A uniquely Chicago & North Western C628/GP7 combination has dropped its train from Green Bay on a yard track in Escanaba, Michigan, and now awaits a call to return south.

CNW 6703 leads a loaded ore train across the Goose Lake causeway near Marquette, MI in May of 1986. These ex-N&W C628's were always a favorite of mine.

A westbound Delaware & Hudson freight that has just departed the Mechanicville yard slowly accelerates to track speed behind a trio of Alco Century 628s.

A grimy Alco trio consisting of of two Century 628s and an RS11 is working hard approaching the summit of the 1.31% grade of Richmondville Hill, the ruling grade on the Delaware & Hudson's Susqueh... (more)

Wearing a coat of winter grime, Delaware & Hudson Century 628 604 heads up a mixed Alco/GE lashup on a westbound Susquehanna Division freight seen near Delanson, NY.

C&NW Alco #6720 is entering home rails at Empire Junction as it brings the first cut of cars out of Empire mine. They will return to the mine for a second cut of cars before they reassemble their ... (more)

Like Sands thru the hourglass..... One of the more desolate locations on CNW's ore line north of Escanaba, MI was a place called Sands. Not much more than a station sign, it was often bypassed for... (more)

Having made a setoff, the power of a southbound freight is returning to its train and will continue on its way to Oneonta.

Chicago & North Western Alco C-628 No. 6709 sits at the locomotive facility at the railroad’s Escanaba Yard in the upper peninsula of Michigan on October 18, 1986. Several of the former Norfolk ... (more)

A quartet of Chicago & North Western Alco C-628s sit in the yard at Escanaba, Michigan, on October 18, 1986. At this date, Nos. 6717, 6730, 6729 and 6711 don’t have much more time hauling taconi... (more)

A Lehigh Valley Century 628 appropriately numbered 628 (and mate 634) heads up a westbound freight that has just departed from the LV yard at Easton, PA, but is now stopped on the mainline due to ... (more)

Chicago & North Western C628 6716 rolls Escanaba - Green Bay train ESGB-A through the back alleys of Oconto, Wisconsin.

Chicago & North Western Escanaba – Green Bay train ESGB-A passes the grain silos at Little Suamico, Wisconsin. This train usually rated a C628 given a temporary day off from its usual ore train ... (more)

The hard work is behind them for now as a trio of Delaware & Hudson Century 628s that have brought their train over Richmondville Hill drop down through South Schenectady, NY, on a fall morning. T... (more)