Minnesota Mining Railroads In Color Volume 2

Hardcover, 128 pages, standard portrait size, Color photographs with extensive captions.A number of color photographs and extensive captions along with color maps make this an exceptional Morning Sun Books title. This book doubles as a color guide for the respective companies.This volume features Reserve Mining Company and Erie Mining Company (and their successors)! These two private industrial mainline railroads were constructed in the mid-1950s to support new taconite iron ore-processing operations and fielded a wide variety of first-generation diesel models. Details the history of these operations as well as locomotives and rolling stock! Contents:Taconite Pioneers, pg. 3,Reserve Mining Co., pp. 4-27,Cyprus Northshore Mining, pp. 28-33,Cliffs Northshore Mining, pp. 34-57,Erie Mining / LTVSMC, pp. 58-113,Cliffs Erie, pp. 114-127,Oliver Iron Mining Addendum, pg. 128. Features: New Hardcover David C. Schauer Morning Sun Books