About the MISSABE Railroad Historical Society

 

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November 2004

 

The MISSABE Railroad Historical Society (MRHS) is a group of railfans, modelers and rail historians who have banded together for the express purpose of sharing a common interest in the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway, and its predecessors, the Duluth & Iron Range and the Duluth, Missabe & Northern.

The Missabe Railroad Historical Society is an official non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, and is not affiliated in any way with the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company, the Great Lakes Transportation Company or Canadian National. The contents of this web site are proprietary and are the result of a lot of personal effort. Please respect and support our efforts by not copying the contents without express permission from MRHS.


Our Mission

Our mission is to provide an ongoing organized forum on the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway from a railfan and modeler perspective. This includes the collection and distribution of historical and current events information about the Missabe and its predecessors, and the industries it touches, including other mining railroads, mining operations, local industry, Great Lakes shipping, and interchange rail carriers.

We share this information with our membership through our magazine ORE EXTRA. This magazine is published quarterly, to the best of our abilities.

We are actively pursuing Missabe-related materials for the development of an archive. We encourage your input regarding photos, artifacts and memorabilia for purchase or donation. We solicit the input of those whose paths have crossed the Missabe, and who have the same passion to share what they have learned with others.

ORE EXTRA Publication

The Ore Extra is published quarterly, and features lead articles on aspects of the Missabe. It also features standing departments, such as:

The Editor's "View From The Dock"
The President's "From The President"
"Iron Range News", a collection of current happenings in and around the Missabe
"Preserved Missabe", information on vestiges of the past
"The Missabe Modeler", articles in miniature
"The Materials Department", featuring items MRHS has for sale
Contents of past issues can be found in the Materials Department page. Contents of the latest issue can be found on the What's New page.

If you have an article or photos, contact the ORE EXTRA Editor via the contact page.

Ore Extra Winter 2012

 

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In This Issue: 

• Embarrass, MN: The Missabe’s Ice Box 

• Missabe Telephone & Telegraph Department, Part 2 

• The Restoration of DM&IR Yellowstone Mallet 229 

• Scratch Built G Class Caboose 


To subscribe, click here to join the MRHS.  Click here for a full list of dealers carrying the Ore Extra.

 


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