With color coming very late this year, this pocket that has been good to me in the past is just now getting good. With 50 loads from Ron Brown, the ONTN races through the tunnel kicking up fallen... (more)

About 10 days ago, on my way back home, I made a stop to check the color at this spot, and it was nice, but it wasn't ready quite yet, it just had not warmed up enough. Fast forward back to today... (more)

When I stopped by the yard in Owosso after work, it was about 4:15, and still very light out, but that would not last for much longer. I asked how much longer they were going to be in the yard, an... (more)

The color this fall has been some of the best I have seen in years, and in many places was beyond spectacular. While this spot north of Carland has never failed me, it was beyond incredible this y... (more)

Glowing like a fire, the fall color in Woodland Park was at near peak as the GLC ONTN throttles up out of Ithaca, MI. and could not be dampened by gray, drizzly skies.

Minutes before sunset, the gray skies loosened their grip at just the right moment, creating a pretty colorful sunset. A pair of GP35's pause for a moment for the photographer after switching the ... (more)

As the last of the sunlight casts over the trees, it is absorbed by the GLC Middleton Turn and the Carland Elevator. The train would stop here and drop a carload of new rail for the rehab project ... (more)

Only about 30 minutes from home base, the GLC ONTN makes a mad dash through a thick tunnel of lush green leafy trees.

While meets on the Great Lakes Central are an absolute rarity on the mainline, especially since most sidings on the system are too short, there is a common meet: the ONTN and CSTN. These trains me... (more)

The Shepherd Elevator Trackmobile operator takes a break to watch the GLC ONTN roll south past the elevator as they were told to halt operations until the train cleared town and the siding.

A trio of GLC geeps lean into the curve at King Rd. as the head north towards the Middleton Branch, where they will head west to spot a long string of private hoppers.

For the first time in 27 years, the former Ann Arbor snow plow, now owned by Great Lakes Central, made an appearance south of Clare, MI. to plow the line from Ithaca back to Cadillac. Drifts as hi... (more)

For the first time in 27 years, the former Ann Arbor snow plow, now owned by Great Lakes Central, made an appearance south of Clare, MI. to plow the line from Ithaca back to Cadillac. Drifts as hi... (more)

Sitting on the former Pere Marquette and later Chesapeake & Ohio line through Clare, MI. is the last fall color train of the year that Great Lakes Central operated for the Steam Railroading Instit... (more)

Not quite full peak, but near peak colors in this small area create a tunnel of color as the GLC ONTN races southbound with a short train bound for Owosso, MI.