Fascinating, thanks, Guys! I've been to the Marquette ore dock a few times, I never was able to watch the ships load up. Sometimes after dropping off their iron ore load in the South of the Great Lakes, these ships bring back a load of coal for the Marquette power plant which I noticed in the background of some of the shots. Many of the LS & I jennys have extensions round the top. They were built for Grade I & II ore, which is heavier & thus cannot be piled as high as the taconite being shipped here.
congratulations for all ! beautiful footage which well explains the transportation system of ores rail/ship and full of admiration for the synchronization between train/ship and those who work hard to keep this activity going geat ! thanks a lot 👏👏👏💕
Everything about your video is amazing. Your narration is very well done. Your editing, including your audio dubbing is spot on. Best of all, of course, is your drone video; you use the drone as a camera platform to show action that you couldn't get otherwise. Keep up the great work!
What a nice video. I would like to go there one day myself.... Also very nice drone shots. Makes everything looking nicer / in a new perspective Cheers Adam / Denmark
I cannot wait. I'm curious about everything in this game. I used to play world in conflict and was unhappy when they closed the servers and all that for the game years ago. still play it from time to time and have the modern equipment mod. but im curious on the logistics portion?
it would be a very Nice Thing to see This wonderful Structure also as a Model with The Edmund Fitzgerald along side as She was before She Went Down on Monday November 10 1975 This would be a wonderful Tribute to The Ship & Her Crew.
The short iron ore hoppers are referred to as "jennies." Iron ore is much more dense than, say coal or gravel; if you filled a 90 ton coal hopper with taconite it would likely fail. Having all that weight concentrated on 2 trucks would not be doing the track a favor, either! ( :
Amazing video! This particular one is so educative! Always a pleasure to watch your videos. Your drone videod are so stable! Do you stabilize in post production or direct from camera? which drone do you use and which camera?
I want to build a model of this dock and line were can I get info at for track layout and dock info for HO scale ? i have not been able to find any . Thank You
@ 8:43 , what is that underwater structure that can be seen at the far side of the dock ?? was that meant to be another dock ? or did it used to be one ?
Think of the time it would take to switch tracks, back up, disconnect the car, pull back out, switch tracks again, back up, pull out the empties, stop, switch tracks, back up to the lone car, reconnect, pull out, switch tracks, back up to the end, disconnect the car... much less waste to just haul it back and ask for a train with one less car.
Great video and awesome clarity! Only one question i have tho. At about 8 mins into the video there seems to be a structure sunken in the water just on the other side of the coal loader. Is that a structure of something or a ship?
Wow that drone is steady.
Was a great day to spend at the ore dock excellent footage and crystal clear. 👍
Fascinating, thanks, Guys! I've been to the Marquette ore dock a few times, I never was able to watch the ships load up. Sometimes after dropping off their iron ore load in the South of the Great Lakes, these ships bring back a load of coal for the Marquette power plant which I noticed in the background of some of the shots. Many of the LS & I jennys have extensions round the top. They were built for Grade I & II ore, which is heavier & thus cannot be piled as high as the taconite being shipped here.
Neat operation and great drone work
Great video - thank you
congratulations for all ! beautiful footage which well explains the transportation system of ores rail/ship and full of admiration for the
synchronization between train/ship and those who work hard to keep this activity going
geat ! thanks a lot
👏👏👏💕
Very well done! I especially like the late afternoon sunlight shining on the dock and ship.
Excellent footage, great use of your drone.
Amazing video! Drone provides ideal platform to view operations at this historic facility. Thanks for making/posting!
Thank you!
I want to thank you for a idea for my n scale train layout now just to figure it all out in scale excellent video
Nice stuff, Ryan. I especially like the shot at the 5min mark.
Great job on the video, beautiful sharp pictures
Train crew has all the fun, on and off moving equipment.
Exciting, just like watching grass grow.
Everything about your video is amazing. Your narration is very well done. Your editing, including your audio dubbing is spot on. Best of all, of course, is your drone video; you use the drone as a camera platform to show action that you couldn't get otherwise. Keep up the great work!
waw nice dock and train
Love the narration! Thank you!
Beautiful.. thank you..
Great video. Well done. Nice change from the usual run-bys.
Great video MCL! It was really nice to see the lake and surrounding area from above.
Fantastic video! Epic drone view as well!
Good video. Good drone footage.
What a nice video. I would like to go there one day myself.... Also very nice drone shots. Makes everything looking nicer / in a new perspective
Cheers Adam / Denmark
Great video as you tell us what is going on. Thanks
Hey, thanks for the advice! We went to Eagle Mills this morning and caught the U30C's.
Glad you guys got them!
Michigan Central Lines: nice diesel engine. what are they? A dash 9 or something else.
Great video! Drones can capture more than I expected. Perhaps on another video you could show the ship while unloading from the above the ship.
great video... I was most struck by the strength and enormity of the dock
RICHARD ORAM it’s a pretty grand structure, isn’t it?
Thanks Awesome video 👍
Wow excellent video!
Very nice stable video. Has to be a Phantom or Mavic 2. My M2P is rock solid in the air too. Keep up the good work !!
This is filmed a phantom 2. Now I use a Mavic pro both are great drones
Great video!
Thank you!
great video
Very cool
Impressive.
Ships don’t shove off … they sail.
Lovely view @15:00
I cannot wait. I'm curious about everything in this game. I used to play world in conflict and was unhappy when they closed the servers and all that for the game years ago. still play it from time to time and have the modern equipment mod. but im curious on the logistics portion?
it would be a very Nice Thing to see This wonderful Structure also as a Model with The Edmund Fitzgerald along side as She was before She Went Down on Monday November 10 1975 This would be a wonderful Tribute to The Ship & Her Crew.
Walthers has/had a model of an ore dock and Great Lakes freighter.
good video
Look at all that Beautiful Coal Piled up at the Power Plant. Clean, efficient, Powrful Coal for America. Thank the Republicans.
NaYawkr clean? You are a fucking idiot!
The power plant was closed and demolished last year.
great video and no music thank you . are those smaller hopper cars thanks.
The short iron ore hoppers are referred to as "jennies." Iron ore is much more dense than, say coal or gravel; if you filled a 90 ton coal hopper with taconite it would likely fail. Having all that weight concentrated on 2 trucks would not be doing the track a favor, either! ( :
Amazing video! This particular one is so educative!
Always a pleasure to watch your videos.
Your drone videod are so stable!
Do you stabilize in post production or direct from camera?
which drone do you use and which camera?
Thank you! I use a DJI Phantom 3 standard, and it has a gimbal which stabilizes on the camera. I have the stock camera on the drone
Ever been derailment on the dock structure?
Well I can see from what I so far had read that the little boys inside the now men have been satisfied.
Dennis, you've hit the nail right on the head!
Outstanding video. Some of the best drone footage I've seen. Which drone do you use?
Nice video! Why did the train leave one loaded coupled car and take it away with the empties at the beginning?
Most likely because someone screwed up the count.
is that another coal loading terminal with the covered conveyor
I want to build a model of this dock and line were can I get info at for track layout and dock info for HO scale ? i have not been able to find any . Thank You
Wonder how much Air he has down while he's shoving
@ 8:43 , what is that underwater structure that can be seen at the far side of the dock ?? was that meant to be another dock ? or did it used to be one ?
That is the old dock base. The old dock was primarily constructed with wood
awsome video u think you could get one at an automobile plant loading train cars?
Anyone know what's in the water just north of the dock? I can't find much on it or the smaller South ore dock.
RedWings-44 it’s the original dock, presumably wooden?
Why did they leave a loaded car on the train? Also nice video!!
Thanks! I believe that car would not fit over the pocket, which is why it went back down the grade
+Michigan Central Lines Ok thanks! Also, your VR videos are awesome!!
Why did they not push it on a nother track? Instead of dragging it back down. Seem like a wast.
Think of the time it would take to switch tracks, back up, disconnect the car, pull back out, switch tracks again, back up, pull out the empties, stop, switch tracks, back up to the lone car, reconnect, pull out, switch tracks, back up to the end, disconnect the car... much less waste to just haul it back and ask for a train with one less car.
Im guessing the bn's are gone now?
fiberrabit the BN GE's should still be on the property, they were going to be replaced with more leased units but that fell through
Great video and awesome clarity! Only one question i have tho. At about 8 mins into the video there seems to be a structure sunken in the water just on the other side of the coal loader. Is that a structure of something or a ship?
That would be the remnants of the original LS&I wooden ore dock built in 1895. It was replaces by the existing dock in 1912.
Awesome video.