NEGAUNEE, MICHIGAN - 27 April 2019
With the Lake Superior and Ishpeming still using their old U30Cs and C30-7s, this is just about the only place you'll ever find these three rare locomotive types operating together in the US today.
So enjoy the show as we railfan the LS&I on the 27th of April, 2019!
Train Data:
LS&I 7 Yard-Hill
Consist:
- CEFX 1022 [AC44CW]
- CEFX 1005 [AC44CW]
- [NB1] Standard Loaded Ore Consist
- [SB] Standard Empty Ore Consist
- [NB2] Standard Loaded Ore Half-Consist
Location/Time:
- [NB1] LS&I Ore Sub, Forestville, MI, Trail xing S of Three Lakes, on 27Apr2019 at 08:43 EDT
- [SB] Eagle Mills West, M35 xing, at 11:47
- [NB2] Eagle Mills Jct, at 13:46
LS&I 7 Tilden
1st Trip Consist:
- LS&I 3074 [C30-7]
- LS&I 3073 [C30-7]
- [NB1] Standard Loaded Ore Half-Consist
2nd Trip Consist:
- LS&I 3009 [U30C]
- LS&I 3000 [U30C]
- [SB] Lite Power
- [NB2] Standard Loaded Ore Half-Consist
Location/Time:
- [NB1] LS&I Ore Sub, Tracy Mine, New Buffalo Rd xing, on 27Apr2019 at 11:18 EDT
- [NB1] Eagle Mills West, M35 xing, at 11:31
- [SB] Eagle Mills Jct, Riihinen Rd xing, at 12:29
- [NB2] Tracy Mine, New Buffalo Rd xing, at 13:58
- [NB2] Eagle Mills West, M35 xing, at 14:10
CN L540 Local
Consist:
- CN 2410 [C40-8M]
- CN 2317 [ES44DC]
- 43 mixed carloads
Location/Time:
- LS&I Ore Sub, Negaunee, MI, Eagle Mills Jct, Riihinen Rd xing, on 27Apr2019 at 16:00 EDT
LS&I 3 Dock-Hill
Consist:
- CEFX 1003 [AC44CW]
- CEFX 1015 [AC44CW]
- Standard Loaded Ore Consist
Location/Time:
- LS&I Ore Sub, Neejee Rd xing, on 27Apr2019 at 17:43 EDT
LS&I 3 Tilden
Consist:
- CEFX 1005 [AC44CW]
- CEFX 1022 [AC44CW]
- Standard Empty Ore Consist
Location/Time:
- LS&I Ore Sub, Tracy Mine, New Buffalo Rd xing, on 27Apr2019 at 16:45 EDT
CN U745 All-Rail Ore
Consist:
- CN 5408 [SD60]
- CN 8013 [SD70M-2]
- 45 Empty Iron Ore Hoppers
Location/Time:
- LS&I Ore Sub, Eagle Mills West, M35 xing, on 27Apr2019 at 19:12 EDT
Curious about how the railroads in this video are laid out on the map? Check out my Google Map Overlay of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Railroads, via this link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GeSrFy52MXs042KZKSmcPRMInTY&usp=sharing
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