Comments on: Sturgeon River Trestle

By: A C&H Trestle

A C&H Trestle — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:45:25 +0000

[...] torch. Triangle shaped flanges that once strengthened the sides have been cut out. (check out the DSS&A bridge at Chassell to see what I mean) I would guess that this was done to allow those front-loaders to [...]

By: Gordy Schmitt

Gordy Schmitt — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:14:42 +0000

Part of the reason this is still here was the fact of the railroad wanting to reopen this up to Chassell and building a log reload there but this was shot down by Nimbys. Also the track is still owned up to Arnheim by the railroad.
The track was not ripped up all that quick, the Hancock to Calumet line shut down in 1978 and was removed in 1986, this was the quickest one. The Lake Linden line continued to operate first to Lake Linden and then cut back to Dollar Bay due to a bridge washout north of Dollar Bay, then service was discontinued in 1982. The rail from Lake Linden to Houghton was not ripped up until 1997, this was along with the rail line south to just outside Chassell. The last train to operate into Houghton was in 1987, this laid the fiber optic cable for your telephone service. If you walk the biking path in Houghton though, most of the rail is still there underneath the blacktop and you used to be able to see the outline at times.

By: John from the Prairie

John from the Prairie — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 09:40:49 +0000

BS Co. would be Bethlehem Steel.

By: Gordy Schmitt

Gordy Schmitt — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:56:52 +0000

I would venture to guess on that last photo of the tie plate, BS CO is the company that cast the plate, the plate is 8 1/2 wide of a Soo specification and when the specification for this plates design was made(2/1939). The Soo specification would have been one of the railroads that made up the Soo, being the Soo Line didn’t come into existance until the early 1960’s. There is one more larger trestle south of this one, although I am not sure without a bit of a walk you can get to it. It would be just to the north of that construction company on US41 that has the crane to dredge his own entrance for his boat launch in the stamp sand. After looking it up, it would be the Little Carp River.
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