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Please check for ticks. I got Lyme in the early 80’s, not diagnosed until about 30 years later in 2013.

You said the LS&I abandoned their section of track in 2005. If the mine closed in 1981, do you know what they were using it for?

This is a really interesting series. Thank you for investigating and sharing!

Really good stuff.

Very interesting and enjoyable

an enjoyable video

very interesting .

UP looks stunning in the fall, and enjoyed the history lesson too. There's always something cool about forgotten rails in the woods.

Who owns the trackage now?

Great history.Sad to see the tracks in this state.Progress.

My first encounter with a switch point lock was on MT 1 in North Platte for the switch to enter the Van Yard. I’d forget it was there every time! There still is one in South Beloit.

Great stuff.

Very informative as always.

Very interesting. A friend sent me the link, knowing I like metal detecting. Does much of this run through public land?

Wow! Perfect video and history lesson ! Thanks, guys, for posting ! I worked as a vendor at Republic, mine fresh out of high school, Wabco haul trucks, and Detroit Diesel engines I can still visualize the Milwaukee covered wagons..... back in 1976....

Thanks again for an informative and interesting video, so sad to see how UP railroads have disappeared and the history they were a part of.

Most excellent!!

Excellent job, Brian! And many thanks to Greg as well.

Excellent video. Combing historic photos and Greg connecting the dots from the past to the present. Amazing how such busy areas become abandoned and nature taking over the right of way. Good job!! 👍🇺🇲

Thank you Brian and Greg for doing this! Very informative and enjoyable!

Oh come on! Now try it on the tracks with a GoPro on a hand car! :)

Nice job! Any documentary on logging rr mentioned..?

Oof.. to see the abandoned lines is disappointing. But the history lesson was great! Thanks for putting this together!

Liquid nitrogen and bulk fertilizer to the coop and beans/corn on the return trip.

Thanks for the videos. My freind is modeling this and this is great info.

Great video! Greg is a wealth of info. He should consider writing a book so his information and memories of the area aren't lost to time. Keep up the good work and thank you once again for taking the time to document and share this video. Much appreciated.

Thanks for the wealth of information on this topic. Very interesting to hear about this.

Are the iron ore deposits exhausted at this point in those areas or just not economical to extract at the current time or being held in some kind of strategic reserve status?

Love the history up there. Thank you.

What a cool video. So many former rail lines. I travelled the UP a lot from 1988 - 2000 and ran across so many.

That was pretty cool. Thanks to Greg for passing along his knowledge, and thanks, KB for posting !

Amazing info! Thanks to both of you!!!!!!

As someone who spends a lot of time out at Sawyer lake, was really cool to now know more of the history behind the rail lines there. Thanks for making this!

Great video

At 13:04, evidence that KillerBee was on Honey Bee Lane !

Morning coffee and a TH-cam railroad history adventure. It doesn't get much better than this.

I’m still amazed looking at old rail maps just how many little spurs and sidings were scattered all over the place…and you’re finding them. Another great video!

Thanks for the history of the area. I snowmobile on those trails in the winter so I know the area well and often think what it must’ve been like when those rails were laid.

I used to fish in the Michigamme reservoir in the 90's. Boy time flies.

I learned a lot, plus seen some new roads to go traveling on.. That last ride from Champion and out onto M95 answered a question I had for a while... lol

Awesome stuff.

Just love these history videos. I am some what shocked that all that valuable steel rail and rail cars are left behind.

I'm 67 and remember as a kid wooden box cars.

Thank You for providing all the info. Much appreciated.

I just drove through there and was shocked to see how many old hoppers and box cars were just sitting out there. I didn't think those rails had been used in years. Great history! Thank you!

Would have loved to be in the car for this journey Brian.

I love it,

Interesting local history. Back in the day there was very little thought given to conservation or preservation. The area was denuded of its minerals and the big trees were clear cut. What’s left is left.

Very much enjoyed the railroad business history lesson.

Have to hand it to ELS, they don't normally pull up track.