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.

Arriving at Escanaba, Michigan, three Chicago & North Western C628’s have a trainload of iron ore from Ishpeming. Here the ore will be transloaded to an ore boat on Lake Michigan.

CNW Alco C628 6723 rests in the roads Escanaba yard waiting for its next job in the summer of 1981. These were former Norfolk and Western units. Alco Built 135 of these units for U.S.A roads and... (more)

With a trio of EMD's on the point, Canadian National L552 cruises across the Escanaba River in Escanaba, Michigan with a sizable train of paper boxcars. A former GTW GP9R makes for a classic leade... (more)

A CNW FM H10-44 number 1049 awaits it next call on a siding near Escanaba in the fall of 1975 this was FM country for many years but at this point in time most of them were gone

A quartet of former Reserve Mining SD9 locomotives sit in storage on the Escanaba & Lake Superior at Escanaba, MI in the company of a couple of baldwin roadswitchers. It does not appear they will ... (more)

Former Wisconsin & Calumet F7A no. 901 sits at Escanaba & Lake Superior's shops at Escanaba, MI. The unit was built for Rio Grande in July 1949, no. 564D. It has been owned by American Crystal Sug... (more)

Escanaba & Lake Superior SD9s nos. 1224 and 1220 rust away nose to nose at the shop facilities near the waterfront in Escanaba, MI. The units began life in December 1956 as RSMX 1220 and 1224, and... (more)

Class unit 6701 and two other Chicago & North Western C628’s arrive at Escanaba, Michigan with a train of ore from the north.

A trio of Chicago & North Western C628’s are parked in the ore yard at Escanaba, Michigan.

Four Chicago & North Western C628’s wait for their next call in the yard at Escanaba, Michigan. The first two are in Zito Yellow, while the others are in traditional Stagecoach Yellow.

Two Chicago & North Western C628’s stand with a string of ore jennies in Escanaba, MI. Another pair of the groundbreaking Alcos are on an adjacent track in the distance.

A uniquely Chicago & North Western C628/GP7 combination has dropped its train from Green Bay on a yard track in Escanaba, Michigan, and now awaits a call to return south.

Erie Mining's business car Taconite Trail sits outside the E&LS shop in June of 1987. From what I can find out, the car was originally built as a Solarium Observation car in 1927 for the MP/TP. It... (more)

Chicago & North Western Alco C-628 No. 6709 sits at the locomotive facility at the railroad’s Escanaba Yard in the upper peninsula of Michigan on October 18, 1986. Several of the former Norfolk ... (more)