CNW 4256,4258,6704 and 6709 are ready to roll at the Escanaba roundhouse on a late May morning. The black clouds all around gives me a clue this will probably be the only sunny shot of this trip. ... (more)

A pair of Chicago and North Western Alco RS-32s rest at the roundhouse at Green Bay, Wisconsin, on April 27, 1985. C&NW rostered 10 of these former Conrail RS32s.

Foggy night in Escanaba
Sets of Chicago and North Western Alco C-628s slumber the night away at the roundhouse at Escanaba, Michigan, in October 1984. The weather was dismal on this vis... (more)

The dumper job heads back to the receiving yard at Escanaba to pick up another cut of loaded ore cars.

2 S-1's in the Marinette, Wisconsin yard waiting for the call to duty on a pleasant summer afternoon.

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)

Twilight at Little Lake
As the crew eats at a local beanery at Little Lake, Michigan, the locomotives for the Chicago and North Western ore train bound for the dock at Escanaba, patient... (more)

A late afternoon northbound freight. The track and engines are now history.

This southbound train is about to cross a Milwaukee Road spur after picking up some loads of pulpwood. Note the semaphore signal protecting the diamond. Kodachrome II film.

Near the end of its life, Baldwin hybrid 1506 is MU'ed with 6715 on the dumper job at Wells. After a morning of pulling loads and spotting them at the dumper shed and then kicking out b/o's and bu... (more)

CNW 4241 works the yard at North Green Bay right in front of the yard office. The RS-32's were good yard power as they were sure footed and were able to crank up quickly when kicking fairly heavy ... (more)

RS-3 rebuild 4250 basks in a setting sun at Escanaba roundhouse. The unit was rebuilt by Alco with a 251 engine and RS-11 style long hood in 1960 after an accident in 1959. This unit was plagued w... (more)

Not long after transfer from assignment in Huron SD, the 4251 has made a new home in Upper Michigan. The lone CNW RS-11 usually was assigned to the job that worked from Iron Mountain to Powers and... (more)

If you were a fan of Alco's, the Green Bay area was a good place to be in the early 80's. CNW had transferred the Huron Alco's east to work out the last of their years with ore service C628's. Thi... (more)