The GLC CSTN pulls its loads out of the load track at Wexford Sand Co. after it dropped its empties also on the load track. Wexford Sand Co. is one of the highest volume customers on the GLC syste... (more)

Winter has finally arrived in Mid-Michigan with the first significant snowfall that will stick for a while. The snow has created a wintry scene for CN L501 as it passes under the steam era wood pi... (more)

GLC 390 runs north at Baldwin Rd. southeast of Carland as it heads north to Clare with 28 loads under the command of engineer Josh Whorley and conductor Justin Ellis.

The GLC CSTN approaches Mitchell St. as it passes the depot in Cadillac with 25 sand loads destined for Clare, MI. The depot is currently undergoing construction inside to be converted to a cafe t... (more)

With a very heavy fog hanging strong in the trees, the GLC CNTN makes its way northbound with a pair of lumber cars for Traverse City and a Methotrexate tanker bound for Kalkaska, MI.

The GLC CSTN approaches one of the many rural crossings in the area that the line cuts through. The train has started to feel the first effects of the line, which features many grades, including t... (more)

Just as the morning sun starts to cast over the top of Tunnelhill, a westbound mixed freight comes roaring out of Gallitzin Tunnel fighting the grade with all its might.

The GLC CSTN returns to Selma Yard with 25 sand loads from Wexford Sand Co. The train would shift the sand loads in Selma Yard before heading south to Clare to drop them for the ONTN to take south... (more)

Fresh off of a crew change, the now GLC OSTN crosses Corunna Ave. as it heads into San Yard to work before heading south.

The GLC ONTN enters the small village of Pompeii, MI. as it passes through a brief snow squall with a CSX grain train loaded at the Middleton grain complex. This train will eventually reach CSX vi... (more)

Southbound at sunset...

Despite a derailment with an empty northbound just over a week ago, the NS grain trains continue to come to the GLC with NS power. After pulling this train out of Oakley, the train left Owosso und... (more)

Due to track work in the area, the crossing signals that protect Carland Rd. in the small hamlet of Carland were not functional until the train was practically on the crossing. To help lessen the ... (more)

While I have stated time and time again how difficult the climb that Boon Hill on the GLC Western District presents to trains, the climb that Elmira Hill presents to southbound is just as difficul... (more)

After an early morning start, CN L549 races north past Goose Lake headed for Partridge to set out and pick up some cars. Quite the lashup for 2016, which has a SD40-2 and a Dash 8-40CM, that alon... (more)