The Plow Special makes it way South across the Muskegon River toward Grand Rapids.
Today is a good day to stay clear of the crossing as the GMTX 2635 shoves through.
On it's way out of Manistee, Marquette Rail's Plow Extra rolls through BB's Curve at 10mph. Engineer Linus Starring has the throttle of Marquette Rail's GMTX 2635.
A rare nighttime Z151 crosses the Grand River with an ex GT high nose GP9 in tow.
Fog lingers on this frigid morning as the Marquette Rail Santa Trains makes its first appearance of the day at Dwight Lydall Park in Comstock.
Season's Greetings! Marquette Rail's 2010 Santa Train gets a friendly wave from a snowman as it approaches the tiny village of Fountain in northwest Michigan. This train makes multip... (more)
The last light of day shines on the Marquette Rail Christmas train as it pulls around the wye in Ludington to a huge group of excited family's that are waiting to meet Santa, who are just out of t... (more)
In a somewhat rare daylight occurrence, the Marquette Rail's manifest rolls through Grand Rapids on its way to CSX's Wyoming Yard. The train is passing under the last former Pere Marquette cantile... (more)
A swan floats gracefully through what was just moments before a very peaceful winter scene. The amount of power on this train reflects what was necessary that day, as it was well over 100 cars lo... (more)
GLLX 3001 roars north with two other SD40-2's and a GP38-2 lugging 163 cars on snowy winter afternoon.
Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus prepare to disembark and greet the crowd of excited children.
The Marquette Rail santa train continues north on its journey to Manistee.
Cab shot of the 2635 stopped in Stronach.
Late at night in the middle of Crows Nest Pass, deep in the heart of the Alberta rockies...the conductor of CP 5595 West prepares the paperwork prior to making a stop at a remote mountain terminal... (more)