GR GP38-2 #2104 makes its debut run on the Grand Rapids Eastern in new corporate colors. The engine is the former Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern #3885 and has been the engine assigned to GRE since... (more)

After working King Milling in Lowell CFE 3885 and crew preforms a air test before they head back west to Grand Rapids.

MMRR 24 and CF&E 3885 shove a long strong of loaded wheat hoppers around the connection to the former Pere Marquette line into Lowell. The train is on the old Grand Trunk Western in this shot, and... (more)

24 and 3885 shove a long string of covered hoppers loaded with wheat back into the ever-expanding King Milling complex in Lowell, MI.

Shown west of Lowell, MI, Grand Rapids Eastern 5106 and train are returning to Grand Rapids with loads from American Bumper in Ionia. Built in August, 1970, the 5106 is ex B&O 4806, CSX 2106 and w... (more)

Arriving into Lowell, 24 brings in 4 cars for Kings Flour Mill.

After servicing King Milling and Michigan Wire in Lowell, #24 scoots along on a return trip to the yard in Grand Rapids with two empty grain hoppers and one empty scrap metal gondola.

Several inches of snow fell overnight blanketing the area, creating a classic winter scene in Lowell. Here, 24 pulls several loaded grain hoppers across the Flat River trestle as the train arrive... (more)

#24 leads its train back past the old Grand River Ave. farm on this bitterly cold winter afternoon.

Seen here in a typical wedgie shot is #24 pulling 13 empty hoppers while heading west out of Lowell en route back to Grand Rapids.

A short hike through the woods and deep snow provided a view rarely seen (or captured) of #24 heading south across the old steel bridge spanning the Grand River in Lowell.

This old farm has seen tens of thousands of trains pass by over the last century, but in 2009 this is the only traffic it sees roughly three times a week. #24 is leading a short train of grain ho... (more)

Mid Michigan #24 busts through a drift on it's way to Lowell.

The last car of a string of empty hoppers cuts through the snow as two MMRR MOW employees stand by after clearing a switch. A third continues to work on another with a backpack blower in the backg... (more)