The still water of the Battle Creek River in Bellevue provides a perfect mirror for 396 as she rumbles across the bridge heading for Lansing.

An ex-Reading GP7 and an ex-PRR GP30 lead the Coldwater job back east towards Hillsdale, seen here crossing Soap Creek just west of highway M-49.

Down hill on a .55% grade into Battle Creek. This trip is about to come to a sudden halt as 396 goes into emergency due to a bad air hose. The train blocks most of Battle Creek for a Half hour or... (more)

The Pine River bridge in Rudyard was always a nice spot for a photo on the east end of the Soo. Here we have 804,2230A on #912 with 96 cars on a chilly late Oct. day. The big U-boat was the first ... (more)

In a rare daylight appearance, I&O's 400 train cruises across the River Raisin south of Maybee. I had been waiting for the opportunity to get a shot here ever since seeing Railroad: Indiana & Ohio Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD40T-2
Location: Raisinville Township, Michigan, USA
Locomotive #: IORY 4070
Train ID: A40061
Photo Date: December 20, 2009

LS&I 2401,2405,2400,2304 rumble over US-41 with 119 loads heading for the dock. Normal procedure was 3 units on the hill job, but a unit failure on the dock job has 2304 heading down to Marquette ... (more)

Due to the idling of the Ontonagon Smurfit-Stone mill and ongoing friction between the company and the railroad, the removal of the boxcars from the west side of the river on November 21, 2009 cou... (more)

The Huckleberry Railroad's K-27 "Mudhen" pulls the 4PM excursion train eastbound across the Genesee Trestle on a rather gloomy Friday. Locomotive 464 is one of only two remaining examples of the ... (more)

Life was simpler then.... Today, kids spend their time playing with video games and social networking. Back in the day, when the chores were done, "wetting a line" by the local creek was a fav... (more)

3839 catches some late evening sun as it crosses an old wooden trestle spanning a section of the Grand River near Harbor Island in Grand Haven. Z627 is normally a nocturnal run, making this dayli... (more)

Several inches of snow fell overnight blanketing the area, creating a classic winter scene in Lowell. Here, 24 pulls several loaded grain hoppers across the Flat River trestle as the train arrive... (more)

CN's local from White Pine to North Bessemer, Mich., makes its way west crossing Presque Isle Creek. Only eight ex-Wisconsin Central GP40s survive at this writing on CN's roster, so getting two of... (more)

Train GBANA nears its destination of Quinnesec, Michigan.

A sure sign that spring is just around the corner...after being frozen over for nearly three months, the Black River is flowing free again with only a small amount of ice left, giving a fisherman ... (more)

A short hike through the woods and deep snow provided a view rarely seen (or captured) of #24 heading south across the old steel bridge spanning the Grand River in Lowell.