And if you wanna see some really nice pix of this area in real life...Check out this guys Flickr page
https://www.flickr.com/photos/frvr11/page1/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/frvr11/page1/
Escanaba and Lake Superior in the North Woods
- Thread starter WCL
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Looks very good. I am sure you are having a fun time modeling it down to Bond Street if you haven't done so already. I did see a grass/weed spline that would match what you see in the actual photo. I will have to try and find it again. I like the choice of track your using too. Is that one of the JR jointed rail tracks? The E&LS is a fun railroad that I have a lot of respect for. They do what they have to in order to stay alive and if you can catch them at the right time it sure is fun watching them.
Here is a photo I shot last summer of the Marinette branch. E&LS uses this branch line to store miles and miles of cars. One has to think how much longer the track will hold up as it is sinking into the ground. Thanks to WCL for driving me around that day!
Here is another photo that someone else took in the UP. Tracks were shiny when this photo was taken as the photo was taken a day after storage cars were pulled off this line.
Here is another photo that someone else took in the UP. Tracks were shiny when this photo was taken as the photo was taken a day after storage cars were pulled off this line.
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conrail_3004
New member
Are those -2 old Conrail units, if so cool, nice work on recreating it
Nope....They were leased units....Better pix of them can be seen here:
The 501
http://andyws.rrpicturearchives.net/locopicture.aspx?id=60954
The 1344
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locopicture.aspx?id=156316
The ELS owns 4 SD40-2's the 500, 501, 1344 and the 1338
Here is an older roster that does not have the 2 new SD40-2's on it...The 1344 and the 1338
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locolist.aspx?id=ELS
Today I took a spin back up to Escanaba to see what kind of RR action I could find......
We got up to Escanaba and headed down towards the light house where you can catch the backside of the engine house of the ELS, looks like the 1338, 1344 and the 402 are in the roundhouse...The signs kept us out from getting a better pic of them
We then drove to another part of the yard to see what was going on at the other end, not much as one can see.....Few cars laying around, good ol Lake Michigan in the back...You can feel the cool wind come off the lake
Got a shot of the repair shop
We then heard a horn coming from the north, so we drove down this dead end road and found this old house that looked pretty creepy...Parked the car here and ran to the tracks quick
Guess the only thing running up here today was this WC train coming down from Gladstone
After the WC cleared we headed to the boat landing to catch a back side view of the ELS deadline
Seeing we got skunked by the ELS, it was just time to go home and call it a day
We got up to Escanaba and headed down towards the light house where you can catch the backside of the engine house of the ELS, looks like the 1338, 1344 and the 402 are in the roundhouse...The signs kept us out from getting a better pic of them
We then drove to another part of the yard to see what was going on at the other end, not much as one can see.....Few cars laying around, good ol Lake Michigan in the back...You can feel the cool wind come off the lake
Got a shot of the repair shop
We then heard a horn coming from the north, so we drove down this dead end road and found this old house that looked pretty creepy...Parked the car here and ran to the tracks quick
Guess the only thing running up here today was this WC train coming down from Gladstone
After the WC cleared we headed to the boat landing to catch a back side view of the ELS deadline
Seeing we got skunked by the ELS, it was just time to go home and call it a day
Yeah, I just keep adding more and more to it...I just wanted to do the line from Stiles Jct to Oconto Falls...But then it went to Crivitz, and then south to Green Bay....Then from Crivitz I added it to Pembine and then from Crivitz I added it to Marinette and then from Pembine I added it to Iron Mountain and then took it from Pembine to Escanaba....But Now I kinda took it to far and put in CN tracks south out of Marinette to Oconto I got laid now and then I will take it from Oconto all the way into Green Bay to ELS JCT and then to N Green Bay Yard.....I am planning on extending it yet from Iron Mountain to Channing yet........
And those who wanna see the real no RR fan signs....Here is an example of one in Escanaba
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrewind/7326593432
And those who wanna see the real no RR fan signs....Here is an example of one in Escanaba
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrewind/7326593432
Today up in Escanaba we catch the morning ELS job heading up the line to the Groos yard to get todays train to make a run over to Pembine and then onto Crivitz
Ducking under the CN/WC mainline
Coming back from the yard with a big train of 4 cars, the ELS hops off its tracks and onto the tracks of the CN to ride its rails all the way to Pembine....The ELS likes riding on these rails as they can at least do above 30mph
Coming into Pembine the train enters the yard limits and slows to hop off the CN and back onto ELS tracks
Rounding the connecting track at Pembine, we see a lone SD9 idling away at the depot, this train will go north up towards Iron Mountain and then to Channnig will it will tie up later today
Backing down the line the 600 spots the empties here at Pembine where they will be loaded and either go south towards Green Bay or north to Sagola
The power will run light now to Crivitz and do some work around there before coming back up to Pembine and then back to Escanaba
Ducking under the CN/WC mainline
Coming back from the yard with a big train of 4 cars, the ELS hops off its tracks and onto the tracks of the CN to ride its rails all the way to Pembine....The ELS likes riding on these rails as they can at least do above 30mph
Coming into Pembine the train enters the yard limits and slows to hop off the CN and back onto ELS tracks
Rounding the connecting track at Pembine, we see a lone SD9 idling away at the depot, this train will go north up towards Iron Mountain and then to Channnig will it will tie up later today
Backing down the line the 600 spots the empties here at Pembine where they will be loaded and either go south towards Green Bay or north to Sagola
The power will run light now to Crivitz and do some work around there before coming back up to Pembine and then back to Escanaba
vonhammer_87
Member
Will we see this route released at all? Being a soo line guy, I would love to play this route....
Sad thing is....The SOO LINE didnt run on this line...This was an all Milwaukee Road line...Only SOO power that was ever seen was borrowed power from a museum cause of power shortage and the SOO LINE that ran up thru Pembine
Caught the Crivitz to Green Bay turn here at Stiles Jct, where it will make a set out for the Oconto Falls branch line
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The Crivitz Shuffle...ILSX SD40 #1344 pulls up to the switch. He will need to get off the main to let the Crivitz to Green Bay local through. With no room in the actual yard he will need to pull onto the wye track and then onto the Marinette Branch to let the southbound through. This will undoubtedly irk people who are driving on 141!
Meanwhile, off into the distance the southbound awaits clearance.
ILSX #1344 starts making the turn towards the Marinette branch to let the southbound through. Up front are some covered hoppers that are probably either going into storage or coming out of storage.
Meanwhile, off into the distance the southbound awaits clearance.
ILSX #1344 starts making the turn towards the Marinette branch to let the southbound through. Up front are some covered hoppers that are probably either going into storage or coming out of storage.
