CN Serves the North: A Day in the Life of CN L540 

ISHPEMING, MICHIGAN - 03 March, 2018
In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the Canadian National serves as the dominant railroad carrier, providing the area with service on a system of modest mainlines and numerous branches leftover from such pedigrees as the Soo Line, Chicago Northwestern, Wisconsin Central and the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic.
As has always been the case in the region, forestry and mining are the two core industries, and in this episode, we’ll see that the L540 is no exception. In this day-in-the-life documentary, we’ll follow an entire day’s work as it was in March of 2018, between Champion, Partridge, and all the sights in between.
Adding to the fun is the unique addition of the NS 1065 as foreign power, otherwise known as the NS Savannah and Atlanta Heritage Unit. Far removed from its namesake road, it joins a BNSF GE-Evolution Series unit trundling around the light branchline rails of Michigan’s Marquette Iron Range.
CN L540 of March 3rd, 2018
EB/SB Consist:
- BNSF 6911 [ES44C4]
- NS 1065 [SD70ACe] Savannah & Atlanta Heritage Unit
- 6 Loaded Eagle Min Gons - Ishpeming Pickup
- 2 Empty Ammonium Nitrate Tanks - Winthrop Jct Pickup
- 1 Empty Pulpwood
- 15 Loaded Pulpwood from Bovine
- 5 Empty Old Tie Gons from L’Anse
- 10 Woodchip Gons from L’Anse
- 39 CARS TOTAL FOR PARTRIDGE
WB/NB Consist:
- NS 1065 [SD70ACe] S&A Heritage
- BNSF 6911 [ES44C4]
- 1 Empty Box for Potlatch in L’Anse
- 3 Loaded Old Tie Gons for L’Anse
- 1 Woodchip End-Door Gon
- 5 Loaded Old Tie Gons for L’Anse
- 1 Woodchip Gon
- 3 Loaded Old Tie Gons for L’Anse
- 2 Empty Eagle Mine Gons
- 1 Empty Scrap Gon for Mineral Range at Ishpeming
- 3 Loaded Ammonim Nitrate Tanks for Mineral Range at Winthrop Jct
- 20 CARS TOTAL FROM PARTRIDGE
Location/Time:
- CN Marquette Range Sub, Beacon, MI, Peshekee R. Bridge, on 03Mar2018 at 08:08 EST
- Champion, US41 xing, at 08:20
- Humboldt, FN Rd xing, at 08:37
- Mineral Range RR Blueberry Sub, Diorite, Diorite Rd xing, at 09:16
- North Lake, Co Rd 585 xing, at 09:48
- LS&I Republic Sub, Landing Jct/Cooper Lake Cutacross Rd xing, at 10:02
- Ishpeming, Lakeshore Dr Bridge, at 10:10
- Ishpeming, Washington St xing, at 10:45
- Winthrop Jct, Washington St xing, at 10:53
- Ishpeming, Washington St xing, at 11:05
- Ishpeming, Malton Rd xing, at 11:46
- Negaunee, Baldwin Ave/LS&I Jct, at 11:56
- LS&I Ore Sub, Eagle Mills Jct, at 12:14
- South Wye/Co Rd 480 Bridge, at 14:10
- Ishpeming, Malton Rd xing, at 14:31
- Ishpeming, Lakeshore Dr Bridge, at 14:41
- Landing Jct, Greenwood St xing, at 15:03
- Winthrop Jct, Washington St xing, at 15:05
Follow with this chase using Google Maps! Check out my Google Map Overlay of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Railroads, via this link: drive.google.com/open?id=1GeS...
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Videography Equipment:
- Primary: Sony FDR-AX53 4K Camcorder
- Secondary: Sony HDR-PJ790V HD Camcorder
- Aerial Platform: DJI Phantom 3 Advanced Drone
- Radio Scanner: Uniden Bearcat BC125AT
- Edited with: Cyberlink PowerDirector 16
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