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 northbound Chicago & North Western ore train powered by a trio of Alco C-628s, arrives at Partridge, Michigan, on October 25, 1986. The weather was not good, but we didn’t have much time left ... (more)
Led by three former Norfolk and Western Alco C628s, a Chicago and North Western ore empty heads north for loading north of Brampton, Michigan, on October 25, 1986. The weather was pretty much sock... (more)
Two sets of Chicago and North Western Alco C628s used on taconite ore trains sit at C&NW’s Escanaba, Michigan, engine facility on October 18, 1986.
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)
On Chicago and North Western’s ore line, the 4:00 a.m. extra ore load headed southbound meets the northbound 10:00 a.m. extra ore empty at Little Lake, Michigan, on October 25, 1986. Six big Alc... (more)
