Not sure which unit was having issues on CZ #5, but UP 7085 leads Amtrak units 135 and 96 into Coal Creek Canyon on a frosty December morning. Visible in the background is Table Mountain in G... (more)

BNSF 5776 & 5976 lead 130 empty coal hoppers down East Saugatuck Hill near New Richmond, MI., on a beautiful autumn morning.

3839 creeps across the tiny Pigeon Creek trestle while leading a short train from Holland to Muskegon, MI.

2610 plows snow on a lightly used runaround track as the CSX local delivers a lumber car on their final job of the day.

California Zephyr #5 climbs out of Coal Creek Canyon and through a winter wonderland. Leading the charge up the 2% grade is AMTK 6 followed by Phase IV heritage unit 184. The train is about to en... (more)

After bringing their train into the yard from Chicago, the crew of 8141 switches tracks to do their pickup before departing for Detroit. Meanwhile, an eastern empty coal train waits for a crew an... (more)

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.

5403 leads a train of mixed freight from Toledo to Grand Rapids on this beautiful fall afternoon.

A classic Midwestern rural scene is portrayed here as BNSF 4705 leads a stack train eastward toward Chicago.

Grand Elk's daily freight eases through the west Michigan countryside en route to Elkhart, IN., from Grand Rapids.

Dark, lake-effect snow clouds loom in the distance and dump light snow on 5235 as it leads an empty coal train out of Consumers Energy's J.R. Campbell Generating Complex. The yard is usually full... (more)

A pristine winter scene was slightly disrupted about an hour earlier when a track inspector rolled by in a highrailer, exposing the rails that were covered by several inches of new snowfall. At l... (more)

10 degree temperature...bone-chilling winds...blowing snow...a PERFECT day to photograph trains! CSXT 85 and 518 lead an eastern coal train through Grand Rapids on a typical winter afternoon in w... (more)

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.

A gorgeous fall afternoon on the bluffs of the Rock River is greeted with BNSF 6563 and 7694 leading an autorack train east of Oregon, IL.