GTW 5930, 4622, CN 9433 head east with CN train 412 near Dafter. The CN GP40's were common power in Upper Michigan at the time along with "grey ghost" SD40-3's, but the straight GTW SD and Geep we... (more)

WC 6560, 590 and train 34 raise a little dust as they make their way west over some freshly ballasted and surfaced track about 4 miles east of Trout Lake.

Baldwin/EMD mongrel 1507 sits out a sunny April afternoon at the roundhouse in Escanaba keeping company with a set of C628's. The re-powered Baldwins had been used for many years around Escanaba w... (more)

Reading 3620 at Rutherford Yard. Photo has been in my collection for years, no photographer listed on slide.

A hazy May day in 1986 at CNW's Oelwein Shop found a large amount of units scattered around the shop building and the yard. This Ex RDG/CR SD45 seemed to have an identity crisis, wearing its CR 61... (more)

CNW 1906 at Eland. This photo has been in my collection for a number of years. No photographer listed on slide. I have since been told photo was shot by the late Joe Stauber

For the longest time CNW and Soo assigned geeps to the locals and switch jobs that worked the Wisconsin Rapids paper making area. This pair, the CNW 4318, 4329 are working toward Nekoosa with 21 c... (more)

WC 6652 and 6602 speed around the curve at Rugby Junction with train 46. The 6652 wore an untouched ATSF warbonnet scheme and kept its Santa Fe number for quite awhile when it first came to the WC... (more)

CNW 4242, 4255 work west with local freight near McFarland. Often times in the late winter/early spring ore movements would slow while CNW and the mines made needed repairs. Also the stock pile at... (more)

CNW had a few 6 axle Baldwins that they had re-powered with EMD 567's during the late 50's-mid 60's. When they had a severe power shortage during the early 70's they picked up a large amount of us... (more)

The ten ex NYC/PC/CR that CNW bought in late 1979 worked for a year or so in road service out of Huron but were transferred along with the last of the Huron Alco's to Green Bay in early 1981. They... (more)

A couple of Lehigh Valley veterans wait for servicing under the sand tower at Oak Island. Photo is from my collection with no photographer listed on slide.

GBW train 2 normally arrived in Wisconsin Rapids in the early afternoon. It was worked there and then made an evening departure for Green Bay. This shot of train 2 with 316,310 and 115 cars was sh... (more)

By 1981-82 the CNW was looking to get rid of the Baldwin/EMD 4 and 6 axle hybrids and moved the smaller Alco's that had called Huron, SD home to Green Bay-Escanaba. This was to put all the Alco's ... (more)

Baldwin/EMD hybrid 1509 spends some downtime at the Escanaba roundhouse. The 6 axle Baldwins always seemed to be in need of mechanical attention and were generally kept close to the shop forces in... (more)