After watching this train go around Lakewood Blvd, saw a lot of cloudless skies to the west, and decided to chase this one towards West Olive. Caught them here along US-31 on their way north. 08/3... (more)
Last stop getting a picture of this coal train heading west into the West Olive power plant, we see BNSF 5829 leading by 160th Ave. 08/30/07
BNSF 6241 and 8972 lead a 65-car coal drag northbound through East Saugatuck en route for the J.R. Campbell Generating Complex in West Olive.
BNSF 6241 and 8972 lead a 65-car coal drag across the flooded Kalamazoo River, which abrubtly rose nearly 6 feet after heavy rain two days earlier.
A long day of railfanning was rewarded with a beautiful sunset over Lake Michigan. Here, a silhouetted 9874 creeps across the historic swing bridge in St. Joe leading a long coal drag en route to... (more)
Over 100 sailboats competed in the 2008 Tri-State Regatta (Chicago to St. Joseph, St. Joseph to Michigan City, IN.) over a 3 day weekend at the end of August. A break in the race action was neces... (more)
About an hour after running through a snow storm, 9369 leads its load through an S-curve and heads east into the morning sun.
An early spring snow storm continues to dump light snow as 9369 leads a loaded coal train through New Buffalo. In the distance, an historic C&O coaling tower still stands, and on the opposite sid... (more)