CNW 6537 an ex CR/PC SD45 has been working the Dumper at Escanaba and takes a break while the crew grabs a quick sandwich and coffee late in the evening of a chilly October day.

CNW 4243 works the east end of the big yard at North Green Bay. The small tower to the far left of the engine controlled the yard entrance and the west end of the double track through the city. Af... (more)

Another day and another trio of C628's head a loaded ore train east at Brampton. The 6715,6712,6724 have 98 loads moving past some of the spring runoff that has filled the ditches on this mid Apri... (more)

Consecutively numbered CNW C628's roll east with 100 loads at West Gladstone. Today's train, 1 of 5 I was able to photograph on this winter day, is powered by 6714,6715,6716. All 5 trains shot on ... (more)

With the dynamics fully applied CNW 6717,6718,6721 slowly roll downhill toward Escanaba with a 100 loads. Escanaba/Gladstone is sometimes referred to as the "banana belt" of Upper Michigan as it i... (more)

Getting C&NW C628's making a cloud of trademark Alco smoke in ore service was a little difficult to accomplish. Most engineers were reluctant to really notch them out for fear of ripping a knuckle... (more)

CNW 6707,6725,6706 are headed west with empties as they blast over a hill at Rock. Up and down running and the weak elderly ore cars made train handling quite an adventure. Most of the time the ri... (more)

CNW 6703,6727,6704 are headed west to Iron Mountain to interchange these empties to the Milwaukee Road for loading at Groveland Mine which was located on the Milwaukee Road north of Iron Mountain.... (more)

CNW 6709,6716,6708 are just getting ready to couple back up to their train, after the crew has returned from lunch at the local VFW post at Little Lake. The 6709 was one of a few C628's to get the... (more)

CNW 6707,6721,1501 head 97 loads and a caboose east at West Gladstone. The BLD/EMD 1501 is still in occasional road service but will soon be downgraded to ore yard work.

CNW 6707,6725,6706 are just south of Little Lake with 109 empties heading to Empire for another load. This is the big Centuries last spring in ore service as they will finish out most of 1986 be... (more)

Late on a humid July evening C&NW 6867,6881,6836 await a crew and will soon be heading west into a setting sun with 110 cars for loading at Empire Mine. If all goes well this train should be back ... (more)

CNW 6636 rests at the Escanaba ore yard between shifts on the dumper job. the 6636 was an SD24 that CNW rebuilt into an SD18.

After the CNW retired the Alco C628 fleet at Escanaba they tried many combination's of units to try to replace them with varying degrees of success. The original plan was a pair of SD60's or SD50'... (more)

CNW C628's 6723,6716,6720 are waiting for a westbound train of empties before proceeding on to Escanaba with 109 loads on a great September afternoon.