The two sharks on the E&LS were seldom seen in the light of day after the first few months on the property. On occasion they were moved out of the roundhouse in Wells or later the big building the... (more)
E&LS 202 is working the Escanaba switch job as it moves a cut of leased 50 foot box cars along the Escanaba River at Wells
The dynamic brakes are whining as CNW 6888,6847,6835 are dropping down into Escanaba with loaded ore on a late November afternoon. A year ago it would have been a set of C628's. The big Alcos are ... (more)
Baldwin Locomotive Works builders plate - July 1948.
A trio of F-units beside a lineup of Baldwin motive power in the Escanaba & Lake Superior yard in Wells.
Leased Baldwin Sharknose No. 1216 departs Wells on the turn to Channing, Mich. The Shark was on lease to the E&LS for a brief period, and is stored in Michigan (indoors) today with no plans to run... (more)
A tattered and worn pair of SD45's have a string of ore jennies in tow over the Escanaba River in Wells, Michigan. That latticework bridge is a hallmark of former CNW lines. Interestingly, it is a... (more)
The only change E&LS made to ex Calumet & Hecla Mining S-12 was the name on the hood. C&H was the largest copper mining company in Michigan's Keweenaw Penninsula and operated a small fleet of Bald... (more)
Behind this sign sits one of the largest extant collections of Baldwin diesel locomotives.
A Canadian National ore train crosses the old Chicago & Northwestern bridge on its way to the Escanaba ore docks.
E&LS engine 204 is the ex Calumet and Hecla Mining engine 204 - this engine is a rusting shell today
On the E&LS.
Stripped of it's parts, E&LS Baldwin unit sits on the dead line.