About 7 miles west of Escanaba on the line to Powers the CNW crosses the Ford River on this bridge. Alcos 6703,6727,and 6704 are hustling the Antoine turn west toward the Milwaukee connection at I... (more)
Until the Groveland Mine north of Iron Mountain closed down the CNW ran the Antoine Turn on a daily basis departing Escanaba a little after 11AM. It went to Iron Mountain and swapped empties for l... (more)
A friendly engineer assigned to the Antoine Turn decided to unleash his set of C628's just as I was about to click the shutter on this beautiful November morning. The units had been idling for a f... (more)
While the Groveland Mine north of Iron Mountain was operating the CNW ran a daily train from Escanaba to interchange with the Milwaukee Road at Iron Mountain. This job, the Antoine Turn normally h... (more)