freshly shopped and painted TM power leads a westbound on KCS exL&A main near Gillis, TX
Train 326 rests in the perfect evening light. The crew has just arrived from Tawas and is busy filling out the paperwork before running the train down the Huron Sub. It will take all night (and tw... (more)
The inbound train from Bay City catches the first light of the day on a warm, June morning. This would end up being the last sunny photograph taken for several days as the typical Michigan grey sk... (more)
With the sun barely over the horizon and frost covering the land, the local Alpena job prepares to head back to the yard after switching the LaFarge plant.
The Lake State Railway is busy switching out the LaFarge Cement Plant shortly after sunrise. This LaFarge plant held the title of "Largest Cement Plant in the World" for many years, and was recent... (more)
The Lake State's night freight catches the first light of the day as it rolls over the Thunder Bay River and into yard limits, completing its journey from Bay City to Alpena.
A matching set of Lake State GP40s heads back to the roundhouse for the weekend after bringing in the morning train.
Still wearing it's old TFM paint, Lake State 1179 trundles along the jointed rail of the former Pere Marquette/C&O with a grain train to hand off to the Mid Michigan RR at Paines.
In the last moments of sunlight, a lone geep leads a short train of cement out of Alpena.
Ridin' in style.
Ever wonder what an engineer sees? Well here's the controls to an ex:TFM GP40. Viewers may notice the blue light on the locomotive, which tells employees that workers are currently working on the ... (more)
With three different brands of locomotives in three different paint schemes, train 326 brings a new meaning to the phrase "diversity in motion".
A sign of the times...
If life gives you lemons, or hazy skies, make lemonade.
