Adrian & Blissfield 1752 trundles through the farmlands of southeastern Michigan with a handful of grain hoppers in tow. This line was one of the first railroads built in Michigan, hence the nick... (more)

An empty phosphate train holds the siding at South Deshler while a northbound freight blasts by on the main at twilight.

Crossing the diamond with the Toledo Terminal at Ironville, Nickel Plate 765 returns to Homestead Yard after a round trip to Maumee with Norfolk Southern's employee appreciation special.

A trio of Bessemer EMDs add a bright splash of color to an otherwise dreary day as they depart Conneaut with a loaded ore train.

Freshly repainted and renumbered IN 2216 leads a short freight west across one of the many dirt road crossings and past some early fall colors between Jonesville and Quincy. What was once the ban... (more)

A short Indiana Northeastern freight bound for Coldwater trundles along through the Michigan countryside with freshly repainted and renumbered former IN 1500 leading the way.

BNSF 4758 shoves on the rear of a westbound grain train curving through the signals at West Baring.

On a warm late April afternoon, a westbound unit corn syrup train crests the hump and rolls through the interlocking at East Baring.

Three GEs in three different paint schemes lead eastbound double stacks across the rolling landscape of northern Missouri. Just ahead of the curve can be seen the Santa Fe signal bridge at MP 333... (more)

Westbound on track two, a warbonnet leads a grain train past the Santa Fe signals at East Baring on a warm and thankfully dry afternoon.

The Maumee & Western creeps westbound through Okolona after switching customers in Napoleon. The hirail truck usually follows the train, and watches it over the worst sections of track...not that... (more)

The small town quiet of Quincy is briefly interrupted by the blaring of an air horn as IN 1601 brings a short train east. Up ahead, the crew will set out the head car at Sun-Gro before continuing... (more)

An ex-Reading GP7 and an ex-PRR GP30 lead the Coldwater job back east towards Hillsdale, seen here crossing Soap Creek just west of highway M-49.

Eastbound IN 1601 and 2230 roll along through the rural Michigan countryside. Up ahead is the junction with the Litchfield Branch, where the crew will stop to pick up some old pulpwood flats for ... (more)