Sarnia) crosses the Detroit River with another load of cars, including what looks to be a Massey Fergusen combine, in August of 1964. Numerous rail ferries crossed the river a... (more)

NS 5229 a Highhood in Southern LHF Style, leads NS BD27 onto Zug Island in Detroit Michigan with the last light of the night.

CSX's West Detroit local is crossing American Street. This job runs two days a week to serve the remaining industries.

E 251 meets Amtrak 350 at BEAUBIEN as the Q Line passes under on Woodward Ave in Detroit. 350 will work the Detroit Station and take the light at BEAUBIEN ahead of the 251. Both trains are headed... (more)