Author: John Leopard
This illustrated look at the history of the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railroad begins with a brief look back at its late-nineteenth-century origins in the Duluth & Iron Range and Duluth, Missabe & Northern railroads. The bulk of the book, however, covers the period from 1937—when those two roads merged under U.S. Steel—to today. Along the way, readers will learn about and witness the roads legendary early steam power, the evolution of its unique mining operations, its switch to diesel power in the 1950s, and its modern fleet and operations.
Hardcover - 8-1/4" x 10-5/8" - 160 pp - 125 color, 75 b/w
Format: Hardbound
Pages: 160
Length: 8.25w x 10.75h
ISBN-13: 9780760317624
ISBN: 0760317623
Catalog ID: 138617AP