The GLC OSTN rolls south of Byron, MI. through a forest on fire with color.

2:05 am, the GLC ONTN has returned to Owosso, but with no other tracks open in the yard for the locomotives to run around and get back to the terminal, the crews are forced to tie up the locomotiv... (more)

In the early morning hours of October 30th, CN L501 departed Flint South Yard and headed west. While passing through town, 14 cars non-consecutively, all auto racks, derailed. One car tipped over ... (more)

In the early morning hours of October 30th, CN L501 departed Flint South Yard and headed west. While passing through the town of Durand, MI., 14 cars, non-consecutively, derailed, all of which wer... (more)

After months of prep work and lots of hours painting, GLC 393 has finally made its way into GLC Blue and unconventional silver as a secondary color as part of the 10th anniversary celebration of t... (more)

Some days, everything that you want, comes together perfectly, such was the case as the GLC OSTN pulls a cut of damaged surplus military artillery equipment from Camp Grayling out of the yard in D... (more)

The only yellow remaining on GLC 393 is under the conductor, and the unveiling of the "Ferry in the Fog" scheme that was originally applied when it was owned by Ann Arbor. In a few short... (more)

One of the coolest operations I have seen in Southern Detroit has to be the Delray Connecting Railroad. Operating over about 2 miles on the north end of the CN Flat Rock Sub. Loads come out of the... (more)

The GLC 25 tonner switches out a cut of refurbished Bi-level coaches that were purchased from Metra, and were originally CB&Q. The coaches are for a commuter project, known as MITrain, that would ... (more)

SRI volunteer Alaina Kraus does her best Rosie the Riveter in front of the Pere Marquette 1225 and Nickel Plate 765 during the Lerro Productions Photo Charter.

The frost that settled overnight is slowly starting to melt away, and after a pre-dawn start, an extra GLC grain train out of Oakley, MI. has cleared the toughest obstacle of the day: the CN Flint... (more)

Passionate about his work, Great Lakes Central engineer/conductor Matt Cox, who took on the role of mobile conductor for the day, using a company vehicle to head down to the trains' destination, w... (more)

During a visit up to Oakley to watch the Great Lakes Central drop off a unit grain train at Frutchey Bean company on the north end of the St. Charles branch, I was finally able to catch the GE 25-... (more)

One of the most unknown spots on the CN Michigan Division, to both railfans and even employees is Belanger, also known as "Short Cut". The reason for this is that it is not controlled by CN, but r... (more)

As a mixed freight comes down the slide, an intermodal fights the grade on the east end of Gallitzin without the assistance of helpers.