Railroad: Gogebic & Iron Counties Railway & Light Company (E)

Gogebic Street Railway. → Gogebic & Iron Counties Railway & Light → Ironwood & Bessemer Railway. & Light

Acquired: 1910

Operated for 1 year.

Became: 1911 - Ironwood & Bessemer Railway & Light Co.

Closed: 1932

Reference: [MRRC]

Notes

This was an electric railroad which extended from Montreal and Hurley in Wisconsin east to Ironwood, Bessemer and Jessieville, MI, a total of about 12 miles. The line was ultimately abandoned under different ownership in 1932.

This interurban and street railway ran about 26 trains per day in each direction at its peak. The railway had similar three-track barns in Ironwood and Bessemer. [ERM]

Time Line

1912. September. Representatives of the Gogebic and Iron Counties Railway and Light Company appeared before the state railroad commission at Lansing and asked them to compel the C&NW and Soo Line railroads to permit them to run tracks across their lines on this range. The electric company claims that the other railroads are tying them up and delaying their project of connecting the electric line between Bessemer and Ironwood. [BHN-1912-0914]