CNW 6721 prepares to do some work at Powers, MI. in May of 1986. Once finished they will head south to Green Bay, WI. with train ESGBA.

After making a quick run from Gladstone to Powers, Michigan, CN L552 slows as it passes the small depot. Here, the train will diverge on to the Iron Mountain Sub and head towards Quinnesec.

EL&S Baldwin RS-12 #300 is seen in action running a customer special from Wells to Mass City and return. The EL&S uses CN's Marinette and Pembine Subs between Escanaba and Pembine.

CNW "Baby" Trainmaster 1906 switches Powers, MI in August of 1974. The old depot is in the background while the new replacement is being built to the left of the 1906. Bob Ferge Kodachro... (more)

CNW 4293 switches the yard in Powers, MI in May of 1986. This unit was originally CNW 1598 before being rebuilt.

What Alcos do ...

Not long after transfer from assignment in Huron SD, the 4251 has made a new home in Upper Michigan. The lone CNW RS-11 usually was assigned to the job that worked from Iron Mountain to Powers and... (more)

After the WC takeover of the FRV/GBW in the late summer of 1993 WC units tended to work quite often north of Green Bay on the CNW trains that ran from Green Bay to Iron Mountain/Quinnesec, this wa... (more)

CNW painted a few units in the C628 fleet during the winter of 1981/82. Some of them were definitely in need of new paint and it made for some good photos until the rigors of ore service and the h... (more)

After the WC bought the FRV/GBW they inherited a rather diverse group of units in the takeover. The ex GBW Alcos were parked ASAP and the FRV GP7/9/30/35's along with the pair of SD24's and single... (more)

A westbound Minoreca train threads through Powers with WC 6587, 6592, LS&I 3002 powering 83 empties. A CNW crew has brought the train over from Escanaba and will be getting a taxi ride home from H... (more)

CNW 6702,6718 lead 115 coal hoppers railroad west but geographically east at Powers. This set had emptied out at Green Bay and was heading to Tilden Mine for a back haul of pellets.

DMIR 129,222 swing around the wye in Powers with a Minoreca enpty.

CNW 6729,6712,4140 chug out of Powers with ESGBA. The smaller 4 axle Alcos have already been withdrawn from service and the C628's will only last until the end of the year before joining them in t... (more)