Minnesota Logging Railroads - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Minnesota Logging Railroads write by Frank Alexander King. This book was released on 2003. Minnesota Logging Railroads available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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
Minnesota Logging Railroads - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Minnesota Logging Railroads write by Frank Alexander King. This book was released on 2003. Minnesota Logging Railroads available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Mike and Ike and Morningtown
Mike and Ike and Morningtown - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mike and Ike and Morningtown write by David E. Umhauer. This book was released on 2000. Mike and Ike and Morningtown available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A history of a Northern Minnesota logging railroad and branchline, the Minnesota & International, as told through employee recollections, company documents and contemporary press accounts, emphasizing the people and the day to day operations of the line, which served North Central Minnesota, between Brainerd and Bemidji and International Falls. The story is a through but light-hearted study of the people and the operating practices that made one particular segment of railroad run.
Cinders and Timber
Cinders and Timber - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cinders and Timber write by Frederick G. Harrison. This book was released on 1967. Cinders and Timber available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Steel Rails and Iron Men
Steel Rails and Iron Men - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Steel Rails and Iron Men write by Frederick G. Harrison. This book was released on 1970. Steel Rails and Iron Men available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.