After the CNW retired the Alco C628 fleet at Escanaba they tried many combination's of units to try to replace them with varying degrees of success. The original plan was a pair of SD60's or SD50'... (more)

CNW C628's 6723,6716,6720 are waiting for a westbound train of empties before proceeding on to Escanaba with 109 loads on a great September afternoon.

CNW 8602,8625 head a loaded ore train toward Escanaba. The wide cab GE's were not normally assigned to this service, but had brought an all rail train up from Chicago to load at Empire Mine and we... (more)

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)

CNW 6710,6724,6707 east with ore loads at Brampton.

C&NW 6824 and 6927 curve off the LS&I onto home rails at Palmer Line Junction, next stop will be Partridge and then they will be off to Escanaba working a couple stops along the way with the eastb... (more)

Recently painted CNW 6716,6712,6727 ramble east with 115 loads on a surprisingly snow less mid November afternoon.

The C&NW C628 fleet is stored for good as it turns out and here we have the replacements. SD60's 8045,8046 pass through West Gladstone with 100 loads heading for the dock.

CNW 6718,6709 are on the Escanaba-Green Bay general freight rolling 56 cars of mainly paper and logs downhill at Stephenson.

CNW 6723,6716,6720 work eastbound with 109 loads of Empire ore heading to the dock in Escanaba. All three Alco's look to have been washed fairly recently.

C&NW 6725,6708,6709 thunder past the dopot in Rock with 108 loads. At the time the building was still being used by MOW workers. A couple of years would see it gone with the MOW workers being base... (more)

C&NW 6706,6729,6723 head up a ore extra of 100 loads bound from Empire mine to the Escanaba ore dock.