I worked next door at the Presque Isle Power Plant for 40 plus years. Occasionally we went out to the Coal Unloader , which is South of the dock, and watch the Ships come in. The precision which those Captains piloted those huge boats is incredible!
Been visiting Marquette for past 2 years and finally moved up here the start of this year and I’ve always loved driving under the train tracks on my way to the beautiful presque isle park
I have no idea why the TH-cam algorithm suggested this video to me but I'm glad it did. That was absolutely fascinating, well produced, and beautifully shot. I very much enjoyed it.
I always enjoy when I get to see more footage of my hometown railroad and its historic ore dock in action. While the motive power has changed over the years, I watched those same ore jennies come and go since I was a kid in the early seventies. Most of the cars actually date to the 1930's, and LS&I continues to operate them with a special exemption from the FRA.
I think that Captain has docked at Marquette a couple of times eh! It was fascinating to me to watch how the ship approached and stopped so accurately. Loved the video. It's amazing to watch these older engines still working so hard and efficiently.
It's interesting most of the integrated steel mills left in the US and Canada (steel mills that make steel from iron ore rather than scrap) are able to receive iron from ships and trains and are located in the Great Lakes region. Without infrastructure like this, I don't know if they could survive economically.
The Ore Dock in Marquette is a Modern Marvel, completely underappreciated. When you stand on top of Mt. Marquette and see it's enormity and the engineering involved, it is incredible. It is also incredible to think of the role this dock has had in American industry and development of infrastructure around the country. So many trusses, cables, rails, new ships, vehicles have come from the Taconite and other materials.
Drayton, I am super proud of you. This remastered version is awesome! I can’t wait to go back up there someday with you. I still remember when you were making your first videos… crazy to see how far you have come!
I love the M/V Michipicoten. As classic as she is, she has a unique styling when compared to her sisters Cuyahoga and Saginaw. Glad you got to see and document her!
I sailed into the Marquette ore dock many times on CSL boats during the 1980’s. Unfortunately, I never paid much attention to the trains at the time. Your drone shots and narration give me a better sense of the place.The upper peninsula is a beautiful place.🇨🇦
Wish someone would put a live stream cam here it would be interesting to see the ships come in and load , really a awesome video even though I’m a year late watching it for the first time , hope you can do more on these ships that come in
@@DelayInBlockProductions still waiting for y’all to make a trip to port of Houston and end up with 10 videos and hours and hours worth of absolutely amazing class ones and industrial rail and short line variations.
Really exceptional production values on this video. All of the camera work is really excellent. It's easy to take for granted the right composition of a land based camera shot or the steady flow of a drone shot but I notice it all. Good work on the audio also. Really some of the best train based videos on this platform. I look forward to seeing more.
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ok considered myself amazed, the production quality of this video is amazing! the long scenic shots the wonderful green landscape and proper BALANCED volume makes this video a joy to watch, not only and an information piece but also as a moving canvas on the TV white not in use. Good job!!
This was beyond epic!!! I've seen videos of the Hueletts working in Cleveland, been on the Mather steamship at dock in Cleveland as well, toured the old USS Kobe steel plant while it was still operating in Lorain, kayaked past the huge piles of teconite stored along the Black River and I'm a blacksmith...but this is the first time I've ever watched anything relating to modern day mining and loading/unloading teconite. So super cool!! Thank you!! Fun to get an idea of where steel production begins!
Hey cool ...Kinda weird this is the first time ...Ever seing this ...From Ashland Wi our ore dock got demolished ....Use to play on and around ...Big part of life ...Was always afraid of it but then got over the fear
Very cool. Truly beyond awesome video work assuming with live sound and somehow no propeller noise? This would not be possible without a drone. I am not much into ships but I have watched similar clips many times. Thanks for posting it was sincerely appreciated.
That was fascinating. The end to end process of loading and unloading the ore is a sight to behold indeed. I used to live in New York near Lake Ontario and we could see the ore carriers at all hours of the day and night. Thanks for posting this!
How was this footage achieved? Is it mostly drone footage? If so, how do they have such ability to stay airborne for so long and at such great distances from the operator? Are they solar or battery or gas powered, or a combination of those?
What’s wild is the MV Mishipicoten featured in this video suffered a significant hull failure during the summer and was in real danger of sinking. Crews initially speculated that they had struck something, but it was later determined that a roughly 13 foot stress fracture had opened up in the hull.
At 11:20 there must be a 0 missing, the ships loading capacity most likely is 230 000 tons. 23 000 tons is hardly even the dead weight of the ship, and furthermore that would be the equivalent of perhaps 4 trainloads. Otherwise, lovely footage. (Sprry about the nitpicking.)
There is no mistake. This vessel was built 72 years ago and has a maximum capacity of 22,600 tons. It's a great miracle that it still does its job on the great lakes. Let's hope that he will continue to sail safely for many more years!
23,000 tons is correct. For context, listen to Gordon Lightfoot's song lyrics: "With a load of iron ore 26 thousand tons more than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty." The Fitzgerald was slightly longer than the Michipicoten and could carry just over 26,000 tons at midsummer draft.
I've had family members working in the taconite mines in Northern Minnesota and at the Jackson County Mine (long since shut down) in Wisconsin. Been up to Duluth, MN and watch some of the Lakers get loaded there.
ChainsawN&W1218, nice drone and ground footage,like the Conrail blue GE AC4400S and older GES,I know Duluth Missabe and Iron Range had some big steam locomotives and Quebec North Shore & Labrador has some massive taconite trains in Canada on a show I seen,neat operation!👍🇺🇲🛤🚂
It should be noted that some of LS&I’s 2-8-0’s were fitted with Tender Booster Engines. One of these examples is preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum. It is the only preserved steamer that has a tender booster fitted.
The original version had a technical error with the narration and also had terrible audio. We replaced the audio with dubbed audio of identical locomotives to enhance the viewing experience.
I think it's pretty neat how those hopper cars are smaller than standard, because of the weight of taconite. Taconite is so much heavier than most bulk loads, no sense in using standard hoppers that can only be filled half way.
Not that it matters in the context of this great video, but it's Hematite, not Taconite being shipped from Marquette. These ships do carry Taconite from Minnesota, but the iron ore from Michigan mines is Hematite.
I do not understand the concept of those pocket bunkers. Why so many small bunkers and not a big one? Does the ship has to move from pocket to pocket? Thanks for explaining ☺️ Regards from Germany
Freighters have to be loaded (and unloaded) evenly. If the cargo is uneven, it'll cause the boat to list or in an extreme, cause damage to the hull. The boat and dock crews are coordinating this process, and the boat's crew is also continuously adjusting the levels of the ballast tanks.
question, what is that structure in the lake on the other side with the long covered ramp??... looks like something mines use to move material. thanks in advance
2:22 if you’re talking about the long thing that’s going out into the lake with the building that would be a lighthouse for boats Or if you’re talking about the structure to the right I honestly have no clue I’m sorry
I've seen the Iron ore ship loaders at Port Hedland in Western Australia and this looks like a toy train set compared to the size of that operation and the size of the ships they load.
So they take loaded cars to the docks, and loaded cars to an iron ore processing plant, correct? Out of curiosity, if there is a plant that turns ore into ingots nearby the mine, why go to all the hassle of shipping the ore over the lakes to a far away plant? Or does Eagle Mills do something else with the ore that I can't think of? This might be a dumb question. Does it have something to do with it being more economical to ship the ore somewhere else for processing and use there versus shipping ready made ingots?
Just a guess but the mills probably source ore from a variety of places, mines can open and close but the mill can continue operating. The mine is probably not in a convenient location either whereas the mill would be accessible to most of its consumers.
The iron is often processed into steel close to where it is used. Historically this would be in places like Detroit or Cleveland, centers of industry, etc. At one point Ford's River Rouge facility was so well integrated that coal and iron ore would arrive and finished cars would come out. The steel mills were often placed in cities with good railroad access and with lots of potential customers who could make use of the steel, and a ready supply of urban labor. The mines have to be where the ore is, but building the entire industrial complex up there would be hard if nobody lived there. Plus moving bulk goods by lake freighter is extremely cheap, which is why the ore isn't sent south by railroad instead, and for decades ore from the upper lakes was send to the lower lakes by ship.
I worked next door at the Presque Isle Power Plant for 40 plus years. Occasionally we went out to the Coal Unloader , which is South of the dock, and watch the Ships come in. The precision which those Captains piloted those huge boats is incredible!
Absolutely beautiful in every way. Totally michigan and let's protect it's past and future industry. Lots of hard working michigan families.
Been visiting Marquette for past 2 years and finally moved up here the start of this year and I’ve always loved driving under the train tracks on my way to the beautiful presque isle park
This is a part of America that not a lot people get to see. Thank you for this beautiful piece!
I have no idea why the TH-cam algorithm suggested this video to me but I'm glad it did.
That was absolutely fascinating, well produced, and beautifully shot. I very much enjoyed it.
I've always loved the great lakes and the rust belt states, so unbelievably beautiful.
They are! Thanks for watching.
Okay, this was FAR more fascinating than I had anticipated. Excellent job.
Thanks for watching! That really means a lot.
So fascinating to see. Thank you for sharing this.
The drone captured aerial shots are truly amazing.
Thank you!
❤ love the video look forward to seeing more to the person that filmed it a very good job double thumbs up job well done thank you
I've been there to witness this festinating event several times but never with this perfect view. Thanks for the great camera work.
As a person who lived in Marquette for 36 years, I approve!
Thanks. Your video is great to watch the Michigan shipping industry in action.
One of the best videos I've seen yet.
I absolutely love those old Burlington Northern units.
Great video. My father worked on the railroad for 44 years. He would have loved to have worked on this job.
Best video I've seen on this topic!
I always enjoy when I get to see more footage of my hometown railroad and its historic ore dock in action. While the motive power has changed over the years, I watched those same ore jennies come and go since I was a kid in the early seventies. Most of the cars actually date to the 1930's, and LS&I continues to operate them with a special exemption from the FRA.
You started the video of the lighthouse that my great grandfather was the light keeper of. My grandfather grew up in the lighthouse.
First time viewer of this channel. I liked the content, production and presentation so much I subscribed. Cheers.
Thank you for sharing this with an excellent narration as a bonus! Always good to see a different perspective of home.
this has always fascinated me, as an east coast native. I really appreciate this, love learning new things
Spectacular drone work... the best I've ever seen.
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Nice professional job on the video so interesting well done
Well done! Great production and the drone shots were super interesting. What a great perspective to see the ore docks coming in from the lake.
I think that Captain has docked at Marquette a couple of times eh! It was fascinating to me to watch how the ship approached and stopped so accurately. Loved the video. It's amazing to watch these older engines still working so hard and efficiently.
No idea how this ended up in my TH-cam gallery but what a gem. Incredible footage. Thanks for posting.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
amazing footage
Some awesome video work on getting the ship loaded up. Cool!
great footage of an often-forgotten section of American industry. the overhead shots of the functioning ore dock are spectacular!
It's interesting most of the integrated steel mills left in the US and Canada (steel mills that make steel from iron ore rather than scrap) are able to receive iron from ships and trains and are located in the Great Lakes region. Without infrastructure like this, I don't know if they could survive economically.
The Ore Dock in Marquette is a Modern Marvel, completely underappreciated. When you stand on top of Mt. Marquette and see it's enormity and the engineering involved, it is incredible. It is also incredible to think of the role this dock has had in American industry and development of infrastructure around the country. So many trusses, cables, rails, new ships, vehicles have come from the Taconite and other materials.
I have 3073 and 3074, ore cars, and dock in HO scale. I haven't put the dock together yet. I hope to get to the UP one of these days. Great video!
coolest youtube video i've watched without skipping ahead in a long time. everything about it was top notch from subject to production.
Really well done. Thank you!
Very cool Drone footage.
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a cool video :) thank you for sharing
Excellent Video!!!!
Yes, I certainly did enjoy the video.
Very well done. The drone footage is spectacular.
Drayton, I am super proud of you. This remastered version is awesome! I can’t wait to go back up there someday with you. I still remember when you were making your first videos… crazy to see how far you have come!
Awww, thanks little bro! Hard to believe this was recorded 8 years ago. Time flies. Love ya!
I love the M/V Michipicoten. As classic as she is, she has a unique styling when compared to her sisters Cuyahoga and Saginaw. Glad you got to see and document her!
I sailed into the Marquette ore dock many times on CSL boats during the 1980’s. Unfortunately, I never paid much attention to the trains at the time. Your drone shots and narration give me a better sense of the place.The upper peninsula is a beautiful place.🇨🇦
Another great video.
Fantastic video love watching your videos keep up the great work
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Beautifully filmed and executed! This is fascinating!
Thank you so much! Love your content as well.
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Wish someone would put a live stream cam here it would be interesting to see the ships come in and load , really a awesome video even though I’m a year late watching it for the first time , hope you can do more on these ships that come in
Wow. Great drone footage and excellent production values. Congratulations on this fine video!
Thank you very much!
THANK YOU GREAT DETAILED VIDEO
This is potentially the most interesting unique and best railfan videos I’ve ever seen.
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@@DelayInBlockProductions still waiting for y’all to make a trip to port of Houston and end up with 10 videos and hours and hours worth of absolutely amazing class ones and industrial rail and short line variations.
This was a truly awesome video. Great graphics! And just enough narrative. Thanks so much for making it available to us.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.
awesome video, way to short ! Now I know how to pronounce 'Michipicoten' ! Thank you! Liked and subscribed!
Really exceptional production values on this video. All of the camera work is really excellent. It's easy to take for granted the right composition of a land based camera shot or the steady flow of a drone shot but I notice it all. Good work on the audio also. Really some of the best train based videos on this platform. I look forward to seeing more.
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This was an awesome video…thanks DIB!
Thank you for watching!
What an amazing piece of engineering. Awesome video!!
Awesome drone work!
ok considered myself amazed, the production quality of this video is amazing! the long scenic shots the wonderful green landscape and proper BALANCED volume makes this video a joy to watch, not only and an information piece but also as a moving canvas on the TV white not in use. Good job!!
Thank you very much. That means a lot!
Excellent video. I've never seen an ore dock in person but I'll be heading to Duluth next September. Hopefully will see it in action.
Incredible footage. Always love to learn a bit about Michigan history too.
Thank you. Love your username, btw.
This was beyond epic!!! I've seen videos of the Hueletts working in Cleveland, been on the Mather steamship at dock in Cleveland as well, toured the old USS Kobe steel plant while it was still operating in Lorain, kayaked past the huge piles of teconite stored along the Black River and I'm a blacksmith...but this is the first time I've ever watched anything relating to modern day mining and loading/unloading teconite. So super cool!! Thank you!! Fun to get an idea of where steel production begins!
Great video. Beautiful photography.
Many thanks!
Hey cool ...Kinda weird this is the first time ...Ever seing this ...From Ashland Wi our ore dock got demolished ....Use to play on and around ...Big part of life ...Was always afraid of it but then got over the fear
Very cool. Truly beyond awesome video work assuming with live sound and somehow no propeller noise? This would not be possible without a drone. I am not much into ships but I have watched similar clips many times. Thanks for posting it was sincerely appreciated.
That was fascinating. The end to end process of loading and unloading the ore is a sight to behold indeed. I used to live in New York near Lake Ontario and we could see the ore carriers at all hours of the day and night. Thanks for posting this!
Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it!
Great Video!
Great ore dock model in the Marquette museum
Very Cool!!!!
Cool video!! Never been in town to see the docks up close, but can be see the dock from the mountain when snowmobiling
Fascinating
Awesome vid!!!
Thanks!
Great video.
i have Submechanophobia but i still like seeing boats with modern locomotives from EMD and GE
How was this footage achieved? Is it mostly drone footage? If so, how do they have such ability to stay airborne for so long and at such great distances from the operator? Are they solar or battery or gas powered, or a combination of those?
excellent
Many many thanks!
8:50 this is just beautiful
16:50 notice the lack of harnesses up there? I wonder what it's like during high winds.
Very Interesting, This. I Lioked this hannel a lot.
Glad to hear that!
What’s wild is the MV Mishipicoten featured in this video suffered a significant hull failure during the summer and was in real danger of sinking. Crews initially speculated that they had struck something, but it was later determined that a roughly 13 foot stress fracture had opened up in the hull.
At 11:20 there must be a 0 missing, the ships loading capacity most likely is 230 000 tons. 23 000 tons is hardly even the dead weight of the ship, and furthermore that would be the equivalent of perhaps 4 trainloads. Otherwise, lovely footage. (Sprry about the nitpicking.)
It’s not missing a zero. That’s its load capacity.
There is no mistake. This vessel was built 72 years ago and has a maximum capacity of 22,600 tons.
It's a great miracle that it still does its job on the great lakes.
Let's hope that he will continue to sail safely for many more years!
23,000 tons is correct. For context, listen to Gordon Lightfoot's song lyrics: "With a load of iron ore 26 thousand tons more than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty." The Fitzgerald was slightly longer than the Michipicoten and could carry just over 26,000 tons at midsummer draft.
I've had family members working in the taconite mines in Northern Minnesota and at the Jackson County Mine (long since shut down) in Wisconsin. Been up to Duluth, MN and watch some of the Lakers get loaded there.
ChainsawN&W1218, nice drone and ground footage,like the Conrail blue GE AC4400S and older GES,I know Duluth Missabe and Iron Range had some big steam locomotives and Quebec North Shore & Labrador has some massive taconite trains in Canada on a show I seen,neat operation!👍🇺🇲🛤🚂
The Michipcoten was steam driven until 2010!?
Also how do you get such good scene audio without the drone of it the drone?
Awesome video 👍
It should be noted that some of LS&I’s 2-8-0’s were fitted with Tender Booster Engines. One of these examples is preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum. It is the only preserved steamer that has a tender booster fitted.
@ 16:01 to right of the Michipicotien appears to be an underwater structure. What is it?
Anyone know why this video replaced the older one? The drone video brings a perspective that nobody has really ever been able to see in the past.
The original version had a technical error with the narration and also had terrible audio. We replaced the audio with dubbed audio of identical locomotives to enhance the viewing experience.
I think it's pretty neat how those hopper cars are smaller than standard, because of the weight of taconite. Taconite is so much heavier than most bulk loads, no sense in using standard hoppers that can only be filled half way.
I LIVE THERE!!!!!
Me too
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Over the years they have really gotten their money's worth from the hull of that ship.
I worked at a power plant in Illinois for 35 years. It was a cold job in winter. This would be a cold job in winter times 2.
Not that it matters in the context of this great video, but it's Hematite, not Taconite being shipped from Marquette. These ships do carry Taconite from Minnesota, but the iron ore from Michigan mines is Hematite.
I do not understand the concept of those pocket bunkers. Why so many small bunkers and not a big one? Does the ship has to move from pocket to pocket?
Thanks for explaining ☺️
Regards from Germany
Why do they only load a couple of compartments at a time?
Freighters have to be loaded (and unloaded) evenly. If the cargo is uneven, it'll cause the boat to list or in an extreme, cause damage to the hull. The boat and dock crews are coordinating this process, and the boat's crew is also continuously adjusting the levels of the ballast tanks.
Now that’s the type of info I was hoping for when I watched this! At least some of the comments make up for the disappointment of the video
that storm spirit sound effect
450 carloads is one side of the dock, 900 carloads for both sides
question,
what is that structure in the lake on the other side with the long covered ramp??... looks like something mines use to move material.
thanks in advance
2:22 if you’re talking about the long thing that’s going out into the lake with the building that would be a lighthouse for boats
Or if you’re talking about the structure to the right I honestly have no clue I’m sorry
I've seen the Iron ore ship loaders at Port Hedland in Western Australia and this looks like a toy train set compared to the size of that operation and the size of the ships they load.
I n c r e d i b l e !
Thank you!
that power pant is no longer there, but the dock still works...
So they take loaded cars to the docks, and loaded cars to an iron ore processing plant, correct? Out of curiosity, if there is a plant that turns ore into ingots nearby the mine, why go to all the hassle of shipping the ore over the lakes to a far away plant? Or does Eagle Mills do something else with the ore that I can't think of? This might be a dumb question. Does it have something to do with it being more economical to ship the ore somewhere else for processing and use there versus shipping ready made ingots?
Just a guess but the mills probably source ore from a variety of places, mines can open and close but the mill can continue operating. The mine is probably not in a convenient location either whereas the mill would be accessible to most of its consumers.
The iron is often processed into steel close to where it is used. Historically this would be in places like Detroit or Cleveland, centers of industry, etc. At one point Ford's River Rouge facility was so well integrated that coal and iron ore would arrive and finished cars would come out. The steel mills were often placed in cities with good railroad access and with lots of potential customers who could make use of the steel, and a ready supply of urban labor. The mines have to be where the ore is, but building the entire industrial complex up there would be hard if nobody lived there. Plus moving bulk goods by lake freighter is extremely cheap, which is why the ore isn't sent south by railroad instead, and for decades ore from the upper lakes was send to the lower lakes by ship.
@@matthewsmith5104 very good explanation!