Lake Superior & Ishpeming

The LS & I has primarily three different routes.
 
Marquette line: Eagle Mills-Marquette
Tilden line: Eagle Mills-Tilden Mine
Republic sub: Negaunee-Republic.
 
There are two other short lines. There is a .7 mile line from Eagle Mills-Diamond Jct., and the short Harris yard lead east of LS & I Jct. in Negaunee.
 
The Republic sub is seperate from the rest of the system. The line has serachlight ABS, and a few islands of CTC, but they are turned off and it is track-warrant controled now by the LS & I operator. The Marquette line & Tilden line have CTC, with a combination of searchlight and tri-light signals.
 
The WC and LSI have jointly owned track on the Republic sub from LS & I Jct. in Negaunee-Landing Jct. in Ishpeming, and on the Tilden line from Palmer Line Jct.-Eagle Mills Jct. Maitenance is shared on these tracks, and they are under control of the LS & I operator.
 
The WC also has trackage rights over the Tilden line from Eagle Mills-Eagle Mills Jct., Palmer Line Jct.-Empire Mine, rights in Eagle Mills yard, and into the Eagle Mills pellet plant. On the Republic sub, the WC has trackage rights from Landing Jct. in Ishpeming-Humboldt Jct. in Humboldt.
 
The LS & I has trackage rights over the WC into Partridge yard from both Empire Jct. and Palmer Line Jct. on the Tilden line, over the WC Hogan line from Eagle Mills Jct.-West Wye Jct. and East Wye Jct., and over the WC Republic sub from Diamond Jct.-LS & I Jct. in Negaunee.
 
Besides their own tracks, the LS & I operator governs movements over several WC lines: the entire WC Republic sub from Diamond Jct.-Negaunee, the entire WC Hogan line from Eagle Mills Jct.-West Wye/East Wye Jct., the WC's Partridge yard, and the WC connection tracks from Partridge to the LS & I Tilden line at Palmer Line Jct. and Empire Jct. 
 
Major yards are: West Yard in Marquette, Eagle Mills yard, and Euclid Yard in Ishpeming (jointly owned with WC). Only West yard and Eagle Mills yard are actively used by the LS & I.
 
A large complex of carshops and locomotive shops are located at Eagle Mills.
 

NEWS/OPERATIONS

Tuesday 7/5:

The LS & I has began pulling up the track on their Republic line from Humboldt-Republic, so this segment should be completely gone in a couple months.

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See WC section for additional pictures of LS & I trains running on trackage-rights over CN/WC rails.

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5/22: WC SORE 1 northbound at Highway-35 crossing on Tilden line
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5/22: WC SORE 1 southbound light-engines at Highway-35 crossing on Tilden line

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5/22: WC SORE 1 southbound crosses Highway-35 on Tilden line light-engines

5/22: WC SORE 1 southbound crossing Highway-35 on Tilden line on rainy day

5/22: WC SORE 1 southbound out of Eagle Mills yard on Tilden line

5/22: WC SORE 1 northbound at Highway-35 crossing on Tilden line

5/8: LSI scale-test car converted from an orecar in consist of 7-Tilden southbound at Palmer

5/8: 7-Tilden southbound through Palmer on Tilden line

5/7: Maitenance building/lockeroom at the base of the oredock in Marquette

5/7: ex-LSI depot in Marquette

5/3: 3-Yard going-away southbound at Empire Jct. on Tilden line

5/3: 3-Yard southbound at Rolling Mill Rd. crossing on Tilden line

5/3: 3-Tilden going-away southbound at Eagle Mills Jct. on Tilden line

5/3: 3-Tilden southbound at Eagle Mills Jct. on Tilden line

5/2: 7-Tilden westbound at Cty. Rd. 550 crossing in Marquette on Marquette line

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