Research Catalog

Title

Minnesota logging railroads / Frank A. King.

Author

King, Frank Alexander, 1923-

Publication

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2003.

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Details

Description

199, [8] p. : ill., map; 28 cm.

Summary

"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"--P. [4] of cover.

Series Statement

Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series

Uniform Title

Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series

Subject

Logging railroads > Minnesota > History

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Originally published: San Marino, Calif. : Golden West Books, c1981.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [202]) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface -- ch. 1. Beginning in Minnesota -- ch. 2. The logging camp -- ch. 3. The river railroads -- ch. 4. North of Lake Superior -- ch. 5. Along the Iron Range -- ch. 6. Rainy Lake country -- ch. 7. Red River logging -- ch. 8. Loading the cars -- ch. 9. The great sawmills -- ch. 10. Iron horses in the woods -- [appendix 1]. List of Minnesota logging railroads -- [appendix 2]. Lima Shay geared locomotives used in Minnesota -- appendix 3]. Locomotive rosters -- [appendix 4]. Map of Minnesota logging and mainline railroads -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN

081664084X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2002045596

OCLC

• 51342424
• SCSB-10556659

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library