DW&P interchanging freight at Superior Union Depot in 1966
A railroad is a system of tracks that connects with other railroad systems for the purpose of allowing any freight from any railroad to go wherever it needs to go. When cars are passed from one railroad to another this is called interchange and the trains that deliver those cars are typically called transfers. A daily ritual for DW&P in the Twin Ports was delivering interchange cars to the Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Railway in Superior, Wisconsin via the Northern Pacific's Grassy Point line. This August 1966 view shows the DW&P crew discussing the return trip to Duluth. They already brought their cars into the Terminal's yard near Superior Union Depot, then ran around that train engine light, and grabbed their caboose off the rear end. DW&P always delivered cars to the Terminal but in 1970 when Burlington Northern was created that practice was curtailed late that summer. Still, for another four years scenes like this would be an every day occurrence near the intersection of Winter Street and Oakes Avenue.
To read my story on this topic and see all of the pictures too then please click here: zenithcity.com/author/jlemke/
If you haven't yet subscribed to my once-a-month E-newsletter (it's free) here's a link to the June 2015 edition: conta.cc/1JY44JQ
DW&P interchanging freight at Superior Union Depot in 1966
A railroad is a system of tracks that connects with other railroad systems for the purpose of allowing any freight from any railroad to go wherever it needs to go. When cars are passed from one railroad to another this is called interchange and the trains that deliver those cars are typically called transfers. A daily ritual for DW&P in the Twin Ports was delivering interchange cars to the Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Railway in Superior, Wisconsin via the Northern Pacific's Grassy Point line. This August 1966 view shows the DW&P crew discussing the return trip to Duluth. They already brought their cars into the Terminal's yard near Superior Union Depot, then ran around that train engine light, and grabbed their caboose off the rear end. DW&P always delivered cars to the Terminal but in 1970 when Burlington Northern was created that practice was curtailed late that summer. Still, for another four years scenes like this would be an every day occurrence near the intersection of Winter Street and Oakes Avenue.
To read my story on this topic and see all of the pictures too then please click here: zenithcity.com/author/jlemke/
If you haven't yet subscribed to my once-a-month E-newsletter (it's free) here's a link to the June 2015 edition: conta.cc/1JY44JQ