rockyridgefarm
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Never seen cars that small.
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Thomas(AB)
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Those are Iron Ore cars.
MarkB_MI
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Absent Minded Farmer
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Ore jennys. They used to be all over the place. The extra short length is due to the massive amount of weight they have to hold & is also dictated by
the distance between the pockets on the ore docks. Both the docks & the jennys are a dying breed. I recall seeing a couple yards packed full of them
up around Superior when I was a kid. Must have been around a thousand or so in each yard. Now I'd be surprised if there were 2000 left on the rails.
There used to be a factory around Milwaukee that got 5 or 6 of those every other week, but I don't recall who or what was in them. Don't think it was
taconite or copper ore. Wish my dad was still around. He'd know.
Mike
the distance between the pockets on the ore docks. Both the docks & the jennys are a dying breed. I recall seeing a couple yards packed full of them
up around Superior when I was a kid. Must have been around a thousand or so in each yard. Now I'd be surprised if there were 2000 left on the rails.
There used to be a factory around Milwaukee that got 5 or 6 of those every other week, but I don't recall who or what was in them. Don't think it was
taconite or copper ore. Wish my dad was still around. He'd know.
Mike
Absent Minded Farmer
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The DM&IR ran those sporadically into the early 60s. There's one preserved on display up in Two Harbors, Mn.
Mike
Mike
MarkB_MI
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blueridge
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Thank you for the video, it was great, I was Stationed at KI Sawyer AFB from 1961 to 1964 and went to Marquette many times and watched the ships at this dock, but never had a close up look at the loading like this one. It Seems like the dock was wooden then? is that possible? Gene
MarkB_MI
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> It Seems like the dock was wooden then? is that possible?
I'll bet when you were there the lower dock was still in operation. It still sits in the harbor, although the trestle to it has been torn down. I think the dock is made of concrete, but the trestle was probably wood.
I'll bet when you were there the lower dock was still in operation. It still sits in the harbor, although the trestle to it has been torn down. I think the dock is made of concrete, but the trestle was probably wood.
RedGreenGuy
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Iron Ore cars. We pulled them from LaCrosse WI (crew change point) to steel mill at Alton IL. Extremely
heavy trains for their length. As I recall trains were 110 cars with total weight being around 16,000
tons. Speed was held to 45mph max because of concentrated weight. Some bridges were restricted to 10 mph
to avoid cars bouncing on them. Careful throttle use was necessary to prevent breaking train in 2 pieces.
Over the years newer cars had much stronger couplers and were bolted 5 cars together as a unit to reduce
slack action. This greatly reduced unwanted train separations. We ran a couple trains per week over this
route. The old BNRR created a special train set (110 cars) from gravel cars that were about twice the
length of ore cars. When carrying ore they were loaded about have full, but the return route they were
loaded full. It was one of the few unit trains that created revenue both ways over the road.
heavy trains for their length. As I recall trains were 110 cars with total weight being around 16,000
tons. Speed was held to 45mph max because of concentrated weight. Some bridges were restricted to 10 mph
to avoid cars bouncing on them. Careful throttle use was necessary to prevent breaking train in 2 pieces.
Over the years newer cars had much stronger couplers and were bolted 5 cars together as a unit to reduce
slack action. This greatly reduced unwanted train separations. We ran a couple trains per week over this
route. The old BNRR created a special train set (110 cars) from gravel cars that were about twice the
length of ore cars. When carrying ore they were loaded about have full, but the return route they were
loaded full. It was one of the few unit trains that created revenue both ways over the road.
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