Through the early morning mist a former N&W Caboose serves as a shoving platform between yards in Detroit. Here the conductor directs an Early Morning move from Oakwood to River Rouge Yard through... (more)

NS 5219 leads Conrail Shared Assets RR32 to USS Steel in River Rouge Michigan at the signals at CN Belanger. CN Doesn't run any trains though here but maintains the track and the signals. Delray C... (more)

Conrail Shared Assets train RR32 heads for US Steel in River Rouge, Michigan. The classic high hood locomotives are a staple of Detroit's shared asset operations. In the background, the bridges an... (more)

A Norfolk Southern Job? Not at all! Conrail Shared Assets Job RR32 makes their way around Belanger on the Conrail Marsh Track with Coils for USS Steel on Thursday August 3, 2023.

DCRR 64 a SW1001 switches some cars around at CN South Yard at the USS Great Lakes Works main Entrance.

A CN South bound and NS 31M Cross Conrail Bridge at River Rouge Michigan.

CN 3115 at CP YD on the Conrail Shared Assets.

NYC Alco RS-11 8008, with three FA's heading west at River Rouge, Michigan near Detroit in March 1962. The NYC RS-11's were delivered in July 1957, not in Lightning stripes, but in black with a w... (more)

Shortly after running a group of empty subs to Zug Island to be loaded, 459 returns south with a couple loads for the caster. The caster was screaming for fresh metal, so as quick as the furnaces ... (more)

Shortly after running a group of empty subs to Zug Island to be loaded, 459 returns south with a couple loads for the caster and is now about to make the delivery as it reflects on some fresh pond... (more)

One of the coolest operations I have seen in Southern Detroit has to be the Delray Connecting Railroad. Operating over about 2 miles on the north end of the CN Flat Rock Sub. Loads come out of the... (more)

One of the most unknown spots on the CN Michigan Division, to both railfans and even employees is Belanger, also known as "Short Cut". The reason for this is that it is not controlled by CN, but r... (more)

CN Train 387 is heading southbound past the signals guarding the interlocking at CP-YD in River Rouge.

IC 101 leads the 2009 GTW Santa Train as it passes the signals at CP-YD in River Rouge.

Spotting local industry in industrial metro Detroit