Four SD40's lug a northbound manifest train up Newaygo hill on a beautiful December morning before all the cold and snow kicked in a couple days later.

Marquette Rail's train Z151 is pulling hard up the grade out of the Muskegon River Valley between Newaygo and Grant, MI.

During one of the most amazing sunsets I have seen during the winter months, the Ludington yard job goes about it's normal yard and local work with wind chills well below zero and about to drop li... (more)

The 3389 and three other SD40-2's are on the north side of Sparta just after sunrise waiting to head north to Baldwin and return.

A rare daylight meet happens at the north end of White Cloud as the Bald Eagle job holds the main waiting for the Turn to clear as the engineer's exchange paperwork.

2040 running long hood forward and fighting afternoon shadows leads it's train out of Walhalla for Ludington after switching out the entire train in Baldwin.

In a Pure Michigan sunset, the Ludington yard job has just arrived back into Ludington yard and shoves their cut of cars from Baldwin into 9 track before pulling up to the yard office for the nigh... (more)

The 5418 leads the turn around the west wye and into the siding with a 124 car train from CSX. The old PM Coal tower is in the back ground.

With dumping complete on the Ludington sub, the Bald Eagle job shoves back into the east wye to clear up for a massive Turn crew just out of sight behind me.

3389 ex-GLLX 3001 leads 22 loads of stone as the crew slowly creeps ahead dumping the stone. All but 1 of the cars are ex-ICG Coke cars now SGVY Sugar Beat/stone cars. MQT 3158 caboose is on the r... (more)

A large 151 heads south down Newaygo hill as snow starts to fly again. The train will cross the Muskegon river just behind me.

Z151 rolls into White Cloud on this 18 degree day as it starts around the sharp curve in town that used to be part of a wye that broke off and went west to Fremont and Muskegon, South to Grand Rap... (more)

Z151 screams south on a sunny winters day as they head for Grand Rapids with all 3 of MQT's SD40-2's.

3000 shoves a cut of cars into Ludington yard from Oxy. MQT 3389 is behind the second car and the old C&O coal tower can be seen at the far end of the yard.

Marquette Rail's Trio of SD40-2's highballs south towards Grand Rapids and goes through the Roller Coaster of hills in Grant and does some drift busting as they crest another hill.