CNW Alco C628 # 6702 leads a set of its sister units out on line near Escanaba in the Fall of 1981. this was alco country with CNW and the LS&I using them on there Ore trains

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)

CNW Alco Rs11 4251 and C425 402 wait for there next job on a sunny morning in the summer of 1981. This was Alco country on the North Western. the 4251 was CNWs only High nose RS11

A Chicago & North Western train of empty ore cars is depart Escanaba, Michigan. The only thing missing is a crew.

Two Centuries Shy of a Millennium

Eight of Chicago & North Western's thirty ex-Norfolk & Western C628’s congregate at the north end of the yard in Escanaba, Michigan.

With the ore unloading house prominently in the background, two Chicago & North Western C628’s idle on the wye at the north end of the yard in Escanaba, Michigan.

Two Chicago & North Western C628’s show off their sleek profiles in Escanaba, Michigan. I believe that the building to the right is the shed where ore cars were unloaded.

A train of empty ore jennies is ready to return to the ore mines from Chicago & North Western’s yard in Escanaba, Michigan. Three ex-Norfolk & Western high-hood C628’s provide the power.

A pair of CN SD60's roll over the bridge across the Escanaba River in Escanaba, Michigan as they head towards Gladstone with train L549. The Verso Escanaba Paper Mill stands in the background.

A ex-GTW GP9R and two other EMD's are in charge of Canadian National L552 as it cruises across the Escanaba River in Escanaba, Michigan with a sizable train of paper boxcars bound for Quinnesec.

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

CN 5413 Manifest leads Westbound along US 2 and the shores of Little Bay De Noc in Michigan's Upper Peninsula on a cold January afternoon with the first couple of cars hauling a common load of log... (more)

The Chicago & North Western ore yard at Escanaba, Michigan, seems to have been divided int a load arrival yard on the left, and an empty departure yard on the right, The C628 on the left has just ... (more)

An ore train has pulled through the yard at Escanaba, Michigan, and the crew is about to cut off the power. Later, another crew will board the three 628’s to take a train of empty ore jennies to... (more)

A trainload of ore from Ishpeming, Michigan is working its way through the yard at Escanaba. The green cab on the lead C628 makes it a more attractive unit than its sisters.