Railroads of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula Part 2. The Clint Jones, Jr Movie Series.

[@willkosmider2027]

Thank you for sharing this video. I remember visiting in the Houghton-Hancock area when the Milwaukee Road passenger train was still running. I was sleeping in a sleeping bag on the stamp sand along the portage canaĺ. I remember very fondly watching that north bound train as it whistled and glided into south Houghton.

[@CSXT17]

Wow, this is incredible footage, blows the footage from the first video out of the water. This is incredibly invaluable information that isn't available nearly anywhere else on the internet.

[@CSXT17]

It's also incredible how much steeper L'Anse hill looks with a more clerared out ROW.

[@killerbee6310]

Yes indeed - was very lucky to unearth these movies and much appreciation to Clint for entrusting me with them so they could be digitized.

[@johnuhelski8613]

Breathtaking footage , my brother went to Michigan Tech and all these locations are familiar , but now long . THANKS FOR POSTING !!

[@killerbee6310]

Not a problem - it had to be done !!

[@jeffbranch8072]

I appreciate video of the Copper Country Ltd. in warmer weather. The ***vast majority*** of photos I see of this train in Calumet are in snow. I've been up there more than once in summer and I can say that it's not buried in snow all year round. In fact, summer may be the nicest week to be there! LOL!

[@killerbee6310]

LOL-if you can dodge the bugs.

[@peterhutchinson5394]

Fascinating film. Thank you for sharing.

[@killerbee6310]

Definitely a pleasure bringing these clips to life.

[@nancyhaun]

Priceless!

[@WilliamCChapin]

I just commented a minute ago that I was looking for a younger version of you railfanning at Herman and your other spots!

[@nancyhaun]

@@WilliamCChapin Wish I could have been there William but I was in Detroit back then!

[@killerbee6310]

Thanks Nancy !! Think of it - 60 years predating your efforts!

[@DennisW19copyy-lg1du]

I'm glad to see you can add this presentation to your history

[@erie910]

Excellent! Sad that this is all gone.

[@killerbee6310]

Yes. Luckily Clint recorded a lot of this thru movies and photos.

[@RailroadRailfan500]

Excellent footage!

[@killerbee6310]

I agree. Thank you for watching.

[@Steve51983]

Wow amazing footage and commentary, especially on the Copper Range RR. Priceless! As always, thanks for sharing.

[@killerbee6310]

Yes, I really liked being able to get commentary and input from some subject experts.

[@justinbaukus]

This is amazing footage. The Copper Range footage is priceless to me as I am planning on modeling it at some point.

[@killerbee6310]

Glad to provide you with an unexpected surprise then.

[@paulbergen9114]

There was no need for an alarm clock this morning. In fact after watching it once had to go back and watch it again. The rural mail pouches are among the best and starting at 1:45 the famous vestibule squeak bounding down the track raising enough dust to choke the horse flies up there. Amazing how long some of those structures hung in there so long. The View underneath the lift bridge was great as it's not an angle normally shown. Then off to the Baldwins and one of the few lines to use that red rotating light on the hood. Now I'm exhausted time to take a nap and I'm sure I'll have good dreams

[@killerbee6310]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it - thank you as always. Hope you recovered from your exhaustion.

[@paulbergen9114]

@@killerbee6310 I got back up around noon pretty well rested so I had to watch it again! It was fun to see some of the sights like LlAnse Hill and you know where they are it's just that the amount of of trees and brush has increase dramatically. Truly small town Freight service with a car here or there. I especially liked Nestoria and how open it was compared to hiking up there about 12 years ago. Another keeper for sure

[@jasonasselin]

Another excellent video..

[@killerbee6310]

Thank you sir.

[@jasonasselin]

@@killerbee6310 This was pretty cool considering most of the railbeds now are a UTV/ snowmobile trail that really supply these areas with $$$ daily.

[@tolovesophia]

fantastic

[@killerbee6310]

Indeed

[@perryamicangelo4008]

Wow, what a neat presentation!!!!

[@killerbee6310]

Thank you - appreciate it.

[@clockbuilderhg]

Fantastic footage!

[@DavidSquires-iy4uv]

I,just finished watching your videos part #1and #2,and I enjoyed them. I,also remember when Greyhound used to offer 🚌 bus service between Calumet, Michigan to Chicago, Illinois. I,still remember when I would take Greyhound Bus, from Detroit, Michigan to Houghton/Hancock. Greyhound ran,Bus Service during the 1960's, 1970's and 1980's, 1990's. I,was living in Detroit and I am still living in Detroit. 7:13

[@killerbee6310]

Detroit to H/H must have been quite a journey - probably an entire day?

[@DavidSquires-iy4uv]

Taking Greyhound from Detroit to Houghton /Hancock was a overnight ride. The, bus would leave Detroit at 1:20pm,and arriving in Houghton/Hancock at 5:30am the next morning, with a bus transfer in Escanaba around 12:30am. This was Greyhound's Chicago to Calumet route. It's,19 Hours and a transfer of busses in Escanaba, before Arriving in Houghton/Hancock.

[@themodelrailroadresource]

Fantastic film.

[@killerbee6310]

Thanks !!

[@fstudent0198]

What a treasure!!

[@killerbee6310]

Indeed. Appreciate your viewership.

[@clockbuilderhg]

I've really enjoyed your Upper Peninsula train videos. I've been exploring the areas in this video for about the past 12 years, plus I've been researching the area for even longer. The scene on the Copper Range trestle in Beacon Hill blew my mind! I've seen pictures of the mill that was service by the branch on that trestle. This is the first time I've seen it in color, let alone on film. Can't remember the name of that mill, but the ruins are all buried in tall woods now. I really wish I could have seen it 50+ years ago! I really enjoyed the Soo Line footage too!

[@killerbee6310]

Well thank you for watching and commenting. Clint certainly had some foresight to film and photograph this. I wish he had continued to do, but his movies for the most part ceased in the late 1960s - not sure why.

[@Jleed989]

The narration is great. Thanks for not adding music

[@killerbee6310]

Well that is something I always struggle with - how to fill the voids, audio-wise. My inclination is to put something to fill in, so this was going against my grain. Thank you for your comments affirming my course of action.

[@extremeinternets]

Absolutely amazing! It's just my opinion, but I prefer the silence in the gaps between the narration. Thanks for uploading!

[@killerbee6310]

You are the second one to comment such. I appreciate this feedback because I am still struggling to determine the best way to handle the gaps between commentary.

[@WilliamCChapin]

Spectacular! I was keeping an eye out for a younger version of @nancyhaun railfanning at Herman!

[@killerbee6310]

Just a postal clerk if you watch carefully

[@RonLauzon]

It was interesting to see the same areas that Nancy Haun videos from a different angle - and a different time.

[@killerbee6310]

Yes, incredible to think 60 years difference

[@nancyhaun]

@@killerbee6310 Correct me if I am wrong but at 6:52 "between the Peshekee Wood yard and Michigamme" Gravel Lake is next to the tracks MP189. Gravel Lake was formerly the Champion Gravel Company pit and known to have carloads of gravel taken to the Chicago's World's fair in 1891 for the walkways. I recently filmed here and researched it.😄

[@killerbee6310]

@@nancyhaun LOL-I will pass this onto Chris Jones - he was the one narrating. Interesting trivia.

[@bobozo389]

Very nice. Like I said in the last video, I have not been there since I was a kid in the late 1960's and early 1970's 6 or 7 years old, so I do not remember very much, other than riding on the steam excursion train.

[@killerbee6310]

Thank you Mr. Kazoo - happy to hear from you again.

[@michaellanctot683]

Thanks again for posting these videos, I really enjoyed them any chance of A part 3?

[@killerbee6310]

Not for the Keweenaw Peninsula - this is all the movies from Clint filmed there, unfortunately.

[@uhlijohn]

Looks like Milwaukee Road power and coaches!

[@killerbee6310]

You are correct !!

[@danielhutchinson6604]

The Rockefeller Bros influenced the progress of the elimination of Mail from the Rails in 1967. Their Oil Profits increased, as small towns faded away without a Post Office.

[@thomasmackowiak]

Thank you for another wonderful, digitized video of another of Clint Jones, Jr.'s 8mm films from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan from the 1960s, KillerBill! Is some of the trackage in this video now operated by the Canadian National? Nancy Huan covers the Canadian National's L'Anse Local on her KZbin channel. I heard from of the same place names in the narration of this video that I hear on her Videos e.g. L'Anse Hill, Ford Switch, Baraaga. (Posted 19 October 2024 at 2054 CDT.)

[@nancyhaun]

Hi Thomas! Yup same places I film! Just loved this!

[@thomasmackowiak]

@@nancyhaun I loved it too, Nancy. I was wondering if you subscribed to KillerBee. I was under the impression that the Canadian National trackage that you film was originally Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic trackage which came into Soo Lines hands when they took over the DSS&A. When did the Milwaukee Road aquire this trackage? (POsted 19 October 2024 at 2156 CDT.)

[@killerbee6310]

The joint operation of the Milwaukee Road passenger train is probably what is throwing you. The Milwaukee Road operated the train from Chicago to Champion. There, it got onto the Soo Line (former DSS&A) for Soo Line crews to handle it thru to Hancock.

[@thomasmackowiak]

@@killerbee6310Thank you for this additional information. I had no idea that the Milwaukee Road handed the train from Chicago to a Soo Line crew in Champion, Michigan. The Soo Line crew to the train to Hancock, Michigan where the train terminated. I have a lot to learn about railroad operations in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I hope that you have more of Clint Jones, Jr. 's 8mm films to digitize so that I can learn more about Upper Peninsula railroading.

[@mitchmatthews6713]

Did the kid get to go pee? (11:17)

[@killerbee6310]

Hmmm....cannot find the scene

[@mitchmatthews6713]

​@@killerbee6310It's not a scene, it's the audio.

[@killerbee6310]

@@mitchmatthews6713 Ahhh - LOL - now I hear it. It escaped me through all the times I reviewed the video while processing it. But to answer your question - yes, I believe so.