The Pere Marquette Grand Rapids bound.

Grand Elk railroad is called to the rescue as AMTK 353 is stranded between Battle Creek & Kalamazoo with electrical problems blocking the single track main line. WAMX 3806 is brought from Botsford... (more)

AMTK 27 shakes the old BO as 350 rumbles toward Battle Creek

Amtrak train number 353 has a Phase V NPCU on the front.

A train can still bring people together even on a cold, cloudy day in Kalamazoo.

A very cold Amtrak conductor climbs aboard 352 after manually aligning a switch at CN ROSE prior to arrival at Battle Creek Station.

Under speed restriction, Train 350 crawls toward NS Comstock.

350 with superliners headed up Amtrak 36 meets 351 and its sister engine 35 at NS Comstock.

Battle Creek is still the Cereal City. Both Kelloggs and Post still have large manufacturing plants, the latter seen through the fence, dwarfing Amtrak's Twilight Limited as it slows to get make ... (more)

The outbound Wolverine arriving at the Hammond-Whiting Amtrak Station.

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)

This "Cascades" NPCU sure is out of place in Michigan, but it's been back & forth a number of times on Michigan service trains lately. Here it is on the tail end of a Westbound 353 at Barton Dam ... (more)

Eastbound 350 is minutes away from rolling to a stop in Ann Arbor as it cruises East along the Huron River. The three superliners have a Genesis engine on both ends today. Superliners in push-pu... (more)

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