A St. Louis railroading icon since 1887, the Manufacturers Railway filed for abandonment of its tracks on March 24th and will turn its operations over to Foster Townsend Rail Logistics. Sadly, the... (more)

A CSX local sprints across the Ohio landscape, passing the intermediate signals North of Columbus Grove. The train ended up stopping somewhere near Cairo due to a faulty switch in Lima.

By spring 2009 the LSRC's Alcos and MLWs were trail-only, but every once in a while the soon-to-be retired (now retired) engineer of the local crew would get tired of turning the power. This was p... (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)

Shades of blue.

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.

After being rebuilt in 1974, D&M 975 (Later LSRC 975) spent a long 31 years pulling freights in Northern Michigan. The unit rolled out of the paint shop on January 12th, 2005, and ran until Decemb... (more)

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)

IHB train AP1 throttles up after waiting for a CN manifest to clear.

The doubleheader excursion out of Alma, MI charges upgrade out of town, putting on a spectacular show for the railfans.

In a somewhat rare daylight occurrence, the Marquette Rail's manifest rolls through Grand Rapids on its way to CSX's Wyoming Yard. The train is passing under the last former Pere Marquette cantile... (more)

A candy-apple/bandit duo drills intermodal cars at CP's Shoreham Yard. The 1532 is only remaining MP15 that got dipped in the SOO's candy-apple red.

Two classic SOO motors switch out the various industries in the Camden district.

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.

An interesting lashup of IHB switchers lead train BA4, having just crossed the state line into Indiana.