Michigan Ore Lines, 30 Years on the Marquette Range
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Hover over an ore dock as a laker is filled with taconite. Be in the cab with an ore train stretched out behind you. Chase ore jennies through the northwoods in 2019. All that and more awaits you in “Michigan Ore Lines, 30 Years on the Marquette Range”
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| Producer | Pentrex |
|---|---|
| Run Time | 1 hour 54 minutes |
| Narration | Yes |
| Shrink Wrap | Yes, Brand New |
| Technical Details | No Region Code, NTSC |
Hover over an ore dock as a laker is filled with taconite. Be in the cab with an ore train stretched out behind you. Chase ore jennies through the northwoods in 2019. All that and more awaits you in “Michigan Ore Lines, 30 Years on the Marquette Range”. The core of this program is a 1989 look at the Lake Superior & Ishpeming, The Chicago & Northwestern and the Escanaba & Lake Superior railroads covering the Marquette Iron Range in the Upper Peninsula during a busy time for the ore industry.
In action shots the LS&I fleet of ALCo road switchers is seen smoking it up on ore drags along with the last operating U25C anywhere. A short visit to E&LS shows Baldwin action and finds newly acquired “Reserve Mining” SD-9s in operation. The C&NW gets into the act with first generation power working the Escanaba ore dock and modern C&NW units are seen on ore drags.
But we don’t leave you in the “way back machine”! Take to the sky and see current LS&I, including dock, operations and we chase an LS&I train in 2019. The new footage is incorporated into the main show, however, you can also watch in original Widescreen as a separate chapter. A bonus is the 1952 industry film “Iron Country”. This vintage film features information on ore facility operations in the early 1950s.
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Dylan –
Good video. Has a lot of great footage. The scenes and camera work is beyond amazing.
Matt –
For being a very early Pentrex production, it’s pretty good. The quality is a little rough but where are you going to see footage of ex ATSF alligators and old U boats pulling heavy loads with original sound? Worth the price, you see Alcos and GE’s showing what they got hauling heavy loads and smoking it up. Keep your eye out for the fire ball being thrown from one of the U boats!
rickyfreni –
In this recently turned 30 year old program, there are a great variety of early diesels on the LS&I, which includes RS3 number 1604 at the Kimberly clark plant, plus various U Boat lash ups. In addition to these, there is a short segment on the C&NW, with a variety of SD40-2s, and also a 6 axle SD9 on the E&LS.
Overall, Dan Hadley does an outstanding job filming this program, not to mention the drone footage of the LS&I in present times. It is unknown who narrates the original 1989 program of this one. But one clue that we do know is that Dave Drui didn’t narrate the 1989 editing of the Michigan ore lines.
The 1952 film: Iron Country is also a nice bonus feature as well.