Sparks fly as a CSX MOW crew member uses a grinder during rail repair. Waiting for clearance about 2 miles off in the distance is CP's X500 en route to Montreal.

CP's X500 passes CSX's new ATCS signalling system, put into service just a week earlier.

CP's X500 heads out of CSX's Grand Rapids yard on its way to Montreal.

IC 6071 leads a train of mixed freight out of CN's Battle Creek yard.

#24 is near the east end of MMRR's west Michigan line to deliver two tank cars to their lone customer in Ionia, MI. It's only a matter of time before this scene of a train in front of Ionia's dep... (more)

PM 1225 backs up while the morning sunshine provides some dramatic lighting in a vintage sepia conversion. Photo NOT taken from King Rd.

Michigan Southern 908 goes on a short run between Hartford and Paw Paw, Michigan, about once a month. During that time, it's easy for the unpaved crossings to become covered with packed dirt due ... (more)

CN 8011 and Santa Fe (BNSF) 8712 lead a train of mixed freight across rural southern Michigan.

Cartier 17 & 18 live! Just four months after railpics member Brandon Priebe submitted an image of these two locos badly damaged, they are spotted en route to their new home somewhere in Canada lo... (more)

BNSF 7630 leads an empty coal train back to Wyoming after servicing Consumer Energy's powerplant in Essexville, MI.

Hunting blinds aren't just for shooting deer. From about 30 feet up, the "gun" is aimed at a CSX train of mixed freight heading into the late evening sunshine.

BNSF 8017 leads a train of mixed freight out of Durand, MI., on a beautiful spring afternoon.

With a mixed load of freight destined for Elkhart, IN., NS 3544 snakes through the Michigan countryside on a clear and crisp spring morning.

UP 9694 sits quietly as a train of freshly loaded auto racks is built. The tracks parallel the new CN/General Motors auto distribution yard on Lansing's west side. A blackbird flies over for a c... (more)

CN 5602 leads a colorful consist and a train of mixed freight into the late evening sun outside of Charlotte, MI.