394 hits the yard as 149 waits to head west.

New colors for Battle Creek yard. Not often seen this far east on the South Bend Subdivision, EJ&E 665 is assigned to train 521 for the day. Here 665 heads into the East Yard and grabs onto cars f... (more)

Headed for Sparta, Michigan and nearing the end of the line in Grand Rapids, The GMTX 2648 makes light work of the remaining snow.

AMTRAK 350 crawls under the Michigan Central Coaling tower @ Augusta toward Battle Creek. 10 mph speed restriction due to a derailment @ Knappen Milling.

Yard maintenance carries on as the conductor for 711 is lining the iron to get the power back to the train.

Nice to see a rail-fan friendly conductor. 7903 slams through the B&O diamond by DR tower.

Clear Levett, NS One to Main track.

Fog lingers on this frigid morning as the Marquette Rail Santa Trains makes its first appearance of the day at Dwight Lydall Park in Comstock.

A busy evening in the yard by CN WEST TOWER.

BNSF 2108, 2109 & 2972 Sit in Botsford Yard awaiting induction to Grand Elk service. Sick of the constant cloud cover here in Michigan I decided to try some night shooting and rigged up some parki... (more)

After a few days of work train duty dropping rail in the South Bend area, 656 is set to head long hood forward for Woodcrest with an empty rail trail.

The Grand Elk train 105 gets it's NS Track Authority to occupy Main Two and Permission from BO for the BO Secondary from Botsford Yard to the Gibson Switch and points south. Here the WAMX 3806 le... (more)

Train 521 races through the snow on the South Bend Sub from Battle Creek to Midwest Lumber, it's first stop of the day.

Sitting in the "Old Pitt", BNSF 644 is in good company with old paint. The GTW 5812 has also seen a better day paint wise. Nice to find a gem in the rough once in a while.

A cold, not so nice morning at Kirk's Old Pitt. The chilly air highlights the hot water being drained from the CN 2520. The repairs needed on the 2520 prevent it from being started and the locomot... (more)