Couldnt pass through the Upper Penninsula of Michigan without stopping in to check in on the Escanaa and Lake Superior's shops at Wells. Although this visit was different as I had the drone with m... (more)

Several old EMD SD9's are parked at the ELS shop in Wells Michigan awaiting an uncertain future.

ELS 1221 keeps company with a former GATX Capital Corp. SD40-2 on a beautiful late summer day in Michigan.

A birds eye view of the deadline at the Escanaba & Lake Superior Roundhouse just north of Escanaba Michigan.

E&LS ran south from Channing with what looked like wood log cars they are taking to Louisiana-Pacific Corporation just a couple miles down the line. Many have seen the pictures showing the conditi... (more)

Seventy year old Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad FP7 600 is on home rails as she passes the Amasa, Michigan depot in the Upper Peninsula on Thursday night, 17 December 2020. The locomotive is on... (more)

Escanaba & Lake Superior Baldwin 300 shows off a freshly waxed paint job.

2 surviving Cadillac's face off outside the Escanaba and Lake Superior railroad engine house in Wells, MI. This photo was taken from public property.

A quartet of former Reserve Mining SD9 locomotives sit in storage on the Escanaba & Lake Superior at Escanaba, MI in the company of a couple of baldwin roadswitchers. It does not appear they will ... (more)

Escanaba & Lake Superior SD9s nos. 1224 and 1220 rust away nose to nose at the shop facilities near the waterfront in Escanaba, MI. The units began life in December 1956 as RSMX 1220 and 1224, and... (more)

Escanaba & Lake Superior snowplow no. 112 takes the summer off at Channing, MI in the company of a couple former Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range jennies converted to ballast service. The Great Northe... (more)

Former Conrail GP38 7772, built as Penn Central 7772 in September 1969 suns itself at the Escanaba & Lake Superior shops and yard in Channing, MI. The 39 year old Geep is now ELS 402 and still sho... (more)

Escanaba & Lake Superior snowplow extra heads west on the line to Amasa Michigan to retrieve several pulpwood flats and drop off 4 empty pulpwood flats. Power today is GP38 ELS 402 and FP7A ELS 60... (more)

ELS 600 (ex Milwaukee Road 96A) was reactivated after spending 8 years in storage on the Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad. 9 hours of driving sure paid off to see this beautiful cab unit on a bea... (more)

The shipper's special rolls north near Amasa, MI.