Not long after the WC bought the Ex CNW ore lines from UP one of the WC's classy F45's was assigned to ore service out of Escanaba. The 6653 and 6522 depart Little Lake with a cold weather shorten... (more)

CN 5202,5028 get an early morning train 336 underway at Thunder Bay.

CNW's North Green Bay Shop/Roundhouse was still a fairly busy location in the mid-80's. The Alco's were assigned to the ore lines to the north until late 1986 and there was fairly heavy activity a... (more)

Serviced and ready to go CNW 6721,6715 and 6710 await a crew at the new CNW engine facility in Escanaba.

Soo 404,2201A are crawling westbound out of Trout Lake with 61 cars on an extra. Before trains 909-910 were added to the schedule between Gladstone-Sault Ste. Marie the Soo ran an extra at least t... (more)

Soo 6387,6309,6008 on coal train #286 head upgrade past West Salem, Wi.

AC 1755 heads a nice looking train 1 north through the snow near Bellevue. The south end of the ACR had so much curvature that catching a train not on a curve was an effort. Normally trains 1 and ... (more)

BN on the coal line once meant a steady stream of C30-7's and SD40-2's. A change over was occurring when I shot this train in June of 1998 and the trailing SD60M was a prelude of things to come. B... (more)

WC 6653,AC 1761, WC 2005 roll into Trout Lake with train SOGB on a bright Feb. afternoon.

GB&W 307 leads the Plover job east with 13 cars as it is about to duck under Highway 54 at the east end of the Wisconsin Rapids yard.

After delivering 54 SSAM empties to the LS&I at Eagle Mills CN 5693,2518 head back to Partridge to pick up 64 loads and will soon be heading back to Escanaba.

Soo 768,6613,4411 roll out of a setting sun at the end of a short frigid winter day. The coil steel cars stored in the siding at Caffey were a sign of the times in the early 1980's as we rode out ... (more)

CNW 4242 and 4255 lead a few cars of general freight west to Empire Mine and Eagle Mills on a late March afternoon.

CNW 4244,4243 are tied up on the service track at Waseca while there westbound freight is worked by the yard switcher.

CNW had a few 6 axle Baldwins that they had re-powered with EMD 567's during the late 50's-mid 60's. When they had a severe power shortage during the early 70's they picked up a large amount of us... (more)