After a day of torrential rain that only had added to the previous heavy amounts over the last 2 days, standing water was everywhere. Another consequence of all of the rain was a washout south of ... (more)

After 20+ hours of driving from Michigan to Montana, myself and fellow photographer Michael Nowakowski finally made it to Montana. Rather than go to our hotel in Missoula immediately, we made stop... (more)

With at the time, a bold forecast of heavy grain traffic in Canada, the decision was made to bring in reinforcements, i.e., pull power out of storage, which meant all but about half a dozen 8-40CM... (more)

With snow flakes starting to fly at a heavy rate just moments before arrival, CN M399 passes Durand Union Station shortly after 4am.

With threats of 3 inches of snow on Thursday earlier in the week, I elected to use a day off I had earned at work on Friday, as I wanted to light up the 1225 in the snow. Well, Owosso happened to... (more)

I am all for getting people into the hobby, and seeing this many people in Durand, a place that used to have many dedicated visitors, is great. However, they were all on the wrong side of the ligh... (more)

With this being only one of two chances to light up the 2016 version of the North Pole Express featuring the PM 1225, I wanted to make it count, and I was hoping that people would stay away from t... (more)

With color coming very late this year, this pocket that has been good to me in the past is just now getting good. With 50 loads from Ron Brown, the ONTN races through the tunnel kicking up fallen... (more)

About 10 days ago, on my way back home, I made a stop to check the color at this spot, and it was nice, but it wasn't ready quite yet, it just had not warmed up enough. Fast forward back to today... (more)

There is something wonderful about waiting in the dark for the shot, listening to the wind twist between the leaves, seeing the bright stars push through the thin wispy clouds, and looking down th... (more)

After running up to Partridge Jct. in the morning, L549 races back to Escanaba with a lashup that will probably not be repeated after they are split up. With only about 20 running, Dash 8-40CM CN ... (more)

With a pair of C30-7's already out at the mine, we were taken off guard by another train running out to Tilden. While it was not the boats we were after, a pair of blue birds run through the cut a... (more)

With Empire mine shut down, and only ore reserves on the ground available for loading, CN ore trains will soon be ending. Granted the ore traffic from neighboring Tilden mine will still run and on... (more)

After an early morning start, CN L549 races north past Goose Lake headed for Partridge to set out and pick up some cars. Quite the lashup for 2016, which has a SD40-2 and a Dash 8-40CM, that alon... (more)

While it would have looked better with a pair of LS&I boats on the point, a pair of leased AC4400CW's pull a string of ore jennies out of Tilden for the dock in Marquette. It was a busy morning on... (more)