The sun had nearly set both literally and figuratively on the CNW Alco fleet when I shot this photo of the 6725 and 6720 muscling a cut of loads up to the dumper shed in the last light of a May ev... (more)

The C628 fleet on CNW pulled its last ore train around Christmas 1986. The 25 surviving units were then stored in Escanaba until 1990 as the CNW tried to sell the lines north of Green Bay like the... (more)

A friendly engineer assigned to the Antoine Turn decided to unleash his set of C628's just as I was about to click the shutter on this beautiful November morning. The units had been idling for a f... (more)

WC 6538, 4326 switch out a few cars at North Escanaba. In the distance to the left of the picture is the Mead Paper Mill located on the opposite side of the Escanaba River. Mead was one of the WC'... (more)

A pair of big Alcos frame a sister at the "new" engine facility in Escanaba as the Alco era in the UP winds down.

Living on borrowed time and the last of its kind, 1804 is the last LS&I RSD-12 known to be left unscrapped in the United States, it is also one of only two LS&I Alco's in exsistance, and one of on... (more)

A very clean CNW GE awaits assignment at Escanaba.

The CNW/WC/DMIR teamed up to move quite a few train loads of Minorca ore to the Escanaba Ore Dock in the fall of 1990. The Michigan Mines had been on strike that Summer/Fall and this move was made... (more)

After the retirement of the Alco fleet the CNW tried many combination's of units on the various jobs in the Escanaba area. The Dumper job which had been home to either a pair of C628's or a C628 w... (more)

CNW 4174 along with an SD40-2 B-unit and leased LS&I 3008 are assigned to the dumper job at Escanaba. The 4174 is looking good in a fresh coat of CNW green and yellow but doesn't have much of a fu... (more)

A clean CNW ex CR SD45 rests outside of the last CNW engine facility in Escanaba. When a large crane manufacturing company closed a plant in Escanaba the CNW bought a building at the former plant ... (more)

Kind of like now days for awhile in the late 70's it seemed everyone was getting into the locomotive leasing business. An outfit named Chrome Crankshaft bought a number of Ex SP RS32's and repaint... (more)

CNW 8552,8550 lead 150 empties past the Dumper Shed in Escanaba heading back to Empire Mine to reload. The C40-8's assigned to Escanaba, units 8550-8553 were equipped with Locotrol II and returned... (more)

C&NW Alco C628s No's. 6707 and 6717 spend the night in the roundhouse at Escanaba, MI on May 25, 1982.

CNW 6718,808 head an Extra Powers Turn around the wye with 29 cars near the ore dock. The CNW GP30's would be found around Escanaba every now and then during the late 70's if power became tight. T... (more)