Copper Range Railroad

Copper Range No. 29 was photographed by Stan Mailer on September 28, 1958, at Houghton, Michigan, after its retirement. It was later stored inside the railroad's roundhouse.
http://www.steamlocomotive.info/F92004.cfm



Copper Range Railroad, per Wikipedia, states was a small railroad company that operated from 1899 to 1972 in the western Upper Peninsula of the state of Michigan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_Range_Railroad

Main Website:
http://www.pasty.com/copperrange/kmcollection.htm

Historic City of Houghton:
http://history.cityofhoughton.com/history/industry.html

Timeline:
http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Railroads/CopperRange/COPRTimeLine.htm

Wikipedia also mentions: Copper Range #29 is currently under restoration at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin, which also owns former Copper Range Railroad Coach No. 60.

Restoring Copper Range #60:
http://www.midcontinent.org/collectn/woodpas/cr60/page1.html
http://www.midcontinent.org/collectn/woodpas/cr60.html


I just thought you would like to see a place colder than us. haha
Lisa