DW&P Transfer at Superior WI 1970
For DW&P, making the trek from West Duluth to Superior was tricky, as there wasn’t a way for the Peg to make this trip in one continuous run. The Peg ran out of the east end of their yard in West Duluth to the interlocking known as DW&P Junction near 46th Avenue West in Duluth. There the Peg maintained and operated an interlocking tower that controlled the flow of trains between the Peg and the Northern Pacific. From that junction point the Peg trains would have to back up onto the Superior Connection that was a track connecting the DW&P with the NP’s Duluth Transfer line. Once there, the engine and caboose would swap ends of the train in order to continue the short trip down the NP’s Grassy Point Line, across the drawbridge, and into the State of Wisconsin. This view shows one such transfer coming off of the NP tracks and about to make the connection with Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Railway at LST&T Ry. Jct. in Superior. Look closely, way in the background, and you’ll see the Grassy Point draw bridge dead center just ahead of the locomotives. The switchman in this view is walking ahead of his train at a brisk pace to be able to line the switch so that his train can finish the run into the Terminal’s yard along Oakes Avenue. It’s a cold day in March 1970 just after the Burlington Northern merger. The Peg’s days of interchanging cars here are just about over.
DW&P Transfer at Superior WI 1970
For DW&P, making the trek from West Duluth to Superior was tricky, as there wasn’t a way for the Peg to make this trip in one continuous run. The Peg ran out of the east end of their yard in West Duluth to the interlocking known as DW&P Junction near 46th Avenue West in Duluth. There the Peg maintained and operated an interlocking tower that controlled the flow of trains between the Peg and the Northern Pacific. From that junction point the Peg trains would have to back up onto the Superior Connection that was a track connecting the DW&P with the NP’s Duluth Transfer line. Once there, the engine and caboose would swap ends of the train in order to continue the short trip down the NP’s Grassy Point Line, across the drawbridge, and into the State of Wisconsin. This view shows one such transfer coming off of the NP tracks and about to make the connection with Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Railway at LST&T Ry. Jct. in Superior. Look closely, way in the background, and you’ll see the Grassy Point draw bridge dead center just ahead of the locomotives. The switchman in this view is walking ahead of his train at a brisk pace to be able to line the switch so that his train can finish the run into the Terminal’s yard along Oakes Avenue. It’s a cold day in March 1970 just after the Burlington Northern merger. The Peg’s days of interchanging cars here are just about over.