The Soo, LS&I and C&NW shared track west of Eagle Mills to near Ishpeming. This was CTC controlled by the LS&I control operator in Eagle Mills. I had been following Soo 4407 westbound out of Marqu... (more)

Escanaba roundhouse always played host to sets of big Alco's from the mid 70's until the retirement of first the roundhouse and then the Alco's. Here 6712, 6727 and 6716 have been fueled, sanded a... (more)

CNW 4242 and 4255 lead a few cars of general freight west to Empire Mine and Eagle Mills on a late March afternoon.

The 4 axle Alco's the CNW transferred from Huron to Escanaba in 1980-1981 added a bit more Alco variety to Upper Michigan. I always liked the C425's and thought they were good looking units. I'm s... (more)

Engineer Vern King has a grimy set of C628's in full dynamic as they ease down to the ore yard at Escanaba on a warm Spring day in 1977. C628's 6710, 6730, 6715 lead 108 loads and after a long day... (more)

The last of autumn’s color is fading and falling to the ground, and there is a hint of winter in the air, as a Chicago and North Western empty ore train skirts the stillness of Goose Lake at Par... (more)

Tom Bowers photo.

A westbound C&NW train of empty ore gennies works its way through Empire Junction, MI on Sept. 9, 1986 with three C628s.

A C&NW local freight passes through Marinette, WI on June 9, 1983 on the way it its next job. It was a pleasant day, good reason for some time on the front porch.

C&NW caboose No. 11222 trails an eastbound ore drag into Empire Junction, MI on June 7, 1983.

CNW 170 is awaiting its next duties at north Green Bay, Wis. This unit is in the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha numbering, and worked out of Green Bay until its retirement in February 1975... (more)

What Alcos do ...

CNW 4087A awaits its afternoon departure at Green Bay, WI with a bi-level "streamliner" that will head to Milwaukee and Chicago. The consist includes a diner with a bi-level shroud. The box in fro... (more)

CNW 4257 and 6708 arrive at North Green Bay with train 936 the manifest from Escanaba. After years of having to deal with rough riding, drafty Baldwin/EMD hybrids working with the C628's the 4 axl... (more)

An Alco built in 1962, Chicago and North Western RS-32 now decked out in Zito Yellow, switches Green Bay, Wisconsin, on April 27, 1985.