Y220 crosses the Ohio River Bridge on its way over to the LIRC at sundown.

I never believed that the ND&W's track was this bad until I saw it first hand. Even though the railroad's corporate owner, Pioneer Railcorp, has made significant improvements to the line since the... (more)

On a somewhat rare occurrence, the DL's Portland Turn ran all the way into Portland to interchange with NS instead of their usual location of Slateford. With the interchange work completed, the tr... (more)

Inside the cab of the 1225.

Indiana Railroad train CBRFA (Coal loads, Bear Run to Fayette) pulls out of the Bear Run Mine past a retired Peabody drag line.

The remains of the old Chief Wawatam slip still stand in 2010. Nowadays, the Coast Guard cutter "Mackinac" rests where the mighty Chief once did. Unfortunately, the remains of the Chief were recen... (more)

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)

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)

Hoods and High Hoods

Certainly the LSRC's most unique unit, GP40-2 4300 (rebuilt from one of twenty-three GP40Xs) sports experimental HT-B trucks (one of only ten units to receive them), a cab mounted bell, a K5LA, SP... (more)

Pere Marquette 1225 gets a bath. In a few days the SRI will be giving her a fresh coat of paint. You can bet that she will look fantastic for trainfest!

The engineer on the 11:00 train blows for a crossing on the return trip to Coopersville.

The sun burns through a small portion of the thick blanket of fog that covers the twin cities, illuminating BNSF's LUGO lines.

Go MLW! GO! With the plow in the middle of the state, the Lake State ran a lone unit a short ways through town to clear the way, seen here blasting through a snowbank and smoking it up. Alpena has... (more)

LSRC 975 meets its demise at the Alpena Yard back in 2011. The unit started its life as Boston & Maine #1517 before having its nose chopped and having a 12-251C engine put in by Morrison Knudsen. ... (more)