Monday, April 3, 2023
BOOKS / RAILROADS / DULUTH, MISSABE & IRON RANGE
Just got this book last week from Perry's Hobbies in Morgan, Minnesota. For a book about ore cars, it's one of the most beautiful books I've ever owned. The paper quality and the binding are first rate.
I bought it for my continued research into the railroads of northern Minnesota. Northern Minnesota is the home of the "iron range", one of the richest iron ore deposits in America. Iron ore is a very heavy ore, so to move the ore to the steel mills that need it, several railroads were built to serve the mines in the area.
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Equipment, 1883-2004
by Daniel P. Holbrook
published by Signature Press
ISBN: 978-1-930013-41-4
Sadly, this book is no longer in print, and Signature Press is out of business.