Built → Connor Land and Lumber Company → Abandoned
Built: Date not known. Possibly 1935.
Became: Abandoned after 1970, date uncertain.
Reference: [MRRC]
Image info: A Shay-style locomotive used by the Connor Land and Lumber Company.
Near Wakefield. Line from Connorville to T48N-R46W and to T49N-R45/46W in Gogebic county. This was a private logging railroad. [MRRC]
1938. The Connor Lumber & Land Co. agreed to recognize the American Federation of Labor, representing their sawmill and (lumber) yard employees, as well as employees of their railroad including train and section crews operating at the Connorville headquarters. [BHN-1938-0819]
1970. The railroad continues to run between logging camps and the Soo Line railroad. However the cost of the operation continues to be a burden on the company.
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