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

For a time, the Toronto-Chicago International ran as a joint venture of VIA and Amtrak, VIA providing the power and Amtrak the equipment.

After watching the Pere Marquette 1225 up at Owosso, these two diesels seem, well...dismal...

A wide cab GP40-2 leads a pair of C30-7s on a loaded coal train out of Durand; both C30-7s are of BN heritage, one in BN and one in Heritage I. First C30s Ive seen on a coal train in almost a dec... (more)

CMGN 8804 idles away on this incredibly windy, brisk December day.

At one time the Durand Union Station served six different Grand Trunk lines plus the Ann Arbor Railroad. Today it's an Amtrak stop on the Chicago to Port Huron Line and a museum.

VIA 6901 brings 5 Tempo coaches westbound into Durand on the International.

An eastbound Port Huron train is making a pickup in the yard at Durand, Michigan.

Illinois Central #6013 leads Train A480 around the Chicago wye, as it heads for Detroit.

CP 8624 and CP 8521 lead this T534 E/B with 41 cars around 10:40am. Canon 70-200 F/4.0L

BNSF 4477 waits for a new crew in Durand yard.

Tie crane still bears a blue GT noodle barely visible on its cab. This wasn't the "action" I had hoped for in Durand...