The logging roads deep ruts were my vehicles playground. I loved skidding my truck axles over them at high speed, shearing them slightly. (the ones not being worked 
) When the wheels "drop", Ford twin I-beam kept you centered on the 2 tracker's center peak in 2wd 
I've been chasing that Cornelius Culhane story for nearly ten years. My own account comes from rail fan discussions between my Great Grandfather (Kusan) and my Grandfather (Lionel) both TCA in the 60's at least. I think the conversation began at "Worths" restaurant on Old Worth rd on the edge of the Hiawatha forest.(memorable for the food and the many dozens of stuffed animal heads hanging in the ceiling....many connected by rope and pulley to the bar. They could distract you from your table to talk, and lower a head to eye level to scare the crap out of you when you turned back for a bite of food. The "screaming monkey" was the best/worst 
)....Anyhow, Great Grandpa asking about my engine, a 2-6-4, turned into speculation over Cons being a Prairie with a 4 wheel trailing truck added later. An American Adriatic, even a modification, was a big deal and we sent a few weeks chasing other old timers "eye witness" stories for confirmation. A Forney and a Porter were remembered by others. The Porter was the Shelldrake dock engine, so a Forney and a Prairie were mentioned most often. Many couldn't remember anything except "it was a tall "old timer" "it definitely wasn't a Forney". The builder was a "German named builder" and east coast, with easy ship access., but NOT the usual supplier of loco's to C&H mines who Con supplied timber for (mine shaft support timber, buildings, etc). Vulcan or Schenectady kept coming up. I think shipping records might be an easier "catch" Were is a maritime/RR fan when you need one?....(floating, till port 
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Remember I was only a kid and listening to stories from folks that lived it as kids. They were old now and speech was broken-Engilsh, German, French, Swede, and even some Ojibwe. I was "northern bi-lingual" enough to catch most, and it's sketchy, but aligns with much of what I've found reading.
I'd love a good dump right now 
... I never have seen one. The ore docks with approach, is the only way I've seen them. That one looks nice though. Sad but nice. The only issue with the creation of a building is if not built "right" and kept up, the whole thing will get demolished sooner, hastening the loss of the kind of physical history that helps the UP, "be the UP". Lots has been lost already under "best intention" schemes of the past.
Guess I'm just an all around conservationist from the conservation state
