Working rail roads and their tracks.

[yanmars]

Around here once the tracks etc. are removed they are gone forever. Often turned into bike/walking paths.
A good rail system just seems so efficient.

 

[ArlyA]

A Missabe and Northern ore car on display at the museum in Duluth, MN. Photo taken 2018 Get a look at those trucks build! Similar to the copper ore cars seen here. Looks like the year built was 1906?.

 

[bcp]

Rode on Klondike Katie recently at Dollywood. It's a 2-8-2 narrow gauge coal burner I believe used in Alaska during WW2. Apologize no pics. Was pretty neat when engineer laid on the horn in a valley the echoing was cool.

From:

List of White Pass and Yukon Route locomotives and cars - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

U.S. Army Class S118. Originally, USA #192, and used by the Army on the WP&YR. Transferred to the WP&YR in 1946. Retired in 1957. Sold to the Rebel Railroad in 1960 (Rebel Railroad #192). The Rebel Railroad sold out to Gold Rush Junction in 1970 (GRJ #192). Gold Rush Junction sold out to Silver Dollar City in 1977 (Silver Dollar City #192). Silver Dollar City sold out to Dollywood in 1986 (Dollywood #192, Klondike Katie).

Bruce

 

[MossRoad]

Rode on Klondike Katie recently at Dollywood. It's a 2-8-2 narrow gauge coal burner I believe used in Alaska during WW2. Apologize no pics. Was pretty neat when engineer laid on the horn in a valley the echoing was cool.

About 15 years ago my in-laws took the whole family to Dollywood. My only goal at that park was to ride that steam train. My mother in-law had to stop at EVERY gift shop in that park to look at Dolly merchandise. And Dolly's bus. And a bunch of music venues, and, and, and..., I keep seeing the train making passes through the park. And the steam whistle echos so nice through the park, and I'm all excited to ride this train....

So we finally get near where the map says to board the train, I see a park employee and ask him where do we get on the train, and he points over to a building and says, "Well, normally you'd board the train right there, but that's the last train of the day." as he points to the train leaving the station and it sounds it's whistle and chugs away....



(shakes head, sighs deeply, puts head down, and walks away)

 

[Hay Dude]

Maybe you need to be more reverent?

 

[ArlyA]

This is a mainline from the Tilden Mine full of iron ore pellets that trickled out of the bottom of the cars going to the dock in Marquette MI. Look like cranberries. No credits or location shown but I suspect it's around Eagle Mills.

 

[MossRoad]

Maybe you need to be more reverent?

I worship no train.

 

[MossRoad]

This is a mainline from the Tilden Mine full of iron ore pellets that trickled out of the bottom of the cars going to the dock in Marquette MI. Look like cranberries. No credits or location shown but I suspect it's around Eagle Mills.View attachment 861458

Looks like cranberries indeed.

 

[ArlyA]

Was hiking at the Quincy mine site last night and spied some narrow gauge tracks remaining.

 

[jjeff]

Was hiking at the Quincy mine site last night and spied some narrow gauge tracks remaining. View attachment 861700

Quincy mine hoist site is pretty neat especially if your into amateur industrial archeology 6 or 7 yrs ago my step kids really liked it also. Kind of ranting but a abandoned 100+ yr old railroad grade out by me up there was turned into a tourist destination, signage was put in, the remaining exposed rails were taken, the old two track was somewhat graded to allow passenger cars and last time I went up there a convoy of tourists in compact cars was up there.

older pics showing old rails. Now gone.