It’s all smiles on Oct. 28, 2010 in the Jackson Michigan station as longtime MARP members Clark Charnetski (center) and John DeLora (right) discuss with U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer (left) the purchase of the railroad between Dearborn and Kalamazoo for Amtrak’s high speed service. Check the MARP news section for the mutiple articles and press releases. (Photo by Tim Fischer)

Amtrak train 371, the Pere Marquette, arrives to the Tulip City of Holland, Michigan, Oct. 16, 2010, passing along the fall colors on CSX’s Grand Rapids Subdivision. Amtrak locomotive No. 832, a General Electric P40DC leading the train, was rehabilitated by the passenger railroad using a U.S. Department of Transportation TIGER grant.

(Photo by J.R. Valderas)

Residents of Manton greet the arrival of the Michigan Northern Arrow excursion to the 86th annual Manton Area Harvest Festival, Sept. 6. The excursion, sponsored by the Blue Water Michigan Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society and operating on the Great Lakes Central Railroad, ran from Owosso to the resort town of Petoskey over the Labor Day holiday weekend. Over 700 people had the oppurtunity to ride aboard the train. (Photo by J.R. Valderas)

Amtrak train 370, the Pere Marquette, crosses the St. Joseph River in the resort community of St. Joseph, June 12, while continuing east for next station stop of Bangor. (Photo by J.R. Valderas)