The Santa Train is about to push back to a track next to the employee parking lot, where a crowd of people has gathered to greet it. Two GT switchers along with an IC switcher share this cold and... (more)

An ice-covered Santa Train sits in the yard shortly after arriving from its snowy journey originating in Pontiac, MI. Following this scene, the train moved over several tracks to greet a waiting ... (more)

CN's Santa train passes by the historic farm elevator in Bellevue, MI., on the way to its next stop in Battle Creek. An overnight snowfall of 9 inches provided a wintry scene as the train created... (more)

Marquette Rail's Santa Train makes its way through the snow after stopping for a crowd of children in Sparta, MI.

After stopping in Newaygo for a large group of children, Marquette Rail's Santa Train crosses over the Muskegon River as it continues on its journey.

A view of Marquette Rail's Santa Train from the M-37 overpass as it makes its way through the falling snow.

When the private car Navy 118 isn't making its way around the country on the tail end of various Amtrak trains, its home is in Coopersville, MI. After coming into Grand Rapids on Amtrak's Pere Ma... (more)

8887 leads a train of mixed freight around a sloping curve on a warm spring evening in Grand Rapids.

It was a hot and sunny day as 6003 led a long string of empty coal cars past the beautiful Lake Michigan shoreline. To contrast this shot, take a look at my winter view from that same perspective... (more)

With the season's first snowfall, the feeling is cold and bleak as the Pere Marquette passes Lake Michigan's shoreline. To contrast this shot, take a look at my summer view from that same perspec... (more)

508 and the four trailing Superliners create a squall with the season's first snowfall as they head toward their next stop in St. Joseph, MI.

MMRR 24 pulls a load of coiled steel and grain hoppers to the small town of Lowell, just east of Grand Rapids.

C&O 3109 is still in service at the end of trains, but typically only for remote control reverse maneuvers like this while switching local industries. This move involved passing through a junkyar... (more)

Just minutes before CSX's daily 326 came rolling around the curve in the distance, an urgent call to the dispatcher was heard over the scanner to stop the train. A truck had taken the corner too ... (more)

En route to Wyoming, BNSF 9893 leads an empty load of coal cars from the J.H. Campbell Generating Complex in West Olive, MI.