Several days of snow and plowing have created large piles of the white stuff on this infrequently traveled line. However, the greater problem was hard packed snow and ice in between the rails and... (more)

3001 leads half a train uphill out of the Muskegon River valley, south of Newaygo. Rain and leaves created a challenge on an earlier hill in their journey, so doubling this hill was a no-brainer.... (more)

A challenging hike high into the hills gave me a bird's eye view of the big curve at Troy. A short time later, 184 and its brother came along, belching out exhaust as they worked hard to pull the... (more)

A view looking straight down over the edge of the cliff at Pinecliffe, CO., of Zephyr #5 heading west over South Bolder Creek.

Y121 winds its way through downtown Holland with a delivery of 14 empty gons to Padnos Iron & Metal.

Over 100 sailboats competed in the 2008 Tri-State Regatta (Chicago to St. Joseph, St. Joseph to Michigan City, IN.) over a 3 day weekend at the end of August. A break in the race action was neces... (more)

131 & 137 lead California Zephyr #6 across Butte Gulch on a beautiful summer afternoon.

BNSF 9374 leads UP 5471, BNSF 5503, BNSF 4514 and a train of mixed freight along East Portal Rd. just east of Tolland, CO. The snow-covered peaks of the Continental Divide are visible on this bea... (more)

Z151 rolls through the small village of Newaygo and across the Muskegon River as they continue their journey northward to Baldwin.

Two clean ACes catch the final sunlight of the evening as they cross over the Kalamazoo River with 130 empty coal hoppers in tow.

A duck's eye view shows 5764 leading an empty coal train across the century-old Kalamazoo River bridge. Built sometime in 1907, the bridge replaced an old wooden trestle that was destroyed by a d... (more)

CN 5615 reflects off the tranquil water of the Red Cedar River as it leads a train of mixed freight through East Lansing.

Amtrak's Wolverine 353 heads out of Ann Arbor and across the Huron River bridge at Barton Dam en route to Chicago.

This old and rejected spur was once a part of a network of dock tracks that serviced warehouses for Lake Michigan freighters. Fortunately, the mainline hasn't suffered the same fate. Here, GR 3839... (more)

987 & 988 arrived in Grands Rapids on their maiden run back on Christmas Eve. After returning east for one job, they then came back to West Michigan where they've been exclusively on pusher duty ... (more)