Inactive Rail Line Tour - The Original Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad - Channing to Wells

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• DL

  @dlcnws4418 · 10 months ago

  Thanks for the video. My dad has a camp on the Mashek grade and as a kid in the 60's I remember sitting in the woods deer hunting and hearing the E&LS whistle at the crossings. A lot of old sidings and landings back in the woods which made it easy for hiking. The old timers said they would take a hand car to get to their camps. Rails long gone, but what's left of the ties are still there.

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• RU

  @Rusticden · 2 years ago

  Great memories but also sad to see. When I was in college in the early 70’s we would take my car on the abandoned (or little used) tracks. With the tire pressure at about 20 lbs it would follow the tracks perfectly. We would quietly cruise thru beautiful scenery. With the car in drive at idle we would go about 10 mph and often ride on the roof or hood with no one inside.

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• MA

  @markdegoede6568 · 2 years ago

  Love these type of rail history videos.   Thanks for posting

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• JA

  @jameschristiansson · 2 years ago

  A friend lived in Felch. Sounds like typical Felch hospitality.

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• LA

  @lar113 · 1 year ago

  Thank you for posting this. The railroads were what built America.

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• PA

  @paulbergen9114 · 2 years ago

  A buddy of mine and myself drove this in the mid-1990s and already it was getting that inactive look. It was a real eye opener to see a line with so little population and accordingly so little business. Greatly appreciate seeing the pictures and the helpful Maps. It's hard to envision the occasional truck cranes from Harnishfeger in Wells with the blocking around the tires slogging over this right of way. I remember seeing them in the late 1970s as the Milwaukee Green Bay line went past my employer. Nice and concise and a real help in research. Thank you for sharing

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• PO

  @poodlesgalore2327 · 2 years ago (edited)

  This is great. I’ve driven the route you took many times. Good to see Greg out and about.

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• CH

  @chrisduprey7283 · 2 years ago

  Thank you for the history of the locations on the line. Fascinating and sad at the same time.

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• TW

  @twofoottaylor1 · 2 years ago

  Thank you for this wonderful trip down memory lane, very well done! I really enjoyed your video and commentary. From London, Ontario, Canada.

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• JL

  @Jleed989 · 2 years ago

  Love the local history and the birds that I hear in the background. I live in town in a bird dead zone and miss that so much.

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• RO

  @ronnyvonallmen6892 · 2 days ago

  I almost bought a Home and Acreage in Arnold where this Railroad crossed across the Driveway….Across the Highway was Arnold Station…Gas, Conveniences and a Post Office…

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  @erikmcc804 · 2 years ago

  Wow this was amazing thanks for the history 😁

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