Yooper Railroads?

Google it on Upper Penisular rr's. DSS&A, Soo line, Escanaba & Lake Superior, etc.

Copper Range Ry., the Calumet &  Hecla Ry.,  and  the Mineral Range Ry. served the Keweenaw Peninsula "copper country", with Mineral Range narrow gauge basically servicing the Quincy Mine in Houghton. (I'm going from memory here, so I may be inaccurate.)

Kevin Musser's (RIP) website has great photos and info on UP railroads through the years:

http://www.copperrange.org/

I believe the Quincy mine had it's own road, the Quincy and Torch Lake (narrow gauge).  Not sure when it stopped operating.  I seem to remember the mid '40s.  Copper range may have had something to do with it too though.  Was it a standard gauge road?

The Calumet and Hecla mining co also had theirs as mentioned (aka, the Hecla and Torch Lake).  I believe it was still around at least in 1969, maybe longer.  They donated their 1873 Mason Bogie to Greenfield Village that year.  It was also narrow gauge.

>>There are the Ishpeming and Lake Superior, the Escanaba and Lake Superior, and others..

That was LS&I, not I&LS.  Also SOO Line (Minneapolis, St Paul & Sault Ste Marie). Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic reached St Ignace... and Mackinaw City by ferry.

jay jay: Thanks.  That Copper Range history looks really interesting, when I briefly

scanned through part of it.  That surviving shaft house (which I hope is still being preserved), I missed entirely, as well as the town, on a quickie trip around the UP several mounths ago.  That article mentioned four railroads up there with an odd

49" gauge (if I read it right)...were those the Hecla and Torch Lake narrow gauge railroad, and others in that (Keewenau) area or some others?  Will have to go through at leisure.

Lots of mining history and heritage in that region.  I get there as often as I can.

Charlie:  I was using guidebooks, a UP ghost town book, etc., and made a circle tour

of the UP, but did not FIND anywhere near as much mining or rr evidence as I hoped, as was described in the books... I am sure I missed some if not a lot...

You're welcome!The Quincy Mine is being preserved; here is the website: http://www.quincymine.com/

As far as the RR's, there were a bunch; some were narrow or odd gauges. I need to look at Musser's website to reacquaint myself with them!

John, I think you have it covered.

>>Marquette & Huron Mt, 1963 to 1982 (mostly a tourist line, although it was a common carrier and occasionally hauled pulpwood).

It operated on a former LS&I branch... with ex-LS&I 2-8-0's.  One of them is now on the Western Maryland Scenic.   

Since you have an interest in the area, you might also be interested in a copy of the appropriate railroad atlas by SPV, Great Lakes West region:

http://www.steam-powered-video...Railroads.html#aAGLW

These are offered through Carstens Publications and, like ourselves (LHS), many hobby shops carry this series of atlases.  If you're into exploring railroad history, they can provide a lot of fun in retracing old abandoned routes as part of a backroads vacation. (Voice of experience.)

Great Lakes West covers the Michigan Upper Peninsula.  Great Lakes East covers the rrrrest of Michigan...including old interurban routes!

FWIW, always...

KD

Another one, #18, is running in Colorado - and #33 is stored operational in Ohio.   BTW, I used to fire on #23 on the M&HM back in the '70s.

John

Ah, I forgot!  And I have 2 of them....DSS&A ore cars, by K-line.  Same dies as the RMT cars.

John

http://www.michiganrailroads.com/