Amtrak's 40th Anniversary Display train is running track speed toward Battle Creek for a quick stop then on to Chicago.

The GTW 4928 heads down the South Bend Sub from Battle Creek toward Schoolcraft, Michigan as Work Train W968. The colorful Rail Train rumbles through country side coverd in Ice from a recent wint... (more)

Grand Elk railroad is called to the rescue as AMTK 353 is stranded between Battle Creek & Kalamazoo with electrical problems blocking the single track main line. WAMX 3806 is brought from Botsford... (more)

The comment on the air was, "You've got a train of engines.". Here is the line up; CN 2112, 8941, 5706, IC 6204, CN 2133, 2637 & 5771. This string of Seven engines was set out by West Tower in th... (more)

CN's latest Dome Car, the CN 119, heads to sweet home Homewood on the tail end of Z 149. In Fresh CN business paint the former Amtrak 10031 "Ocean View" has a new life on CN. The car is... (more)

After a fridged crew change, Amtrak 352 pulls out of Battle Creek.

The "J". The CN 3023 has just pulled into F building for service at Woodcrest before heading out on the next assignment. The unit had come in a trail on a Q train to CN Gateway just prio... (more)

CN 3301 stops at Watkins Road near Battle Creek as it is stacked in behind two other trains waiting to Yard. The Conductor is on the ground to perform a Roll By inspection of the passing M 399.

The Ballast Train dumps rock on Main One as crews set panels on Main Two as track repairs continue after a large coal train derailment in Waterloo.

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.

At the current End of the Old Town Spur is Friedland Industries. Here the 1751 spots the Empty Gon for the scrap metal to be loaded. Just over the Fence is the Brenke Fish Ladder and the Lansing R... (more)

The first train on the derailment scene in Waterloo is the NS Ballast train. As 925 creeps into the work zone, an NS Tie truck prepares to unload track material for the repairs.

IC 3115 gets some TLC in Woodcrest. One Class "A" engine facility.

Jump back a year. The trees have filled in a bit. http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=338563&nseq=0

A492 Gets a Roll By inspection as it heads East toward the Battle Creek Yard. The new BCOL paint really lights up an otherwise dreary day.