Dwarfed by the massive silos that will load the grain train it has brought north GLC 397 pulls a few empty fertilizer cars out from the load track at The Andersons in Oakley, MI. A complex that is... (more)

While many see the empty or loaded grain train, few see one actually being loaded. It is a tedious and surprisingly messy process as the dust is always flying, but very interesting to watch. GLC c... (more)

90 pounds of pressure escapes in a flash.

An early morning snow hit Mid-Michigan Saturday morning, leaving around 1-2 inches of wet, heavy snow. With this being the first significant snowfall of the year, it was certainly a great site fo... (more)

An early morning snow hit Mid-Michigan Saturday morning, leaving around 1-2 inches of wet, heavy snow. In conjunction with the north winds, the snow stuck quickly to the crossing gate masts that ... (more)

During a visit up to Oakley to watch the Great Lakes Central drop off a unit grain train at Frutchey Bean company on the north end of the St. Charles branch, I was finally able to catch the GE 25-... (more)

48 hours after both the Great Lakes Central and my visit to Oakley, 5 GLC units run north through Oakley to the Frutchey Bean Co. to pick up its loaded 90 car CSX unit grain train to run it southb... (more)

GLC 399 and 390 led by engineer Josh Whorley and his conductor Justin Ellis work a CSX grain train into the Frutchey Bean facility north of town. GLC Trainmaster Larry Norton is seen on the left h... (more)

The trip from Owosso to the "North Pole" is almost over as 391 rolls through Oakley, behind the train is the GLC 385 that will pull the train back to Owosso. These two GP35's are about to be joine... (more)

GLC 390 and GLC 389(Ex TSBY 390-389) head south out of Oakley with a loaded grain train still in there TSBY paint!!

A good size snow bank gives me this vantage of four engines leading a loaded grain train out of Oakley. They start to smoke as they get under way heading southbound towards Owosso and eventually b... (more)

The rain has finaly stopped as we sit in Oakley while the third unit 389 shoves the empty grain train north towards the elevator north of town seen out the cab of 394.

NKP 765 leads a short freight train across an open field just south of Oakley, MI on a clear and cool October morning. Thanks to Historic Transport Preservation, SRI and FWRHS for a great photo fr... (more)

Stopping traffic. A busy rural road in central Michigan comes to a halt as Pere Marquette 2-8-4 1225 crosses with hotshot freight. In reality, a handful of classic cars gathered at the Ferd... (more)

1225 cools its heels after successfully pulling 61 cars from owosso.