Canadian Pacific run-thru container train R202 led by CP SD40 5413 (exQNS&L), M636 4710 and high hood B-unit 5479 (ex SOU Ry) roll across CSX's Grand River Bridge at Grande Ledge, MI. The bridge, ... (more)

Nearly five years after the D&RGW/SP merger it was still possible to see trains led by solid lash-ups of Rio Grande power. With the Denver skyline receding in the distance, a westbound work extra ... (more)

Westbound between Detriot and Grand Rapids on CSX's Plymouth Sub, train Q327 crosses the Thornapple River Bridge near Whitneyville, MI on a beautiful late summer day. Led by an ex B&O GP38 still i... (more)

Shown west of Lowell, MI, Grand Rapids Eastern 5106 and train are returning to Grand Rapids with loads from American Bumper in Ionia. Built in August, 1970, the 5106 is ex B&O 4806, CSX 2106 and w... (more)

On it's westbound run to Chicago, Amtrak's train #365, the "International" passes the Ft. Custer State Park region of lower Michigan. Led by VIA F40PH 6445, the joint Amtrak/VIA train operated unt... (more)

CSX train Q336 led by GP40-2 6067, SD40-2 8457 and SD50 8641 arrives at the west end of the Wyoming, MI yard. Passing the unusual signal (I was told it indicated which track to yard trains on befo... (more)

With the 1993 midwestern flood wreaking havoc on many carriers, the railroads are doing their best to keep traffic moving via detours on the remaining lines still above water. The Santa Fe is also... (more)

At the height of the 1993 midwestern flooding many railroads are under water and scrambling to find detour routes to maintain service. At the time, the Chicago & NorthWestern is one of the few (if... (more)

Rolling down Saugatuck Hill, westbound CP container on flat car train R503 crosses the Kalamazoo River Bridge on CSX's Grand Rapids Sub. Passing over the 1907 built former swing span bridge, CP SD... (more)

Amtrak's westbound train #351, the Wolverine, is shown passing the former Michigan Central locomotive and car shop buildings at Jackson, MI. Built in 1872, the shops built and repaired equipment f... (more)

Soo Line SD40-2's 6608, 761 power eastbound CP run-thru train R200 over Rush Creek, one mile east of Hudsonville, MI. A crew change at CSX's Wyoming, MI yard lies seven miles ahead where a new cre... (more)

Mid Michigan RR GP9 5967 (exC&O) leads a string of boxcars over the Flat River bridge in Belding, MI. Loaded at the Frigidaire Appliance factory in Greenville, MI, the cars are en route to interch... (more)

Traveling on CSX's Grand Rapids Sub, westbound Amtrak Grand Rapids to Chicago train, the Pere Marquette is 40 miles into the trip passing just east of Fennville, MI. Having made it's first station... (more)

Eastbound GTW freight #370 led by two GP40-2's (both ex DT&I) roll auto carriers and manifest E. of Chamberlains, MI. The seventeen mile stretch of GTW mainline between Penn and Schoolcraft was si... (more)

CSX train Q337 has just departed Wyoming, MI (Grand Rapids) and is under way to Chicago. Led by former L&N SD40-2 8122 and Chessie GP15T 1523, the Flint to Chicago train will travel the 136 miles ... (more)