Grand Rapids Eastern yard at 6:30am on a Saturday morning.
Grand Rapids Eastern buildings
Amtrak Pere Marquette in the GRE yard. In about 30 minutes it will head to the Grand Rapids station to pick up passengers for the trip to Chicago.
Pere Marquette 371 nearing Grand Rapids station
Some of the waiting passengers.
After a few minutes to load passengers and baggage, Pere Marquette will be off to Chicago.
CSXT SD40-2 8823 in Conrail blue, heads westbound at Ivanrest in Grandville. The second unit is CSXT SD50 8576.
BNSF 4814 hauls Q326 east through Hudsonville, Michigan.
Columbine
Columbine closeup
A small butterfly or moth on scabiosa
