Getting a shot of a train with decent light coming off the lift bridge at Sault Ste. Marie, MI is quite a chore. The International Highway Bridge blocks most morning light and the trees on the wes... (more)

An ex FRV geep leads a pair of AC FP's and a ex MP GP35 with train GBSOA on a chilly January day. Power on this day was 4119,1751,1752,4007.

A couple of good looking UP SD40-2's roll Empire Mine empties west near McFarland. The 3604 and 3132 are moving along at a fairly good pace on this nice June afternoon.

A grubby looking F45 leads AC 1753, WC 3023 and 88 cars west near Rudyard. WC power normally didn't get this dirty but the 6650 had spent some time off line and power short as usual the WC had put... (more)

Leap day 1996 found LS&I 3007 idling at Trout Lake. WC had leased a number of LS&I U-boats to get them through their annual winter power shortage and most of them tended to stay in Upper Michigan.

BN had quite a few roster oddities in to deal with in the first few years. Some of the rarest were a small group of Ex NP Baldwin road units that had been re-engined with EMD 567's fairly early in... (more)

CB&Q 970 rests at Denver along with some real interesting power. Photo has been in my collection, no photographer listed on slide.

A couple of tired Milwaukee warriors rest near Iron Mountain. The 108A and 114B were assigned to service in the area. The plywood port holes and rusted out side panels show the work and abuse thes... (more)

Three fairly clean CNW C628's pass the Rock station with 109 loads on the last day of September 1979. The 6723, 6716, 6720 have everything under control as they head for Escanaba. The busted knuck... (more)

In the spring of 1994 CNW landed a few all rail ore movements from Empire Mine to CR at Chicago. The CR ore cars came up behind 8600 series GE's from Proviso. While the CR trains were loading the ... (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)

WC 6650, AC 1753, AC 1752 have train ESSOA rolling east near Gould City. This train hauled the ore from Ladysmith in gons and also a cut of Tilden ore for Algoma Steel.

Soo 2550 was one of a very few GP9's to get the new all red color scheme. Here it works St. Paul with 382 on a bright fall afternoon.

NP 3300, one of ten that the road bought before the BN merger rests somewhere on the system. I took a guess it was out west, but really have no idea where it was shot. No information at all on th... (more)

Kind of a rare visitor to the CNW ore line was this job, both in power and car type. During the spring of 94 a couple train loads of ore were all-railed in these Ex PRR ore cars. Power ran through... (more)