Hi Wildgoose,
Thanks for the link.

Yes, it was spoiling the view, but I also wonder about the issue of unwanted visitors to the cars when it is in Leif Erikson Park.

We do need to protect our view (s).
I am a little disappointed by the big parking ramp now going up by the DECC because it changes the skyline looking both from the city and from the Lake.

This is news?

Ken Beuhler, man of action, should really think twice about how to get people to like trains...parking one in front of a treasured lake view and scenic pay off for driving here from the cities doesn't really make sense. The claim that the trains will roll free if parked else where is odd, dont they have clamps or wheel arrests?...also..last time I looked wasn't there a TRAIN YARD out by goodwill?

Real Sinatra, that's the BNSF trainyard.  The cars belong to Detroit Edison and Wisconsin Public Service.  LSRR probably has much better rates than BNSF for car storage.

Frankly, I thought the whole outcry over a seven-second view of the lake from scenic I-35 a bit much.

I actually find that the train cars provide a nice blocking of the view of the freeway when running on the Lakewalk, as well as a bit of an extra windbreak during the cold winter months.

Don't thank Beuhler, thank a citizen who asked a question and voiced an opinion. When Beuhler was first asked to move them he replied to my friend that he couldnt' and then said "tough." My friend did not respond well to being told that by a person who owes his employment to the generous people of Duluth, so he went around the obstacle and found a solution. And enough of the "get over it crap," we live here because we like to look at pretty things, Lake Superior among them. If you enjoy the view of a line of train cars, the BNSF trainyard mentioned above has all you could want.

I know Beuhler ... he is not a jerk ... he looks real good (almost too good) in lederhosen...he's tops in my book b/c he's an advocate for the NLX. He's so cool that Tangier 57 has a whole song dedicated to him(Ken Beuhler, Man of Action). He's trying to do good but sometimes, "actions" need to be re-thought. I'm glad he's movin' the trains to a less scenic spot.

Its called sarcasm folks. I think Buehler is in the right and the public is whiney. Or was that a "thumbs up"? I guess I am a jerk.

Who's got the spray paint? Bomb tag them all!

E. allow me to partially come to your rescue here.  I got the sarcasm the first time and I found it amusing.  So it was edgy but it did work for me personally. I hate that feeling when I post something online and it falls flat or misses or comes off mean-spirited. So ... yeah I got it.  But ... DuluthDailyPhoto is right, too.  Sarcasm has a big downside.  I should know I use it all the time.  And that is what I was getting at.  

I do like Ken Buehler and all he's done for the community and the rail work he is promoting I find very tantalizing and exciting.  That was my original point, in fact. Not about Ken Buehler but about some people stood up for dreams and ideals and brought them to life ...

Thanks for posting that DDP. I think that's what bothers me about these complaints over the view. The railcars are there because we are in a huge recession. And so there are massive amounts of railcars idle across the country. To have people complain that their view of the lake is interrupted (in a town that was *made* by the railroads) seems myopic and a bit selfish in light of the fact that it's a potent symbol of People Out of Work. Whether or not it's true, it sounds (to me) not so different from when the rich complain about having to have their eyesight inflicted with homeless beggars. Heaven forfend having to see the results of the bankers' greed.

All political interests aside, when we are in such a deep recession we go to little pleasures~~~and if they are free so much the better.  Like our lake views. Don't spoil this for us if there are other options, IMHO.

I think they would be less likely to be vandalized up north, than right inside of the city limits.