Softly burbling on the still night of August 29, 1987, is Escanaba & Lake Superior Baldwin RS12 No. 300 on the lead of a chartered passenger train at Howard, near Green Bay, Wisconsin. Dressed in ... (more)

Escanaba & Lake Superior 402 is pulling around the south leg of the wye at Crivitz. The crew has just shoved about 50 empty hoppers onto the old M&M line to Marinette, and are about to shove the r... (more)

An ELS southbound rolls into Crivitz behind a veteran of the Penn Central. The Geep made light work of the 75 cars train, which was made up of solid empties. The pulpwood cars to the right are bei... (more)

ELS 400 GP38 runs with ELS 1223 High Nose light in Escanaba Michigan in the Upper Peninsula on a cold January day

A freshly waxed ELS 300 makes a very rare appearance after a long slumber in the roundhouse. The locomotive will switch the old Harnischfeger shops before being positioned for the next days passen... (more)

ELS 300 switches the stone dock in Escanaba, MI in August of 1984. I believe this facility is no longer used.

ELS 1223 stops to pick up a switch list at the Ontonagon, MI depot in July of 2000. Unfortunately, this line is no longer in service and the tracks are gone.

ELS 202 rests near the engine house in Escanaba (Wells), MI in 1988. The Baldwin's just complement the interesting track work at the ELS facility.

Not welcome! I'm not sure what is more interesting, the Baldwin or the sign to keep out! E&LS 300 switches their yard at Escanaba (Wells) in August of 1984. The sign just makes the shot a little m... (more)

E&LS 102 looks like a lab experiment gone bad as it sits in the dead line in Escanaba (Wells) in September of 1988.

A number of stored former Reserve Mining SD9s mingle with Baldwin locomotives at E&LS's shop at Wells (Escanaba). Cessna 172.

The Escanaba & Lake Superior has shut down for the day, and the crew has left their ex-Conrail GP38 by the freight house in Ontonagon, Michigan. Ontonagon, on Lake Superior, is the end of an ex-Mi... (more)

Three of the latest additions to Escanaba & Lake Superior's roster bring a train into the yard at Green Bay, with a leased GB&W C424 added for good measure. Only the new number under the cab wind... (more)

Nearly 30 years after E&LS bought five SD9s from bankrupt Minnesota iron ore mining firm Reserve Mining, the units still wear their brown and cream Reserve scheme. Now stored due to more powerful ... (more)

Ex-Reserve Mining SD9 ELS 1221 in Crivitz, Wisconsin.