Rail America's Central Michigan line and Mid Michigan line are separated by less then 10 miles of SBS owned tracks in Saginaw MI, but due to hassles and cost to use the SBS to move a engine back a... (more)

A pair of GP35's sit outside the shops after just being tied down on D track. This was shot with permission on private property.

Can you smell the paint? GLC 390 sits on A track coupled to GLC 392 awaiting to have the finishing touches put on it, mainly just the reflective tape. With the painting of 390 only 3 GP35's remai... (more)

After a hard day out in the fields, the farmer has finished his work and is having a little break before returning home. He is watching PM 1225 shunting his train near Epton Road in the warm eveni... (more)

On borrowed time. The ultimate, and last generation of main line steam crosses a quiet Michigan farm, one early morning in 1957. Built just 13 years earlier, Nickel Plate's Berkshire #765... (more)

GLC 392 sits on A track outside the shops in Owosso awaiting some work before it is put back onto the road.

Nickel Plate 765 rolls north on the St. Charles branch, through the crisp fall air.

The power off of the OSTN has just arrived back into Owosso and sits on the C track, D track lead. TSBY 2648 sits on B track slowly being parted out to help keep the 385-394 GP35's running.

A fitting end to the last day of the HTP charter was the final runbys near the crossing at King Road. A dramatic sky matched with a golden sunset really made those last shots memorable. Very nice ... (more)

Back in 2009 the GLC painted GP35s 391 and 392 for Trainfest Owosso. In this view 391 has received most of her blue paint. Sadly, with the recent addition of the GP38-2s, the GLC painted GP35s wil... (more)

During the finals days of steam on the Nickel Plate the 765 blasts across the midwestern countryside with a fast freight bound for points west. Thanks go to John Craft and the HTP for putting on a... (more)

The bite of a cold september's morning and the associated effects of steam set against a clear blue sky have long been a prime photographic attraction. PM1225 storm by with an early morning freigh... (more)