Chasing ELS 600 4/20/2008 Part 2 - Stiles Junction, Lena & Coleman


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Chasing ELS 600 4/20/2008 Part 2 - Stiles Junction, Lena & Coleman

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Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad EMD F7A No. 600 continues toward Crivitz with SD9 1221 and 80 cars. The first shot is the abandoned depot at Stiles Jct., then the US Highway 141 crossing north of Lena, and finally the County Highway M crossing near Coleman, Wisconsin.

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HighIronofWisconsin

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train, railroad, railway, railfan, Escanaba, and, Lake, Superior, ELS, E&LS, EMD, F7, F7A, F-unit, SD9, locomotive,

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