Copper Country Rails

From the railroad's beginnings in the early 1870s to the complex rail network of the 1900s, the advance and decline of the copper industry in Michigan's Upper Peninsula was mirrored by the railroads that served it.  With the abandonment in 1976 of the Houghton tracks of the Soo Line (formerly the Mineral Range, Duluth South Shore and Atlantic), Copper Country was once again without the railroad service that built it.  This book seeks to tell this rich story of Copper Country railroads through a collection of pictures from various archival sources, including the author's personal collection.