Vintage Ore Railroads

[@caseyjonesii6050]

Great video!!!! Ore is still being moved in much the same way. I would say the ore movement up in Northern Michigan near Marquette is probably the most traditional. It's a great area to see ore trains and the ore dock area is very accessible for taking film. It is also a dock that still loads boats the old fashioned way, no conveyors. Thank you to Robert C. Anderson and others who have shared the past with us through fantastic video.

[@gramnylen5961]

Yup I was in both of these places this July just amazing

[@williamschlenger1518]

I noticed it took four diesels to replace one Yellowstone 😎😄

[@kurtkauffman4326]

My 50th B'day was last week & I got that DVD.Upon purchase I played & enjoyed it.Thanks a lot for posting.I hail from Escanaba,now residing in Bradenton,Florida.

[@Jleed989]

This guy has a good narrative voice

[@CVisionProductions1]

Thank you! Don is a pro!!!!

[@soarinskies1105]

He got a cab ride in Yellowstone 225, what a coincidence, that’s one of the three types of these locomotives that successfully made it into preservation

[@jaedenlyons]

Such an interesting fact to think about, that the engine 225 had a camera crew inside of its cab during its service on the DM&IR

[@VilquinProductions]

I'm glad someone filmed some Milwaukee ore trains! Thanx fur sharin'! 5 thumbs up!

[@bobgallo2178]

Great video, thanks for sharing. Sure is great to see that this history is preserved. Used to work for the b&le, sister Rd of the Missabe

[@G162011]

Love DWP RS11s 👍👍

[@CVisionProductions1]

The best!

[@petediaz8277]

Thanks for the video. I am from Texas so I have never seen a real live ore train. However, for some reason, I am attracted to them. Can' get over the powerful locos and the cars filled with ore, a sign of real American progress. A model layout of that era may be in store for me.

[@torquetrain8963]

Respectfully that's nice to hear from a southerner. I am originally from the North and lived in the south, and the southerners there(not Texas, but Carolinas made sure that I knew that everything in the south was superior to the North and that they had absolutely no interest in ANYTHING northern. Period.

[@chouseification]

Anybody who likes this video needs to take a trip to Duluth at some point to visit the Depot... step inside the Yellowstone and pretend you were hauling a load of ore for the DM&IR. It's truly a gigantic train, even compared to the rest. Also while in the area, check out the other Yellowstones (one in Proctor and one at the old train station museum in Two Harbors). You don't get to climb in/on those but still neat to stare at from the ground, since they're outside.

[@CVisionProductions1]

Thank you for the comment. Those old Yellowstones are massive! Duluth, Proctor, and Two Harbors are all worth a visit if you’re interested in the history of the DM&IR and their locomotives.

[@chouseification]

@@CVisionProductions1 I need to dig into some of "my boxes" and see what trinkets I have, but my grandpa was the freight scheduler (one of them anyways) for the DM&IR RR for decades. I know I had a few maps and spikes, but not sure what else after having found a few nice pieces of framed art with his name on them (worked into the motif, he wasn't the artist); one of the Edna G, and another of a DM&IR loco... might be a Yellowstone - I didn't try to count the wheels to see, but it was a "biggun". :P

[@CVisionProductions1]

So you have railroaders in your family. Neat! We appreciate that you have a respect for the history of the DMIR. It was a very unique railroad with a fascinating story.

[@chouseification]

@@CVisionProductions1 oh lots of them on one side of the family (both parts). One great-uncle was a boiler welder, and my great grandpa worked for them as well - he lost a hand to a coupler accident so I have a neat pic of him as an old man complete with hook-for-hand. He died on VE day though, so I never met him.

[@CVisionProductions1]

A proud history of railroading in your family then. That was challenging, but rewarding work.

[@marktufts7756]

got to set in the cab of a DM&IR 2-8-8-4

[@kurtkauffman4326]

Thanx alot for posting.I hail from Escanaba.Now residing in Bradenton,Florida.I grew up seeing those Ore Trains for real.

[@torquetrain8963]

The h16-66 fm locomotives utilized the 8 cylinder version of the fm 38d1/8 engine . Pretty neat to see 4 of them working together. I noticed in a book that was showing great lakes ore carriers also utilized 4 of the 8 cylinder op engines as well.(assuming they were attached to a reduction gear that would spin the prop shaft as opposed to a generator like the locomotives ran.

[@taylorwolett6362]

I love the music LOL

[@UPTurner]

Looks great Chris!!

[@dennisbeanlarson]

My Mom was born in Virginia, MN, grandfather worked for DMIR.

[@VilquinProductions]

I bought the DVD this weekend, it was fantastic!

[@kurtkauffman4326]

D.W.& P. should stand for "Don't Worry & Panic".

[@ChadsRailfanExperience]

wow

[@CVisionProductions1]

Thank you for watching!

[@lleppala]

1:36 in virginia MN

[@tattooedpain29]

Couple spots look like munger mn?

[@jaedenlyons]

What happened to the music?

[@CVisionProductions1]

Thank you for asking. Even though we purchased a users license for the music, KZbin still flags it as copy written material. So it was muted.

[@jaedenlyons]

Oh, thanks for letting me know! I’m curious though, what is the music track called?

[@iftheytakeyourgunsgiveemyo7057]

why the heck did you delete the music?

[@CVisionProductions1]

Thank you for asking. Even though we purchased a users license for the music, KZbin still flags it as copy written material. So it was muted.

[@iftheytakeyourgunsgiveemyo7057]

@@CVisionProductions1 Ok

[@palmettostaterailfan7019]

@@CVisionProductions1 Can you at least tell me what the name of the music is, i like how it sounds