#grandtrunk

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Full Snow Moon

Saw this tonight, the full Snow Moon (99.8% illumination). I'm along the Grant Trunk (CN) between Vicksburg and Schoolcraft, Michigan. Had a train come along, would have been icing on the cake.

One image by Richard Koenig; taken February 1st 2026.

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My hammock system. Grand Trunk Nano 7 with straps and the Eagle Nest Outfitters Profly.

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The Second of Two in Battle Creek

To follow up on the previous post, this is a westbound Amtrak Wolverine, number 355, making its station stop in Battle Creek.

Again: this stretch of tracks at the Amtrak station are jointly owned—by the Grand Trunk (now CN) and the Michigan Central, which this train will be taking toward Kalamazoo and Chicago beyond. (The Michigan Central was part of the NYC and thus became PC, Conrail, and finally NS before now being owned by Amtrak or the state of Michigan.)

Three images by Richard Koenig; taken May 28th 2026.

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On the Grand Trunk

Here’s an eastbound train on the former Grand Trunk Railway, now Canadian National. The location is at Knight Street, east of Marcellus, Michigan, at milepost 138 (from Chicago). The second locomotive is interesting: a BC Rail GE C44-9WL, which is nearly 28 years old now. There was a DPU of the CN in this train as well.

Six images by Richard Koenig; taken January 21st 2023.

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Blue Water, Warm Light

Here’s an eastbound Amtrak Blue Water, number 364, rolling through Kalamazoo, Michigan. The train has pulled away from the station and is passing BO tower; in the final image it can be seen crossing over the Kalamazoo River.

The line here is former Michigan Central, but it will switch over to the Grand Trunk at Battle Creek, which it will take to Port Huron.

Five images by Richard Koenig; taken September 12th 2021.

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Westbound Manifest, Part Two

I was able to catch up with the train I saw in Battle Creek—it is seen here rolling into Climax, Michigan.

We’re on the former Grand Trunk line between where it enters the States at Port Huron, Michigan, and its goal of Chicago. There’s some track maintenance equipment moving on the other track up ahead, but it’s a high green for this job headed west.

Four images by Richard Koenig; taken May 25th 2021.

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The Grand Trunk Western in Lansing

Here we see an eastbound train, a local perhaps, on the former Grand Trunk Western Railroad, in Lansing, Michigan.

In the first two images we see the train has passed the three tall stacks of the Lansing Board of Water & Light Otto E. Eckert Station. This is a coal-fired plant on the Grand River, and is scheduled to go off-line in 2020. The stacks are an incredible 615 feet high.

In the final three images we see the train rolling under the ancient coaling tower of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. The structure was built in the 1920s and was designed to span over four tracks, though only two are there today.

Five images by Richard Koenig; taken April 17th 2019.

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Grand Trunk Western

I believe this is a yard job out of Battle Creek. If I were to guess, it’s on its way back from dropping cars at Kalamazoo. The Grand Trunk (now CN) had a branch line from Pavillion up to that town on the Michigan Central.

The locomotive is a GP38-2 formerly of the Missouri Pacific. Two images by Richard Koenig; taken September 24th 2007.