LSRC 6301 wearing the 2018 Shortline of The Year stencils splits the Searchlights South of Holly. Trailing is two CSX AC44 locomotives. Earlier in the night, a crew brought out a CSX System Grain ... (more)

The south end of the Saginaw Sub from Flint to Wixom for LSRC is a section that I haven't shot previous to yesterday. With guidance from a friend, I would call my first chase successful. While ... (more)

GLC 384 leads the short ONTN northbound through Ithaca. After a tip this morning of the trio of SD35s leading ONTN, I had an idea for a shot southbound. Since I was in school until 2:30, there ... (more)

GLC 392 leads ONTN southbound passing the MMRR Yard Office to the west of State St. After shooting ONTN with GLC 384 leading earlier in the day. I got home and put the equipment away not reall... (more)

CN 3008 leads the long intermodal westbound under the Newberry Rd Bridge. After waking up after 10 this morning, a friend gave me a heads up on the 3008 leading. Since I hadn't shot the unit y... (more)

With about 79 empty NS System Grain cars, GLC 393 sits just south of Begole Rd. An extra crew on the GLC dragged the train up over night, and tied it down. Ultimately this train is bound for Ander... (more)

HESR 2144 drags 95 cars eastbound over Swan Creek. The 95 cars consisting of the 90 car grain train, and 5 shorts on the bottom. The MMRR crew was on duty at 10:00 this morning. Having spotted ... (more)

CN 3115 leads E251 westbound into Haslett. While playing games with a friend after school, he notified me about 3115's status in Pontiac. I opened Google Maps and scouted for a potential pictur... (more)

Doing every bit of track speed (25) westbound, the HESR 2144 runs LHF over Swan Creek. The MMRR crew came back from Genesee Yard engine light, and grabbed 12 cars from the LSRC interchange (5 ... (more)

The MMRR crew runs LHF westbound over the Swan Creek with 16 cars. Today the MMRR got their first grain train of the season; a 92 car private grain train for MAC in Breckenridge. On duty at 08... (more)

After seeing an old photo from this spot, I marked it on my bucket list to shoot for the day. Knowing there was no slow orders between Saginaw and Durand, I went straight from the Saginaw River to... (more)

With a healthy looking southbound, the pair of SD40-2s pull the roughly 65 car train over the Swing Bridge crossing the Saginaw River. While the swing bridge isn't active anymore, it's still a nea... (more)

Built for Pen Central as the PC 8012, GLC 396 leads the lengthy ONTN into Alma, and further north through the night. 396, as most engines these days, has a lengthy past. Worked to the bone for sev... (more)

With 92 loads behind this lone GP38-2, making the track speed of 25 MPH can become tricky. The hills aren't big for the state, but are for the middle of Michigan. This makes it tough on this lone ... (more)

My ol' man tosses me his M-Crew tablet and clipboard as he goes by to set out the covered hopper in the interchange for CSX to pickup. Once the engine was put away and tied down, the crew came int... (more)