Midwest Railfan September 2005

Y290 heads to the paper mill to spot 2 empty boxcars. The Fremont Sub is in the background

It's 0800 hours and the Cannonball has just died on HOS at the northern end of the Musk Block.

Yard power moves about in Wyoming Yard

A late westbound Cannonball is making one of it's last trips into Muskegon as evidence by the third unit.

The sun has set on the final Cannonball

Engineer Joe (left) and Conductor Ted (right) stand in front of their train as it is ready to depart Muskegon for the last time.

The LAST Cannonball sits ready to depart North Yard for good. A sad day indeed.

A night shot of the final Cannonball sitting, waiting to depart North Yard

Two ex-CR units and the yard power are on the last Cannonball tonight, September 9th. The Fremont Subdivision north of MP 34 now belongs to RailAmerica

A westbound CP train heads west through Hudsonville

It's a busy day in Muskegon as Rail America picks up the former CSX operations at North Yard

One of the MMRR morning yard jobs brings the two new MMRR GP9's and empty sand hoppers to the Henry Street Yard

3839 smokes it up as it begins to climb the Henry Street Hill

Both morning yard jobs; MS 73 returning from Nugent and GR 3839 working the yard

The two new MMRR GP9's sit in North Yard

A lot has changed since my last night shot at North Yard.

MMRR 180 takes empty sand hoppers to Henry Street Yard.

MMRR 180 prepares to switch Webb Chemical

Two pumpkins bracket a CSX unit on a westbound Automax train

It's pouring, but I'm still dry under the US 6 overpass in Tracy

More BNSF on CSX crossing the NS branch

ADM Grain train under Oak Rd in LaPaz

CSX 7073 and 7131 are tied down on a ballast train in the yar at Wellsboro.

Q110 hot shot with dead 2nd unit

Q327 westbound past depot after setting out 16 cars at Waverly Yard

Beat up critter at the grain elavator in La Paz