When the E&LS Railroad pass Pembine, WI heading south you'll see this SD40-2 increase its speed over these newer train tracks replaced using a state grant many years ago.. Might be why they have stop signs at the railway crossings. | Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad w/ Jason Asselin

Digging up some old video for Facebook. The LAST TIME any work was done here. Check out HOW they did it! - After years of use and billions of pounds being transported down this rail line, the ties on this Escanaba & Lake Superior track were replaced in 2015. | Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad w/ Jason Asselin

(Here is an old video from 2015) I chased this old locomotive of the Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad (1201 ELS) on its way north past Iron Mountain, Michigan. It was built in JUNE 1958 as RSMX 1201 (SW8). Check out the strange light attachment on this locomotive, extending it higher than the hood.. | Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad w/ Jason Asselin

The Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad rarely pulls a train this long, but it was ELS 502 and ELS 503 doing the work through Iron Mountain, MI at the only crossing where they blow their horns.. Did you count the cars? | Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad w/ Jason Asselin

This video was filmed over a few days catching 4 locomotives including one we haven't seen in a long time, Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad ELS 502 is back in service after being repaired!! Plus I caught ELS 501 SD40-2, ELS 400 GP38 and ELS 1221 SD9 all on different days.. | Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad w/ Jason Asselin

This video shows some of the National Railroad Museum's historic locomotives and other train cars as they roll on the rails over the past few months. Featured in this video are (in order of appearance): the General Motors Aerotrain; U.S. Army #101 "Pershing"; Joseph Lister hospital car; Kickapoo Valley & Northern #2 caboose; Escanaba & Lake Superior Snow Plow #100; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy #2330 Railway Post Office car; Kohler Co. Trackmobile; Paris-Lyons-Mediterranee 40&8 French boxcar; Uni

The last time we seen 3 locomotives pulling a train was last year.. ELS 501 and 503 are now Out Of Service (OOS). | Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad w/ Jason Asselin

Rybak Inc was at the train derailment with heavy equipment to put ELS 400 and 503 back on the rails, then ELS 501 and 1221 pulled it back south towards Pembine, WI put of the way.. | Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad w/ Jason Asselin