The graffiti artists even managed to leave their mark on the nose of this GE leading a vehicle train towards Northtown.

Light power at Northtown Yard.

An eastbound train with a C30-7, SD40-2 and GP50 and active code lines still in place on a late spring morning.

Light power heads under the searchlight signal bridge at West University adjacent to Northtown Yard.

A coal empty from Superior WI rolls southbound.

A pair of MAC's on a coal load approaching Buda IL

Westbound manifest train has in tow the F45 GN 441 headed to Essex MT and the Izaak Walton Inn.

The local led by Wisconsin Central GP40 3004 heads east from Newberry MI with a cut of logs. tank and boxcar revenue.

White Pine Copper Refinery's SW1 does some light switching in the small yard. The future was uncertain at this point and the plant shut down a year later.

White Pine Copper Refinery's SW1 goes about its switching on a fine summer morning. The end was near for this small operation as the plant closure was in late 2010.

The White Pine job returning with half dozen CN box cars as it pokes along thru Michigan's UP country.

The White Pine job has returned with half dozen CN box cars as it rounds the turn into Bergland. With the White Pine Coppery Refinery permanently closed, these trains no longer run.

A weathered WC GP40 on the White Pine local and four CN box cars rest at North Bessemer MI for the next days crew.

This days local with a trailing GT GP38-2 has four loaded centerbeams as it heads towards Virginia.

A recently loaded train is ready to depart Thunderbird Mine.