A pair of Lehigh Valley C628's climb upgrade in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania.

The last of autumn’s color is fading and falling to the ground, and there is a hint of winter in the air, as a Chicago and North Western empty ore train skirts the stillness of Goose Lake at Par... (more)

A westbound C&NW train of empty ore gennies works its way through Empire Junction, MI on Sept. 9, 1986 with three C628s.

What Alcos do ...

C628 6701 in the company of a pair of Baldwin/EMD re-builds at Escanaba Roundhouse in the spring of 1977.

The CNW C628's didn't often tie up at the LS&I Eagle Mills shops, but on rare occasions could be found there due to problems on the CNW line to Escanaba or trouble at the mines. Also if awaiting a... (more)

CNW 6705 was one C628 that saw very limited use after its purchase from N&W in 1973. It did last long enough to get full CNW paint but I started shooting Escanaba in late 1975 and I never seen it ... (more)

Freshly painted 6718 leads 6709 and 56 cars of the Escanaba-Green Bay freight east near Daggett.

By the Spring of 1986 if not sooner it was becoming obvious that the CNW Alco fleet that had called the ore lines home since 1974-1975 was living on borrowed time. The CNW had SD50's on the prope... (more)

CNW 6706 rests at the end of a long string of stored C628's in the new ore yard at Escanaba. After being stored in December of 1986 the Alcos spent quite awhile in the number six ore yard with der... (more)

CNW 6713 at Adams still in its N&W blue paint. Photo has been part of my collection for years. No photographer listed on slide. My guess is it was shot by the late Joe Stauber.

About 7 miles west of Escanaba on the line to Powers the CNW crosses the Ford River on this bridge. Alcos 6703,6727,and 6704 are hustling the Antoine turn west toward the Milwaukee connection at I... (more)

Until the Groveland Mine north of Iron Mountain closed down the CNW ran the Antoine Turn on a daily basis departing Escanaba a little after 11AM. It went to Iron Mountain and swapped empties for l... (more)

Six big Alco hogs and an unidentified EMD rest at the "new" North Western engine facility in Escanaba. This was a large manufacturing facility for P&H before they closed and the C&NW and E&LS star... (more)

Foggy night in Escanaba
Sets of Chicago and North Western Alco C-628s slumber the night away at the roundhouse at Escanaba, Michigan, in October 1984. The weather was dismal on this vis... (more)