The brush is thick on the North end of the yard...

Fellow Railpictures.net photographer John Ryan shoots train 327a as it arrives in Alpena.

Steam returns to Alpena! Okay, so maybe not. It's just an extra smokey 181!

M420W 3500 pulls across the Thunder Bay River bridge as the 181 lets off some smoke.

Train 325 does some work in the Alpena Yard in a heavy rain.

CN 345 with its usual 2500s ahead.

To get elevation for this shot, I climbed on top of my minivan!

M420W 3500 leads train 326 down a stretch of "cheater's" street running in Alpena. Alpena had a real stretch of street running along Fletcher Street that was abandoned a few years ago.

Lake State Railway train 326 pulls past the cat tails as it approaches Grant Street.

Even though the flowers haven't started blooming yet, Lake State Railway train 326, lead by M420W 798, passes a pretty scene while rolling out of Alpena.

Local railfans nicknamed this curve Death Curve because the trains used to look (and sound) like they were going to derail when going around it. Here we see M420W 798 entering the infamous curve.

On a beautiful Spring Morning, Lake State Railway M420W 798 sits on the back wye, awaiting it's time to be put into the consist for tonights road freight.

eastbound grain train with 4 ALCOs

She overheated so much that the frame sagged down,She caught fire on the road in NB.

Lake State Railway M420W 798, the city of Alpena, is seen here in the Alpena Yard on a beautiful spring evening.