Railroads Outside Of Upper Michigan

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Locating Trains Out Of Upper MI: There are many railroads out of the area that are well worth visiting, here is a breif listing of some RR's and locations: 1)DuluthMN/SuperiorWI is a great place to locate BNSF, UP, CN, CP and DMIR action. Saunders is a Hot Spot. 2)MilwaukeeWI has a very large Union Pacific Yard, and an Amtrak station, with some decent locations to watch. 3)DetroitMI is good for CSX, CP, NS, CN and Amtrak. Plymouth has a busy district. 4)AlpenaMI for the Lake State RR, of which I do not know much about. Tracks right down one of the streets in town though. 4) DurandMI for CP, CSX, UP, ex Conrail, not sure of locations. Anyhow there is a brief rundown of some areas of interest outside the U.P. Detroit is probably actually too far for a reasonable day, but does have a lot of action.

Known RR Radio Frequencies: BNSF1 161.100, BNSF2 161.160 (Superior Area); CSX1 160.230, CSX Plymouth 161.370 (Detroit Area);

Non-U.P. RR Photos by XeoniteDog
All photos by XeoniteDog (Tom Carello) unless otherwise stated.

~AmTrak~
Engines: Amtrak 125,

February 12, 2005: Empire Builder at Duplainville. Southbound 'to Chicago' at Sturtevant

~Burlington Northern Santa Fe~
Engines: BNSF 992, BNSF 4874, BNSF 5113, BNSF 6102, BNSF 6474, BNSF 8217, BNSF 8872, BNSF 9678, BNSF 9842,

March 05, 2006: Snowy 'to Northtown' at Nemadji River, and working at 28th St Yard.
October 17, 2005: Superior to Northtown at Black River Bridge, All-Rail at Adolph.
October 16, 2005: Coal Empties at MN23 Overpass toward Carlton.
May 23, 2005: Running the Wye At Boylston onto the Hinckley Sub.
May 22, 2005: Minot smokey at WI 105, All-Rail at Wolf, Rapids at SPC Paintball Crossing.
October 10, 2004: Coal Loads at Saunders, empty Coal and Ore at Boylston.
October 09, 2004: Coal Empties at West Saunders, Loads at Belknap, Fairfield on the Oliver Bridge.
August 02, 2004: Empty Transfers on a Trestle Just East Of Foxboro.
August 01, 2004: Off the Hinckley Sub Boylston, Southbound at Foxboro, On Coal Lead at WI 105.
July 10, 2004: All-Rail empties at Midway Rd/St Louis River Rd crossings.
March 21, 2004: Freight under University Ave, Auto Haulers South out of Northtown.
November 09, 2003: Rapids Turn at MP 15.9, Borea (WI County C).
October 12, 2003: Allouez Transfer at Saunders, Inbound Ore at Ore Lead, Saunders.
October 05, 2003: Empties approaching W35 Overpass at Saunders.
September 20, 2003: Grain Train waiting to leave Northtown Yard.
September 14, 2003: All-Rail train on the Nemadji River Bridge Southbound.
August 01, 2003: Superior to Northtown near Manitou Valley Rd off W35.

~Canadian National~
Engines: CN 2681,

May 23, 2005: Westbound at Saunders.
May 22, 2005: Uphill at Nopeming JCT.
February 12, 2005: Rock Train Southbound Near Fond Du Lac.
October 10, 2004: Crossing under BNSF tracks at Saunders.
October 09, 2004: Passing a Colorful Hill and approaching Signals For Nopeming JCT.
August 02, 2004: Downgrade and Upgrade at MN 3, crossing I35 and MN23.
November 09, 2003: Trestle South of Steelton, on West Bank of St Louis River.
October 13, 2003: Crossing the Oliver Bridge, Trestle over the Bluff Creek.
October 05, 2003: Freight passing Eastbound over Soo Saunders.
May 18, 2003: Crossing Broadway St in Green Bay.
May 17, 2003: Freight approaching Duck Creek, coming up on NGB Yard.

~Canadian Pacific~
Engines: CP 9124, CP 8501,

February 12, 2005: CP Freight at Duplainville.
September 13, 2004: CP Transfer on the Grassy Point Draw Swing Bridge.

~CSX Transportation~
Engines: CSX 7723,

June 16, 2003: Coming off CP and onto BNSF at University JCT, East of Plymouth Diamond.
June 16, 2003: CSX Freight at Haggerty Rd, East of Plymouth Diamond.

~Duluth Missabe & Iron Range~
Engines: DMIR 405, DMIR 203, DMIR 317, DMIR 869,

October 17, 2005: Loads at Fayal, near Gilbert and then Allen JCT.
October 16, 2005: At Fairlane Plant, one Southbound, Limestone at Albourn. At Cloquet R., then the Scales.
May 22, 2005: PRS at Nopeming JCT, Ore at Wolf and MN 37 Overpass. Limestone at MN 33 Overpass.
October 10, 2004: Crude Ore through Iron JCT, and at MN 7 into Fairlane. Work at Keenan Yard. Loads at Fairbanks, then the Hill at Waldo and over Highway 61.
October 09, 2004: Hill Job at I35 Overpass, far Above Duluth and at Spirit Mountain Curve.
June 10, 2004: Limestone By Adolph, Loads out of Fairlane and Kelsey Creek.
November 09, 2003: Hill Job at MP6, just before Proctor.
October 12, 2003: Roadswitch at Midway/St Louis River Rd Crossing.
September 14, 2003: Proctor Roadswitch at Saunders, Interstate Branch.
June 01, 2003: Limestone leaving Proctor Yard, passing through Adolph.

~Norfolk Southern~
Engines:

May 18, 2003: NS Power backing Coal Loads under I43 in Green Bay.

~Union Pacific~
Engines:

May 23, 2005: Freight off BNSF and onto DMIR Interstate at Saunders.
May 22, 2005: UP Coal Loads at 58th St on BNSF Coal Runner.
June 01, 2003: North on the Nemadji River Bridge.
May 18, 2003: UP Train at NGB Yard with Coal Empties.

~Other Operations~
Engines: EMC 4211, LSRC 1280, IC 6141, CQ 7335, GT 5913,

May 22, 2005: Milwaukee 261 Steamer in action in Superior.
October 09, 2004: Switcher working Grain Elevators behind McDonalds in Superior.
October 12, 2003: Lake Superior & Mississippi Tourist Train at MN 39.
July 28, 2003: The Pulliam Power Plant Switcher shuffling Coal Loads.
June 16, 2003: Lake State returning to Grayling on Highway 77.
May 17, 2003: Display pieces at National Railroad Museum in Green Bay.
January 19, 2000: The SOO 500 and Cars stands in Ladysmith.

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