Passing the ore dock at Escanaba with another train load of Empire Mine pellets, the WC's only FP45 leads SD45 6585 and a long string of ex CNW ore cars into the yard.

These two GE's made it into service on the CNW from October 1978 until November 1981. The CNW had leased them to try out in a number of different applications and GE applied CNW paint before sendi... (more)

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)

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)

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.

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.

UP 4162 is at the ex C&NW ore yard in Escanaba.

ELS 401 sits in the weeds behind the ELS car shops/storage building serving as a part source and with a uncertain fate.

UP B4315,LS&I 3008 sort empty ore cars at Escanaba ore yard. In the far background you can see some of the ore stockpile and part of the loading apparatus. The non dynamic SD40-2 must have been a ... (more)

WC wasn't the only railroad to have power trouble during the rough winter of 1996. UP was forced to lease a number of LS&I U-boats to keep its operations fluid in Upper Michigan. UP 3942 and LS&I ... (more)

UP 6258,3942 are arriving at the ore yard in Escanaba with a train load of Empire Mine pellets. In the background is the dumper shed and some of the conveyor system used to move the ore around unt... (more)

Not long after being transferred from Huron S.D. C425's 403,404 work the Number 6 yard at Escanaba. The movement of the 4 axle Alcos east allowed C&NW to retire the remaining Baldwin-EMD hybrids a... (more)

Rusting, faded and dirty, C&NW Mongrel 1506 waits for a spot in the house for some patchwork repair to be done, to get her back switching the ore yard in Escanaba. The unit was re-engined in 1959 ... (more)

CNW's only RS-11 rests at the Escanaba Roundhouse. This unit was normally assigned to the Powers-Iron Mountain job.