Copper Range Railroad Company

Incorporated Jan. 23, 1899. Line abandoned Mar. 2,1973. Dissolved Dec. 28, 1979.

 

   New Hope & Ivyland 100   New Hope, PA   2/83   ex Copper Range 100   photo ŠJohn Mech

   New Hope & Ivyland 101   Buckingham, PA   8/23/87   ex Copper Range 101   photo ŠJohn Petko

   SMS 1293   Bridgeport, NJ   8/6/94   ex Copper Range 101   photo ŠJohn Petko

   Copper Range Railroad Speeder Car   Freda, MI   7/27/04

   Copper Range Depot   Houghton, MI   7/24/04

   Copper Range/GB&W    Caboose 605   Big Bay

 

1974 Roster (Final)

Road Number

HP

Builder

Builder's Model

Tractive Effort

Weight

Date

Notes

100-101

1000 

BW

DS 4-4-1000

72,000

240,000

1947

1.

200

1200

BLHW

S-12

72,000

240,000

1951

2,3

Roster Notes

1. 100-101 sold to New Hope & Ivyland 1976

2. CR 200 sold to White Pine Copper Company

3. CR 200 is now owned by The Duluth South Shore & Atlantic Division & is housed at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, MN.
 

Links

Copper Range Railroad

Keweenaw National Historic Park

Houghton County Historical Museum Home Page

Exploring The Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

Page Collection

Welcome to Yooperland

Copper Country Railroads

Copper Range 29   2-8-0  Alco, 1907   North Freedom, WI   Mid Continent Railway Museum

Copper Range 29  photo 1   RailPictures.net

Copper Range 29  photo 2   RailPictures.net

RS1 205 ex LS&I 1002 Rick's Train Server

Buy Some Calumet & Hecla Stock!

Copper Range Railway Photos by Ted Ellis

Copper Range Railroad 

Copper Range Coach #60  at Mid Continent Railway and Museum

Copper Range Combination Car #25  at Mid Continent Railway and Museum

Copper Range Locomotive 29  at Mid Continent Railway and Museum

Copper Range 101   SMS/Penn Jersey Rail Lines

The Baldwin Zone - New Hope & Ivyland

Copper Range 29 to Mid-Continent

Keweenaw Free Guide

 

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04/26/08