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Overnight Shark hunt

In August 1979, the Escanaba & Lake Superior leased the Sharknose's from their owner, Castolite, Inc. after their service on the Michigan Northern. The 1205 was unserviceable, but the 1216 was operational, and for a few weeks E&LS used it in service on its line from Wells to Channing.

 

I wanted to shoot it, so I drove overnight from St. Paul to Escanaba. Then I chased the train west to Channing, where it was turned on the wye from the trip back to Wells, seen here passing a set of Milwaukee Road Fs at the Channing engine house.

 

I then chased the train back to Ralph, Mich., where I turned around and drove west to St. Paul, and promptly went to work at my job at Northwest Airlines on the overnight shift. Two days with no sleep - but it was worth it! I could never do that today!

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Uploaded on September 11, 2020
Taken on September 11, 2020