New power for the Grand Elk. BNSF units 2108, 2109 & 2972 sit in Botsford Yard, Kalamazoo awaiting service.
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)
The Blue Water has just pasted the still manned BO Tower as it approaches the station at Kalamazoo Michigan.
Grand Elk 302, having nearly completed its run to Elkhart and back, rolls past a glassy Kalamazoo River as it approaches Botsford Yard, its home terminal.
The WAMX GP-35 3531 sits one track over as the power from 302 is tied down after the run from Elkhart.
The 302 is home from Elkhart. Power will be cut from the train and tied down by the Botsford yard tower.
302 passes by one of two semaphores still standing along the Grand Elk right of way. Having been here for many years, the arm is no longer original. This one was actually fabricated from half of... (more)
105 is light power on the BO Secondary as she works toward Graphic Packaging on the old CK&S line.
On duty for the Graphic Packaging & Phiser switch job, Train 105 crosses the diamond by BO Tower on the BO secondary.
AMTK 27 shakes the old BO as 350 rumbles toward Battle Creek
On her return trip from Elkhart, 302 gets permission from the BO secondary to Botsford yard.
Departing Kalamazoo for Battle Creek, Amtrak 350 blasts through fresh snow at BO Tower.
353 is blasting her horn as she rolls by BO Tower on approach to Kalamazoo Station.
A train can still bring people together even on a cold, cloudy day in Kalamazoo.
502 is light power as it positions to add WAMX 3531 to the head end. Here the conductor jumps on board after parking the Grand Elk plow truck by his operating area.
