After switching Joe Brown, the conductor climbs aboard and Y321 continues north to interchange with the Grand Rapids Eastern at Ann Street.
CSX 2697 works Wyoming Yard.
The Mid Michigan crew waits for Z151 to clear Fuller Diamond before they head east to service a few industries.
After making its pickup in Grand Rapids, S00 6042 leads X500 on CSX trackage en route to Toronto.
NS 5044 leads a hopper and a scrap gon across the Grand River on CSX. NS uses CSX's GR Terminal sub to reach it's track at Padnos Scrap and the Grand Rapids Eastern interchange.
CSX yard
Several railfans get a different perspective of E945 as it rolls slowly into Grand Rapids, shortly before stopping in CSX's yard for a crew change.
The sun is setting on 2654 and 2520 as they make their way back to the CSX yard after pushing a loaded coal train out of town.
After stopping in Grand Rapids for a crew change, N956 continues on its way east to an Essexville power plant with the help of two GP38-2s pushers.
8759 leads a train of mixed freight into the evening sun on its Toledo-to-Grand Rapids run.
Remote unit CSXT 9161 (RCPHG4) controls 1139 as they shove a load down a local industry spur on the way to the next switching job.
GRE crosses the CSX (now Marquette Rail) at Fuller on the north side of GR.
Mid Michigan returns to GR after a day's work with a few cars at sunset.
The setting sun glints off the front of 2610 as it helps to push the 130-car-long coal drag over the historic Thornapple River bridge.
This coal train is being led by an AC4400 and SD70MAC, but the 130 loaded coal cars were just too much for them to get up the grade out of Grand Rapids. To the rescue was 2610, and even with this... (more)
