History lives. Where the NYC's famous streamlined Hudsons once tread, SP 4449 rolls past BO Tower, one of the last few active interlocking towers in the state of Michigan. The engine is enroute to... (more)

A diesel may be in the lead, but that sure isn't keeping Rich Melvin from having some fun with his engine. GLC 390 leads the daily Osmer turn back to Owosso, bringing with it Nickel Plate 765, the... (more)

Sometimes dreams really can come true. Having departed Portland, Oregon on July 3, 2009, SP 4449 finally arrived at SRI at about 10:35 P.M. on Sunday, July 19. Here she will rest for the next few ... (more)

After a long trip from Grand Rapids, Marquette Rail's Z151, the Marquette Meteor, makes its final approach to Manistee and passes through the tiny suburb of Parkdale.

With an H2 GEVO in the lead, CSX coal train N956 rushes through the snowy Michigan countryside near Alto, just east of Grand Rapids.

Amtrak's Pere Marquette sits at the Grand Rapids station after unloading passengers before backing up to the GRE Ann St. yard to tie up for the night.

The engineer of Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr converses with several passengers while waiting to depart from Denver Union Station.

Cab of Amtrak 37.

When Metra retired its fleet of F40Cs in 2004, it kept two, 611 and 614 in storage should the need for their use ever arise. Five years later, the time has finally come. A reactivated 611 charges ... (more)

Snarling upgrade with a whopping 137 cars, a special extra section of Q327 rolls along Chicago Drive, heading west towards the city of the same name.

Now in its fourth consecutive year of operation, CN's employee Santa train has become an annual holiday fixture on the GTW. Running under sunny skies and frigid temperatures, IC 101 hustles the tr... (more)

A very late 149, headed by an SD60F, rolls west into the single track at Potterville on a spectacular late April afternoon.

On a warm and sunny March afternoon, a new CN SD70M-2 leads a westbound CN manifest under the old GTW Coaling tower at Aurelius road on Lansing's eastern side.

With NPCU 90224 in the lead, Amtrak's southbound Pere Marquette splits the signals in the tiny village of New Richmond, MI. Although it was running on schedule at the time of this photo, it would ... (more)