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The Depots of L’Anse, Michigan – It Sounded Like Thunder!- Part II<\/h3>\n

by Gary Brogan<\/em><\/p>\n

But it\u2019s winter and I didn\u2019t see any lightning… I thought I heard a train whistle before; it kept blowing and blowing. It almost sounded like it was screaming\u2026 Listen! The fire whistle is blowing now! I
\nwonder what\u2019s going on\u2026 Man, it\u2019s cold out there; must be at least 10 below! For you old timers, where were you Friday night, December 14th, 1951 at about 11:53 p.m?<\/p>\n

Grandpa Bill Sands and my uncle Bill had just arrived home on Baraga Avenue where they lived about two blocks from the Duluth,
\nSouth Shore and Atlantic tracks. They had been at Grandpa Bill\u2019s Central Food Store in downtown L\u2019Anse, where they were making potato sausage, along with my dad, John Brogan, Jr. A lot of other people in the little town of L\u2019Anse in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan were already in bed or getting
\nready for bed when they heard sounds like rolling thunder. The rumbling continued on and on\u2026 and on. And finally, deathly silence\u2026<\/p>\n

Creating Railroad Magic<\/h3>\n

Story by Steve Glischinski
\nPhotos by the author, Jeff Terry and Dan Kwarciany<\/p>\n

Every other year the Lake Superior Railroad Museum (LSRM<\/a>) in Duluth, MN sponsors
\na Railfan Weekend. The weekend offers the opportunity for railroad fans to see several artifacts from the museum collection operating as they did in regular service. Since the first Railfan Weekend in 2002, I\u2019ve been
\nhelping the museum coordinate the events.<\/p>\n

This year, we broke the previous record set in 2009 for attendance, with 49 participants from across the United States and Canada. Combined with a special mixed train charter with Soo Line 4-6-2 Pacific no. 2719, this year the events stretched over a five-day
\nperiod, from September 7 to 11, 2011.<\/p>\n

All trains operated over the museum\u2019s
\nNorth Shore Scenic Railroad, the former
\nDuluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway route between Duluth and Two Harbors, MN.<\/p>\n

A Marquette Range Mining and Railroad Town – Part I<\/p>\n

by Larry Easton<\/em><\/p>\n

Iron ore was first discovered in Michigan\u2019s Upper Peninsula by a survey party led by William Austin Burt in 1844. Ore samples were collected and
\nturned over to Dr. Douglass Houghton, Michigan\u2019s first state geologist. In 1845 a group from Jackson, Michigan visited the site of Burt\u2019s discovery, which led to the establishment of the Jackson Mine on the site of present day Negaunee. Further exploration over the next few years led to the expansion of knowledge of the
\nore body which came to be known as the Marquette Range. This band of iron ore stretched from Negaunee, on the east, to several miles west of Michigamme, with another deposit in the area of Republic<\/em>….\u2014 Nelson Cadarette, Div. Eng., DSS&A Ry., 1925.<\/p>\n

Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railroad Depot – Michigamme, Michigan (continued)<\/h3>\n

A Marquette Range Mining and Railroad Town – Part I<\/p>\n

by Larry Easton<\/em><\/p>\n

This two page drawing and photos are included in the above article – Built 1899<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summer 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

Features:<\/em><\/p>\n

    \n
  • \u00a0The Depots of L\u2019Anse, MI Part II<\/em><\/li>\n
  • \u00a0Gallery : Creating Railroad Magic (Recreating Twin Ports ca. 1950s LSRM)<\/em><\/li>\n
  • \u00a0Michigamme, Michigan – Part I (Including Depot Plans)<\/em><\/li>\n
  • \u00a0My Dad the Section Foreman<\/em><\/li>\n
  • \u00a0Long Trips to Enderlin<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Soo News<\/li>\n
  • Transfer Table<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":573,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[34],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-574","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-the-soo","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple","customify-col"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sooline.org\/WP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sooline.org\/WP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sooline.org\/WP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sooline.org\/WP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sooline.org\/WP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sooline.org\/WP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=574"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sooline.org\/WP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=574"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sooline.org\/WP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}