For the longest time since I visited Michigan Tech in Houston and learned about this railroad, I have been searching far and wide to try and find any actual video footage of the railroad operations on the keewenaw peninsula but all I was ever able to find were still photos. Thank you for uploading this, and think you Clint (Rest in peace) and Christopher for capturing this piece of forgotten history.
First of all, a big thank you to Clint and the Jones family for sharing these vintage films. My Grandparents lived in the last house in Ripley. I have so many happy memories of my time in the Copper Country.
This is pretty much what Houghton and Hancock were like in winter when I went to Tech in 1967. I took the Copper Country Limited to Chicago for Christmas break in 1967. A mire 14 hour trip inclusive of breakdowns. Great video though!
Now that was an awesome video! Loved all the snow scenes. Was there in the summer of 1968 as a child and road a steam excursion. I think it was the Keewenaw Central, maybe, my memory is failing a bit as I was only 5 and 1/2 years old and that is what started my love for trains! Thanks for posting this! Can hardly wait for part 2.
Thank you for posting this. As a Mckeever and a model Railroader im going to have to model the McKeever run. Looking forward to part 2. Thank you for persevering and sharing history.
As one gets older the thrill of winter usually isn't there anymore but I would bundle up to see this kind of stuff Trackside today. Many many thanks to all of you for putting this together. Knowing some of these locations has helped but that narration bridges the gap and has that Personal Touch. Hopefully those engines had good cab heaters and sadly I found out that the father of a friend of mine on occasion would work the RPO car on the Copper Country Limited otherwise I would have enjoyed some reminisces of winter trips
@@FreiherrDinkelacker having worked for our transit system for 37 years I waited on enough corners plus all the slowpokes that couldn't get their butt on a bus as the wind keeps blowing in plus driving in too many snowstorms to count I still live in Wisconsin however and have no plans to move to areas that are always humid or super hot
Great stuff, and it is nice to hear from Dennis and Chris. I put a few miles on the old Tempo driving those grades in the early ‘90’s. All but the former DSSA were long gone, and even the DSSA tracks were long dormant.
Thank you for digitizing and preserving this movie that Clint Jones, Jr. compiled in the mid-1960a of railroads operating on the Keweenaw Peninsula in Upper Michigan! This is historical footage that you have saved. I am looking forward to Part 2! (Posted 3 October 2024 at 2153 CDT.)
Amazing. Thank you. Really liked seeing this, having grown up in Minnesota in the '50s, when snows were deep and the NP RS-3's, day or night, with Milw F9 freights included, plowed thru it all in town.
Yes, railroads in the past seemed to have more of an inclination to operate no matter what. Now they won't serve a customer if there is snow covering the track.
loved every moment of it! Thanks for sharing. Brought back lottsa memories running the russel plow, flanger, glossip and ditcher. Thank god we had radios in early 70's!!!
This is awesome!! Thanks! I wish my late father could see this as he would talk about the copper country limited. Thanks for taking the time to do this!!
So nice of you to share this video, I lived here my whole life, I was about ten tears old when much of this was taken,nice memories cant wait for part two!!!
That’s some wonderful footage of valuable rail lines productivity. Men with skills and knowledge that’s pretty much lost. What a shame America has hemorrhaged her industry. What are the hand signals that were used from the plow?
Whether to proceed or stop. The men in the plow would have their vision obstructed by the flying snow and also had no direct communication with the engineer in the locomotive pushing them. No radios then. So the man riding the roof was the means of communication to the engineer, whose view forward was obstructed by the plow.
The Keweenaw peninsula, I would like to call it the Mouth of Lake Superior. You see, Isle Royal is the Eye. The Keweenaw peninsula is the Mouth. Lake Superior has a Face.
You had a good section crew that worked all day and night long during the storms. Now they are regulated by the government the amount of hours can be on the clock. My dad worked for the Great Northern with Became Burlington Northern the BNSF. He started in 1954 when steam was being phased out. Had 46 years when he retired and he loved his job
@@paulhuelsman7221I think a mountain goat was the symbol of the Great Northern. They still have a Goat on a pedestal in Whitefish, MT. was your dad gone a lot on the job?
I hired in 76. Most of the early units of that type had water radiators for heating. I remember seeing warning decals to drain heaters in freezing weather if the engine shut down. You had to drain the locomotive too as they just used water and no antifreeze. All the 50's Geeps built had electric heaters. The few times I worked a snow plow (likely built in the 20's) they had an old potbelly coal stove and later some had a diesel space heater. Both would be a total disaster if you derailed and overturned. Some section men refused duty and wouldn't ride in them.
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Thank you for sharing these fantastic historical treasures.
I am just the middle man but yes, was glad to share. Thank you.
For the longest time since I visited Michigan Tech in Houston and learned about this railroad, I have been searching far and wide to try and find any actual video footage of the railroad operations on the keewenaw peninsula but all I was ever able to find were still photos. Thank you for uploading this, and think you Clint (Rest in peace) and Christopher for capturing this piece of forgotten history.
@@soarinskies1105 michigan tech is not in Houston, lol. It is in houghton though.
Wish my dad was still here. He grew up in Calumet. Wish he could see this.
First of all, a big thank you to Clint and the Jones family for sharing these vintage films. My Grandparents lived in the last house in Ripley. I have so many happy memories of my time in the Copper Country.
Yes, we are all lucky Clint was generous (and trusting) enough to loan out his movies for digitizing. We are all the richer.
Yahhh....... I think I rented it in college.
This is pretty much what Houghton and Hancock were like in winter when I went to Tech in 1967. I took the Copper Country Limited to Chicago for Christmas break in 1967. A mire 14 hour trip inclusive of breakdowns. Great video though!
Dang - filmed right about the time you were riding it.
Looked similar in 1970.
That's some great historical footage. That poor guy on top of that plow giving handsognals must have got frostbite quite often.
That was back when men were men. Just another day....LOL
Super cool! Always thought this area would make a great model railroad subject.
Got Part Two coming soon.
Michigan used to be so much more beautiful, especially in the winter. Wish I was alive to see these trains and places.
The UP still gets snow. Just not the LP.
Now that was an awesome video! Loved all the snow scenes. Was there in the summer of 1968 as a child and road a steam excursion. I think it was the Keewenaw Central, maybe, my memory is failing a bit as I was only 5 and 1/2 years old and that is what started my love for trains! Thanks for posting this! Can hardly wait for part 2.
Hey Mr Kazoo!! Glad you liked it. Yes. watch for Part 2. I will post it after viewership of Part 1 starts to fade.
Thank you for posting this. As a Mckeever and a model Railroader im going to have to model the McKeever run. Looking forward to part 2. Thank you for persevering and sharing history.
Glad you enjoyed it. I am pleasantly surprised how well the viewership is doing on this video.
As one gets older the thrill of winter usually isn't there anymore but I would bundle up to see this kind of stuff Trackside today. Many many thanks to all of you for putting this together. Knowing some of these locations has helped but that narration bridges the gap and has that Personal Touch. Hopefully those engines had good cab heaters and sadly I found out that the father of a friend of mine on occasion would work the RPO car on the Copper Country Limited otherwise I would have enjoyed some reminisces of winter trips
I love winter more the older I get. Cold weather really brings out the best people.
@@FreiherrDinkelacker having worked for our transit system for 37 years I waited on enough corners plus all the slowpokes that couldn't get their butt on a bus as the wind keeps blowing in plus driving in too many snowstorms to count I still live in Wisconsin however and have no plans to move to areas that are always humid or super hot
Snow on the tracks looks great. The heat and humidity in Florida is no picnic.
Great stuff, and it is nice to hear from Dennis and Chris. I put a few miles on the old Tempo driving those grades in the early ‘90’s. All but the former DSSA were long gone, and even the DSSA tracks were long dormant.
If I get my butt in motion Dennis offered to collaborate on a Keweenaw archeological expedition
Thank you for digitizing and preserving this movie that Clint Jones, Jr. compiled in the mid-1960a of railroads operating on the Keweenaw Peninsula in Upper Michigan! This is historical footage that you have saved. I am looking forward to Part 2! (Posted 3 October 2024 at 2153 CDT.)
Amazing. Thank you. Really liked seeing this, having grown up in Minnesota in the '50s, when snows were deep and the NP RS-3's, day or night, with Milw F9 freights included, plowed thru it all in town.
Yes, railroads in the past seemed to have more of an inclination to operate no matter what. Now they won't serve a customer if there is snow covering the track.
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loved every moment of it! Thanks for sharing. Brought back lottsa memories running the russel plow, flanger, glossip and ditcher. Thank god we had radios in early 70's!!!
Wait a minute - did you do that??...would like to talk further.....
That was some great footage of trains up on the Keweenaw Peninsula, I love the snow action. Please keep the videos coming. Thank you.
I have a Part 2 to post soon...but not as much snow in it.
Great video, I miss the old days....
As opposed to me that missed the old days....
Very cool history!
Indeed. I was very fortunate to have access to the movies and to get the narrators I did.
This is awesome!! Thanks! I wish my late father could see this as he would talk about the copper country limited.
Thanks for taking the time to do this!!
Oh absolutely!! It had to be done.
Great footage. Thanks for taking the time to share it with us. 👍
My pleasure bringing it to life
So nice of you to share this video, I lived here my whole life, I was about ten tears old when much of this was taken,nice memories cant wait for part two!!!
Nice to hear from you. Once interest in Part 1 fades I'll post part 2 - maybe a week or so.
Wonderful! Thank you, also, for everyones' contributions.
More to come soon....
Wow, what great footage of train traffic in the Keweenaw. Thanks for posting.
That is only half of it....
Great stuff. Thank you.
You are most welcome - glad to provide.
Great memories! Thank you for sharing!
It had to be done !!!
I,remember Back in the Day, when The Milwaukee Road used to run Passenger Trains between Calumet, Michigan to Chicago, Illinois in the 1960's. 17:11
Glad I could bring your memories back to life.
Super enjoyed watching. I have been looking for long time for RR action in this area and time period. Thanks
The Copper Country Limited.
thank you. this is great.
You are welcome - glad to accomodate.
Great film!!
Thank you. Enjoyed bringing it to life.
I may be alone in this, but I miss Mars lights. RIP Mr Clint.
I think a number of people miss the Mars lights...mainly us older farts?....
80 yr old railfan from MN...💯agreed,ditch lights ok,but the mars light touches my 🧠❤️...👍👍
Excellent work!
Awesome 👍
Makes me dislike winter even more
Great video
It's great if someone else goes out in it....
That’s some wonderful footage of valuable rail lines productivity. Men with skills and knowledge that’s pretty much lost. What a shame America has hemorrhaged her industry. What are the hand signals that were used from the plow?
Whether to proceed or stop. The men in the plow would have their vision obstructed by the flying snow and also had no direct communication with the engineer in the locomotive pushing them. No radios then. So the man riding the roof was the means of communication to the engineer, whose view forward was obstructed by the plow.
@@killerbee6310 Appreciate your explanation. I’m impressed with how exhausted those men must have been after a days work! And frozen! Tough fellas.
Nice to see.
The Keweenaw peninsula, I would like to call it the Mouth of Lake Superior.
You see, Isle Royal is the Eye. The Keweenaw peninsula is the Mouth.
Lake Superior has a Face.
and of course we have the mitten to the south
Dat dere be da UP dontcha kno. Dey get LOTSA snowage up dere dontcha kno. Snowage & blowage too. Dey make some tasty pasties up dere too dontcha kno.
waz thru Eski na ba taday nd hd a beef pasty
With gravy,eh???
I'm from this area.
How did they operate the switches in that heavy snow? That must have been a nightmare
You had a good section crew that worked all day and night long during the storms. Now they are regulated by the government the amount of hours can be on the clock. My dad worked for the Great Northern with Became Burlington Northern the BNSF. He started in 1954 when steam was being phased out. Had 46 years when he retired and he loved his job
@@paulhuelsman7221I think a mountain goat was the symbol of the Great Northern. They still have a Goat on a pedestal in Whitefish, MT. was your dad gone a lot on the job?
What kind of heating equipment was used to keep the locomotive crew warm and comfortable during snow removal operation?
I will have to defer to others but I am thinking there was no heating.
I hired in 76. Most of the early units of that type had water radiators for heating. I remember seeing warning decals to drain heaters in freezing weather if the engine shut down. You had to drain the locomotive too as they just used water and no antifreeze. All the 50's Geeps built had electric heaters. The few times I worked a snow plow (likely built in the 20's) they had an old potbelly coal stove and later some had a diesel space heater. Both would be a total disaster if you derailed and overturned. Some section men refused duty and wouldn't ride in them.
Poor Jerry Fisher had to move his whole family up there to take care of the whole Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Curious as to why exclusively UP color equipment was used to the MILW trains. I thought that was just for Omaha-Chicago to help the UP get to Chicago.
Hmmm...good question. Little help from the audience?.....
Color used on the varnish including the trains to the west Coast.
Make Hikki go away, eh.