ELS 1201 on the M&M Local

Escanaba and Lake Superior is split into 3 operating parts, the Milwaukee Road, from Green Bay to Channing, the Marinette, WI and Menominee, MI local, and the Wells and Escanaba shops. At one time, MILW and later ELS, operated the industries in Marinette and Menominee from Crivitz, WI. The M&M branch is now mostly out of service between Marinette and Crivitz, with a small portion used for storage and to serve the Kimberly Clark Paper Mill. Current Operations see ELS 1201, a former Reserve Mining unit, switching local industries MWF using trackage rights on the CN to cross the river to access the branch to Crivitz, and interchange from their yard in Menominee, MI