GRE (Grand Rapids Eastern) Rolls across the Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids with 7 cars , returning from the King Mill (Flour) in Lowell Michigan on Christmas Eve afternoon

GR 2104 Bounces across the Grand River Bridge with 9 cars for CSX. The tank car is from Amway in Ada, while the rest of the 8 cars are from King Milling in Lowell. The Alma based GRE crew will hav... (more)

Grand Rapids Eastern engine #2104 is about to cross Alta Dale road just west of Ada, Michigan with a string of loaded wheat cars for King Milling in Lowell.

My ol' man tosses me his M-Crew tablet and clipboard as he goes by to set out the covered hopper in the interchange for CSX to pickup. Once the engine was put away and tied down, the crew came int... (more)

An unusually beautiful winter day in West Michigan led to an otherwise perfect chase of the semi-daily Grand Rapids Eastern's run to King Milling in Lowell, with about a dozen or so hoppers bound ... (more)

GR GP38-2 #2104 makes its debut run on the Grand Rapids Eastern in new corporate colors. The engine is the former Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern #3885 and has been the engine assigned to GRE since... (more)

After working King Milling in Lowell CFE 3885 and crew preforms a air test before they head back west to Grand Rapids.

Mooooooooo honk honk.

3885 works its way east with a decent train for King Milling in Lowell seen just outside of Ada, where they will stop and work Amway.

MMRR 24 sits out a extremely cold night at the Ann St. yard in Grand Rapids. This engine has since been acquired by G&W with their purchase of Rail America.

The last engine to still wear it's Mid Michigan Paint and not G&W paint sits dead and drained outside the small engine house in Grand Rapids at the GRE. The engine is rumored to need a good amount... (more)

The last engine to still wear it's Mid Michigan Paint and not G&W paint sits dead and drained outside the small engine house in Grand Rapids at the GRE. The engine is rumored to need a good amount... (more)

In the early morning light MMRR 24 doubles up it's eastbound train for King Milling in Lowell. Due to only having one engine and King Milling's business increasing the crew would have to make two ... (more)

Crossing the swollen Muskegon River, Z151-11 is about to set off the GR 3839 at Michigan Agricultural Commodities, before heading to GR to send the GLLX 4433 to interchange at CSX.

3839 lays over in Manistee on a snowy march night.