ELS 204 does a run-by for a passenger excursion at Sund, MI in October of 1973. Fran Wiener Ektachrome from my collection.

CNW 6720 brings a loaded ore train into the yard at Escanaba, MI in August of 1984. These CNW Alco's were always a favorite of mine and were beasts considering their 2750 HP. Unfortunately, the o... (more)

UP 5054 leaves the ore yard in Escanaba, MI on a gloomy, rainy day in November of 1996, with an empty train bound for the Empire Mine. UP ownership here was short lived and quickly gave way to the... (more)

Late afternoon Westbound box cars, over the Escanaba River in Escanaba Michigan with CN 5410 in the lead. This train leads out of Gladstone Michigan daily

CNW Alco C628 # 6702 leads a set of its sister units out on line near Escanaba in the Fall of 1981. this was alco country with CNW and the LS&I using them on there Ore trains

A variety of locomotives and equipment sits outside of the Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad's roundhouse in Escanaba, Michigan, including several ex. Reserve Mining SD9's and an ex. GATX SD40-2. ... (more)

CNW Alco Rs11 4251 and C425 402 wait for there next job on a sunny morning in the summer of 1981. This was Alco country on the North Western. the 4251 was CNWs only High nose RS11

A Chicago & North Western train of empty ore cars is depart Escanaba, Michigan. The only thing missing is a crew.

Two Centuries Shy of a Millennium

Eight of Chicago & North Western's thirty ex-Norfolk & Western C628’s congregate at the north end of the yard in Escanaba, Michigan.

With the ore unloading house prominently in the background, two Chicago & North Western C628’s idle on the wye at the north end of the yard in Escanaba, Michigan.

Two Chicago & North Western C628’s show off their sleek profiles in Escanaba, Michigan. I believe that the building to the right is the shed where ore cars were unloaded.

A train of empty ore jennies is ready to return to the ore mines from Chicago & North Western’s yard in Escanaba, Michigan. Three ex-Norfolk & Western high-hood C628’s provide the power.

A pair of CN SD60's roll over the bridge across the Escanaba River in Escanaba, Michigan as they head towards Gladstone with train L549. The Verso Escanaba Paper Mill stands in the background.

A ex-GTW GP9R and two other EMD's are in charge of Canadian National L552 as it cruises across the Escanaba River in Escanaba, Michigan with a sizable train of paper boxcars bound for Quinnesec.

ELS 400 GP38 runs with ELS 1223 High Nose light in Escanaba Michigan in the Upper Peninsula on a cold January day