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C&NW 1507, a late-1940s Baldwin DRS-6-6-15 that was repowered with an EMD engine (note the Geep-style long hood), works on the road’s industrial line along the Fox River at Combined Locks, Wis., in late fall 1973.
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Chris Burger photo
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At Escanaba, Mich., the tug Olive L. Moore stands in the foreground as a bulk carrier is loaded with taconite at the North Western’s ore pier in late summer 1973. The ore boat is the American Steamship Co.’s 680-foot Charles E. Wilson, launched earlier in the year.
Chris Burger photo
Chris Burger photo
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On a cold, dark December 1973 day, a C&NW Fairbanks-Morse H16-66 “Baby Train Master” faces a re-engined Baldwin huddled inside the timeworn wooden roundhouse at Antoine, Mich.
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Chris Burger photo
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Westbound freight 295, powered by a mix of EMD and Fairbanks-Morse diesels, has a clear signal at Kaukauna, Wis., in July 1973. A yard job worked by re-engined Baldwin 1488, one of 13 acquired from the Katy earlier in the year, stands in the clear.
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Chris Burger photo
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Ann Arbor car ferries Arthur K. Atkinson (left) and Viking stand at the C&NW dock at Manitowoc, Wis., in spring 1981. AA car ferry service ended in 1982, but the former Chesapeake & Ohio Badger still uses this dock, though it no longer carries rail cars.
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Chris Burger photo
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In a view from inside the North Western’s old engine house at Antoine, Mich., a hostler walks toward two idling H16-66s in December 1973.
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Chris Burger photo
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C&NW’s Lake Shore Division was a haven for minority-make diesels. In late winter 1970, two Fairbanks-Morse H10-44 switchers and two re-powered Baldwin DRS-6-6-15s stand at Appleton, Wis.
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Chris Burger photo
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A Milwaukee Road H16-66 idles near the disused coaling tower at Stambaugh (Iron River), Mich., in June 1973. C&NW and MILW pooled locomotives and cars in ore service in this area. Burger was touring the territory in a Chrysler hi-rail sedan with Superintendent O. Z. “Ozzie” Brooks (at right in photo).
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Chris Burger photo
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