Today we head back to 2004 in the Pasty Cam Archives and look at an historic photo from 1945, when the Copper Range Engine #29 was still in operation and crossing the then Bridge joining Houghton and the Keweenaw Island. (Photo from the Kevin Musser Collection). That same day, Dave Jaehnig supplied a shot of what remained of Engine #29 as it made another crossing of the Bridge, this time the present day structure and heading south to North Freedom to be restored. It has since been finished and is on display at the Mid-Continent Railroad Museum there.

Speaking of trains, Jeff Dennis spotted one near Nestoria in Baraga County the other day. He said this was two Canadian National locomotives passing through on their way to L'Anse, with four freight cars. The blue locomotive was originally a Conrail, but is now lettered for Canadian National. Jeff was standing on the US41 overpass to take this photo. He added that Nestoria was a railroad junction on the DSS&A and later Soo Line Railroads and that the tracks from Marquette split here to either go North to the Keweenaw or West to places like Sidnaw, Bruce Crossing, along with connecting railroads in Duluth/Superior on the West end. Thanks for the info to accompany the photo, Jeff!

Today's video feature is also a running train here in the Upper Peninsula, but actually only on a single run. It's a vintage passenger train that passed through the U.P. last week. From the information I found, it had a code name of the "Shippers Special" and went through Iron Mountain on its way to Mass City. I'm not sure where it originated from, but the rumor was that it contained railroad owners and their families who wanted a private ride. How cool is that? Too bad there aren't still tracks here in the Keweenaw, it might be a fun way to explore the area. Enjoy the "Shippers Special" on the tracks!

Love all of these pictures and the video. What an
awesome set to wake up to!

Love those trains. I think the days gone past when there was a train depot and passenger service in every little town were a lot better days.
When I joined the Army I took the train from Ishpeming to Ft. Leonardwood. My first train ride, I loved it. I mean I loved the ride, the destination wasn't all that hot:)

Too cool!

John Dee's drone video of his area was interesting.

Duane P. (Islandman43):

"… When I joined the Army I took the train from Ishpeming to Ft. Leonardwood. My first train ride, I loved it. I mean I loved the ride, the destination wasn't all that hot:)"

I didn't travel there by train, but I did the Engineer ROTC summer camp at "Ft. Lost-in-the-woods", in the state of "Misery" in the summer of 1965!

And in my case, it certainly was "all that hot"!

We were building a timber trestle bridge down in "Нell's Gulch" on the Big Piney River, and when the wet bulb temperature reached 105°F, the cadre finally allowed us to shed the sweat and salt soaked fatigue jackets!

Note, Wikipedia (click →) says:

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Quote:

"An example of the threshold at which the human body is no longer able to cool itself and begins to overheat is a humidity level of 50% and a high heat of 115 °F, as this would indicate a wet-bulb temperature of 95 °F""

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I like trains. Thanks 4 sharing.