On a rainy, cold and windy fall afternoon in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, WICT (ELS) F7A #901 rests with an ABA consist on the Escanaba & Lake Superior.

Couldnt pass through the Upper Penninsula of Michigan without stopping in to check in on the Escanaa and Lake Superior's shops at Wells. Although this visit was different as I had the drone with m... (more)

Several old EMD SD9's are parked at the ELS shop in Wells Michigan awaiting an uncertain future.

Covered wagons continue to rust away at the ELS roundhouse in Wells Michigan.

ELS 1221 keeps company with a former GATX Capital Corp. SD40-2 on a beautiful late summer day in Michigan.

A birds eye view of the deadline at the Escanaba & Lake Superior Roundhouse just north of Escanaba Michigan.

Escanaba & Lake Superior Baldwin 300 shows off a freshly waxed paint job.

Three Wisconsin & Calumet F7s sit at the Escanaba & Lake Superior’s roundhouse in Wells, Michigan. In the background are some other stored units, including a handful of Baldwins and SD9s.

2 surviving Cadillac's face off outside the Escanaba and Lake Superior railroad engine house in Wells, MI. This photo was taken from public property.

With 1223 the only one that ever sees any kind of local regular duty these days, a five-pack of iron ore dust colored ex-Reserve Mining fleet of SD9s is still hanging on in the U.P. of Michigan at... (more)

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)

Former Reserve Mining SD9 1221 basks in the morning sun at the Wells, MI roundhouse. This locomotive is operational, but currently stored with its stacks capped off.

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

A trio of former WICT F-units rests with NP round-end observation car Ranier Club at the E&LS shop. The passenger car is being repainted for the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth. At the bot... (more)

Former Wisconsin & Calumet A-B-A F7's soak up the late evening sun at the Escanaba & Lake Superior shops in Wells, MI. The EL&S shops are also home to a decent collection of old Baldwin locomotive... (more)