In 1865, the nation's largest iron ore deposits were discovered in northern Minnesota, and life in the area was irrevocably altered as an economic boom transformed the region. In the 1880s and 1890s, two railroads, the Duluth and Iron Range Rail Road and the Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway (which later merged), moved massive shipments of ore to the docks on Lake Superior. The Missabe Road tells the complete story of the DM&amp;IR: its construction, early operation, line extensions, passenger service, rolling stock, steam locomotives, and today's modern diesels. Frank King examines underground and open pit mining operations, modern-day taconite mining, the handling and transportation of ore to the docks, and the loading of boats.

The Missabe Road: The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage)

Biographies & Memoirs

King, Frank A.

Historical

Univ. of Minnesota Press

During the heyday of lumberjacks and sawmills, railroads such as the Duluth and Northern Minnesota and the Alger-Smith enabled logging companies to break away from the traditional mode of transportation (floating logs downriver) and its shortfalls (logjams and winter freezes). Frank King traces this rich history from its beginnings in 1886 to the railroads' disappearance around 1937 when the last of the giant sawmills closed down. King profiles every logging railroad in Minnesota and examines all aspects of their operations, including locomotives such as the geared Shays and Heislers, McGiffert log loaders, Russel log cars, dump trestles, hot ponds, logging camp life, railroad finances, and the impact on communities as timber supplies ran out and lumbering and sawmill operations shut down, causing thousands to lose their jobs. Heavily illustrated throughout, Minnesota Logging Railroads contains maps, photographs, postcards, engineering drawings, and railroad memorabilia such as timetables, passes, fare receipts, and freight tariffs. The appendixes comprehensively list the state's logging railroads, locomotive rosters, and railroad and lumber company names.

Minnesota Logging Railroads (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage)

Regional U.S.

Fascinating and detailed history of the railroads that made logging the white pine forests of Minnesota possible. Covers the construction, early operations, line extensions, passenger service, locomotives and rolling stock, and the location of sawmill facilities as well as the lumbermen: life in the logging camps, the backbreaking work in the forests, how cut logs were handled, loaded and unloaded, and the operation of the great mills. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. Includes lists of Minnesota logging railroads, Lima Shay geared locomotives used in the State, and locomotives (by company). 206 pages with index and bibliography.

Minnesota logging railroads: A pictorial history of the era when white pine and the logging railroad reigned supreme

Golden West Books

Invaluable reference book focussing on the steam and diesel locomotives of the Duluth, Massabe and Iron Range Railroad and its predecessor lines. The book covers the D&amp;IR motive power from 1883-1900, the DM&amp;N motive power from 1892-1903, the motive power of the consolidated lines, and then has chapters on Mikados and Santa Fes, articulateds, passenger power, switch engines, postwar power and diesels. With extensive rosters of both steam and diesel locomotives for all three railroads, sections on servicing facilities, rolling stock and mining locomotives. Illustrated throughout with black and white (and a few color) photos. With maps. 319 pages with index.

Locomotives of the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range

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Technology

Pacific Fast Mail

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The Missabe Road: The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage)

Minnesota Logging Railroads (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage)

Minnesota logging railroads: A pictorial history of the era when white pine and the logging railroad reigned supreme

Locomotives of the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range