The leafs are pretty much gone for another year as CNW 8036 and 8037 add some color to the scene, while muscling another train load of Empire Mine ore out of Partridge.

CNW F's 421,415 and business cars 400,403 rip east on the old Lake Shore line near Bellevue. I spent an extra night in Green Bay while on the way home from a vacation in hopes of getting this trai... (more)

CNW 6935,6895,6850 are about to start downgrade to the docks at Escanaba, It's getting well into fall in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and most of the leafs are gone for another winter. Interestingly... (more)

CNW 6723,6716,6720 roll east near Macfarland on a sunny fall afternoon. The big Alcos had quite a few more years of ore service in their future and did not get laid up until Dec. of 1986.

CNW 6704,6712,6702 have 105 loads on the roll at Partridge. This was the C628's last spring in ore service and they probably were the last Century's operating for a major RR in the US. A few had b... (more)

The CNW ore lines were a pretty boring piece of railroad during the the 1975-1986 time frame. The C628's were generally the only power to be seen except for the rare BLD-EMD and then later 4-axle ... (more)

Pretending to be a Alco, by pouring out the smoke. CNW SD18's 6636,6647 work the Dumper Job at Wells. The two units were originally SD24's but were rebuilt to SD18 status by CNW.

The CNW C628 fleet spent most of its time lugging ore from the mines on the Marquette Range to the dock at Escanaba. Not as well known was the fact that the big Alco's also could be found nearly e... (more)

With a big wave from the engineer CNW 6701,6718,6704 roll around the curve at Wells during the last spring of CNW Alco operations.

CNW 6715 heads up a long string of stored ALCO Centuries at Escanaba. This was the remainder of the fleet of big C628's. The CNW was trying to sell the lines north of Green Bay at the time and hel... (more)

A crew member enjoys a relaxing ride on the front steps of 1202 after a long shift of working the local industries in the Menominee/Marinette area. Work done for the day the train will soon pass o... (more)

CNW 8053 and UP 3048 are running west with some empties for Empire Mine at Plains. The UP is quickly painting CNW units and the trailing SD40-2 could have been found in green and yellow less than ... (more)

CNW 6702,6718 lead 115 coal hoppers railroad west but geographically east at Powers. This set had emptied out at Green Bay and was heading to Tilden Mine for a back haul of pellets.

CNW 4258 is tied onto 3 C628's waiting for a crew to take rest at Ishpeming in the late spring of 1984. The C425's were used to service some trackage that had light rail that the heavy C628's woul... (more)

CNW 6710,6719,6718 wait for the call for another ore assignment near the old coal tower at Escanaba. The concrete tower still stands in 2010, one of the few things left near the old round house s... (more)