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Of course you are, so we thought we’d start out with Paul Scinocca’s photo of the Arthur M. Anderson’s last arrival for the season in Duluth on Jan. 13. Paul adds these nifty notes: “Their 25th and final arrival to Duluth this season. Taking the CN dock after the Munson! They arrived 1/13/2022 5:53:00 PM, making me a bit late for dinner. Sailed up to CN to load Iron ore for the next 11.4 hours. They departed 1/14/2022 7:17:00 AM, after spending a total of 13.4 hour in port. This season they: Visited Duluth 25 times, spent 681.4 hours in Port, 186.7 hours discharging, 373.6 hours loading. Visited Two Harbors 6 times, spent 62.7 hours in Port, 59.4 hours loading. They delivered to: Conneaut 7 times; Gary IN 19 times; Nanticoke ON 2 times.” Thanks for the nice summary of a maritime season for one Great Lakes freighter, Paul. And if you want to see the freighter in motion … check out Paul’s video.
On Tracks: A number of railroad tracks in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Wisconsin and Ontario, including the one carrying the popular Agawa Canyon Tour, will soon be in the hands of Watco. David Helwig reports for Northern Ontario Business that 250 miles of former Algoma Central Railway tracks are among those sold to Watco Companies LLC, a single-source transportation services company based in Kansas. David reports that for the tour train operating out of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., it will do business as Agawa Canyon Railroad, merging the previous Algoma Central Railway and Agawa Canyon Tour train names. According to Bill Stephens on trains.com, the Algoma Central railway will begin operations under Watco management on Feb. 1. “The railroad – Watco’s first in Canada – will employ 27 people. … In addition to Algoma Central freight service between Sault Ste. Marie and Oba, Watco aims to reinstate the scenic passenger rail service that runs through Agawa Canyon.” This map on the trains.com site, credited to Watco, shows the lines the company manages throughout our Lake Superior region and into southern Wisconsin.
New Look for the New Year: For those who did not see this yet, we are thrilled to introduce our modified look, launched with the start of our 44th volume. (The magazine started in 1979 with Vol. 1, so this is our publishing 44th year … though in people years we’d be 43). The
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