ELS 1221 Southbound with LPG tankers, heading for Crivitz, Wisconsin. Here they cross Holmes Junction Rd in Pembine Wi

With little daylight to spare, ELS 1221 crosses the diamond at Pembine and continues south to Crivitz. Pembine is where the Milwaukee Road crossed the SOO. There was a very nice depot right on the... (more)

High above the Menominee River, ELS 1221 pulls its train across the state line from Michigan into Wisconsin. The train showed up with about 10 minutes of light to spare before the shadows would sw... (more)

ELS 1221 splits downtown Iron Mountain in two as they pass the nicely restored Milwaukee Road depot.

ELS 1221 strolls into downtown Iron Mountain as it passes an old wooden building. With the way the building leans and the angle of the tracks through here, editing this was a complete headache. Do... (more)

ELS 1221 comes into the northside of Iron Mountain and ducks under the US Route 2 overpass.

ELS 1221 comes around the bend just south of Merriman at a blistering 10 mph. The section of track between Channing and Pembine is all 10 mph with sections from Pembine to Crivitz being 25 mph.

ELS 1221 pulls its train south through the curves of Granite Bluff. The train started in Channing and will run all the way to Crivitz before calling it a day.

Friday the 13th is upon us but our luck is at an all time high! ELS 1221 comes south past the Milwaukee Road station sign in Randville. 1221 is an SD9 that was built in 1955 for the Reserve Mining... (more)

ELS 400 sits after working all morning around Escanaba. In the background we see a CN SD60 heading south on the Manistique Subdivision.

ELS 204 does a run-by for a passenger excursion at Sund, MI in October of 1973. Fran Wiener Ektachrome from my collection.

A variety of locomotives and equipment sits outside of the Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad's roundhouse in Escanaba, Michigan, including several ex. Reserve Mining SD9's and an ex. GATX SD40-2. ... (more)

ELS 503 and 402 get underway for the day at Coleman easing the train south down through the small town. Once they reach Green Bay they will interchange with the CN on the Manistique Sub for a shor... (more)

E&LS 402 reaches Sidnaw, MI. Sidnaw was once the crossroads between the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic mainline and the Milwaukee Road line to Ontonagon. The ex-Milwaukee is now abandoned short of... (more)

An Escanaba & Lake Superior passenger extra passes the depot at Stiles Junction, Wisconsin, on August 29, 1987. The train is operating from Crivitz to Green Bay on the former Milwaukee Road line f... (more)