The 10am Polar Express passes the Carland Elevator at 10:30, bound for the "North Pole", aka Ashley, Michigan.

The Kalamazoo, Lake Shore & Chicago Railroad acquired the former CSX branch between Hartford and Paw Paw, Michigan in August, 1986. In 1991, they made a second attempt to run a dinner train, usi... (more)

New York Central added 70 new GE U25Bs (phase 1 & 2) to its diesel roster in 1964-65. These 2500-series speed merchants were typically assigned to priority traffic, while older first-generation un... (more)

The railroad ferry "Chief Wawatam" has arrived at Mackinaw City and is ready to unload on March 28th (my birthday!) of 1972. The Chief ran between St. Ignace and Mackinaw City and was ul... (more)

PM 1225 awaits departure in Owosso.

PM 1225 pulls into Alma, MI with the Curwood Highlander.

PM 1225 leads the Curwood Highlander east past the grain elevator at Ithaca.

Lake State Railway ran a series of passenger specials for company employees as part of the Family Day events on October 15. The train - with GP40-3s 800 and 1166 bookending the passenger equipmen... (more)

Lake State Railway SD40-2 6301 and CITX SD70M-2 140 team up to haul a healthy SGFL-13 (Saginaw to Flint, Michigan) train through Birch Run, MI on Friday, October 13. LSRC is evaluating the SD70M-... (more)

One of four BCOL C44-9WL's, and one of only three left in the red white and blue scheme leads M385 toward Flat Rock past the vintage searchlight at CP Ecorse.

The last Street Car to ever carry passengers from the State Fair Grounds to the foot of Woodward in Detroit, Michigan is shown pulling into the Highland Park Car Barns for the final time as the De... (more)

Fan trip pulled by READING 2102 starting west on the last half of its run over the GRAND TRUNK WESTERN's main line..

What can happen when a freight train splits a switch. Workers can be seen carrying cartons of Schlitz Beer from a damaged box car. Many a bottle of brew from Milwaukee was snatched by members of ... (more)

A derailment that took place where the railroad crossed Royal Oak's Main St. After waiting several hours, a southbound passenger train managed to creep by on a seldom used siding..

This photo was taken at BOB OWEN'S WHISTLE STOP MUSEUM.. Bob purchased the former Washington, Michigan GRAND TRUNK station. He operated a sign painting business in the freight section of the stat... (more)