See the Canada Pacific Holiday Train when it rolls through Michigan

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2025 CPKC Holiday Train at Michigan Central by Snappd by Sean Photography

2025 CPKC Holiday Train at Michigan Central by Snappd by Sean Photography

The 2025 CPKC Holiday Train will tour Canada and the United States November 19 through December 21st raising money, food and awareness to support food banks across their rail network. Professional musicians play free concerts from the brightly decorated train’s stage, and CPKC donates to the local food bank at each stop and encourages all attendees to make a monetary or heart-healthy food donation! Since its inaugural journey in 1999, the CPKC Holiday Train has raised more than $26 million and collected approximately 5.4 million pounds of food for community food banks in Canada and the U.S.

Sean shares that he got these shots from near Detroit’s Michigan Central Station last year – click the pic above for more photos! He recommends it as a really good spot, especially if you can make it there before the crowds. You can see lots more if Sean’s work on his Facebook, where you can also subscribe for exclusive content including live videos.

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Decked Out Steam for the Cameron Christmas Train

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Decked out steam by Robby Gragg

Decked out steam by Robby Gragg

Robby got a great shot of Little River 110 sitting decorated in Quincy, MI waiting for its turn to lead the Cameron Christmas Train, which I just learned about. The train is a partnership of the Cameron Memorial Community Hospital, the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society & railroad enthusiasts that wends through Ohio, Indiana & southern Michigan every November.

He has a lot more on his Flickr including the shot below of NKP SD9 358 holding in Jonesville.

NKP SD9 358 in Jonesville by Robby Gragg

NKP SD9 358 in Jonesville by Robby Gragg

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Grand Funk R.R.

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Grand Funk RR by Scott Ward

Scott shared this photo on Monday writing “Bet you can’t guess where we were visiting. At one point these guys were outselling The Beatles! One of the true Michigan iconic bands. Glad to see that this homage to them is still there.”

If you guessed “Flint” you are correct! The band Grand Funk Railroad was one of the biggest bands to come out of Michigan in the seventies, scoring Grand Funk six platinum and seven gold-certified albums between their 1969 debut and first breakup in 1976. The power trio of Mark Farner (vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica), Don Brewer (drums, vocals) & Mel Schacher (bass) originally came together in 1969 as “Grand Trunk Railroad”. The Grand Trunk Western Railroad objected, and the band (fortunately) had to change the name to Grand Funk Railroad.

Two of the three original members – Brewer & Schacher – are currently on tour as Grand Funk Railroad while lead singer & primary songwriter Farner tours as Mark Farner’s American Band.

Click the pic above to comment, and you can see more at Scott Ward Photography on Facebook and view & purchase work on his website.

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Silence contains all the sounds

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No Real Silence by Fire Fighters Wife

No Real Silence by Fire Fighter’s Wife

“Since there is no real silence, Silence will contain all the sounds, All the words, all the languages, All knowledge, all memory.”
-Dejan Stojanovic

I just love Beth’s pairing of photos & quotations! About this pic she shares, “Not the best technically perfect picture, seeing I took it with my iPhone. But, when I saw this one my way to work I had to stop and take a picture. It was too beautiful to let it go to waste.”

Head over to her Flickr for lots more!

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Lightning on the Rails

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Lightning on the Rails by Fire Fighter's Wife

Lightning on the Rails by Fire Fighter’s Wife

“It’s not a question of can or can’t. There are some things in life you just do.”
~Lightning Claire Farron

Just love these photos paired with quotations from Beth! For sure head over to her Flickr for more.

It Calls To Me…

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Sunrise on the Rails

It Calls To Me…, photo by Kenneth Raymond

The Sunrise, Like Flight To The Bird, It Calls To Me…

View Kenneth’s photo bigger and see more in his Sunrises & Sunsets slideshow.

Sault Ste. Marie International Railroad Bridge

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international railroad bridge, sault ste. marie, ontario / michigan

international railroad bridge, sault ste. marie, ontario / michigan, photo by twurdemann

The Library of Congress page on the Sault Ste. Marie International Railroad Bridge that spans the Soo Locks from Michigan to Canada at St. Marys Falls explains that:

The Sault Ste. Marie International Railroad Bridge has nine camelback truss spans crossing the St. Marys River with bascule and vertical lift bridge components crossing the American Locks at the St. Marys Falls Canal. It is the only bridge in the United States known to include these three types of spans in a single structure to use an interlocking mechanism to connect the leaves of the double-leaf bascule span.

It is Michigan’s most significant railroad bridge from an engineering history standpoint and is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.

Click through for some great old photos of the bridge and explore the various sections through Historic Bridges.

Check this photo out on black and see more great shots in twurdemann’s Sault Ste. Marie 2012-2013 slideshow.

More Michigan bridges on Michigan in Pictures.