E989 Has left the power plant in West Olive and snakes it's way through Holland on it's way to Chicago

After picking up 8 cars in Holland's Waverly Yard and reversing down the main, 3839 leads its train into the north leg of the wye to begin the trip back to Muskegon.

Holland's Tulip Festival is in full swing this week, and the tulips are bursting to life with color after some recent wet weather. This morning the flowers are greeted with sunshine and warm weath... (more)

Got an early start out of Muskegon, snowing most of the way to Holland, then a break in the clouds. Heard this might be leading, and sure enough, lucked out with strong sunlight and the dark snows... (more)

A sure sign that spring is just around the corner...after being frozen over for nearly three months, the Black River is flowing free again with only a small amount of ice left, giving a fisherman ... (more)

Two drivers wait patiently - and at a safe distance - as the helper units of a loaded coal train near the 64th Street crossing on the south side of Holland. As seen from the I-196 overpass.

The Pere Marquette makes a stop at the depot in Holland.

2520 pushes this short, 5-car ballast train down a local branch line while the worker in the center uses a wireless remote to control the flow of the ballast.

A CP reroute turns into the evening sun as it heads through CSX's Waverly yard in Holland.

Future railfans? This father has the video camera rolling as 371 as departs the station en route to Chicago. Perhaps their mother is aboard going for a daytrip of shopping?

Cabbage #90368 brings up the rear of Amtrak's Grand Rapids-Chicago "Pere Marquette" after stopping at the Holland depot. The Annual Tulip Festival is in "full bloom", so to speak. Happy National T... (more)

A typical scene in rural west Michigan as 9339 leads a 130-car loaded coal train.

772 leads a load of eastern coal through CSX's Waverly yard en route to Consumer Energy's West Olive power plant on a snowy afternoon.

6134 works a local industry spur on a snowy winter afternoon in west Michigan. A foot of snow the night before blanketed everything in sight.

Yes, it was as cold and windy as it looks. The snow was falling, the wind was blowing hard, and the wind chill was well below zero. As 9732 passed the Holland depot, the eastbound signal disappe... (more)