Re: Mason Machine Works locomotive archives/Allouez Mining Bogie #2

I haven't found a digitalized version of it yet, but it is on Page 102 of "Copper Country Rail"

You can see a preview of this book showing the Hecla & Torch Lake RR with its 49" gauge Mason Bogies, the very rare narrow gauge Camelback and Belpaire Firebox 2-8-0s and 2-8-2Ts





The Copper Country of Michigan is arguably the Narrow Gauge Country of the Midwest and featured a spaghetti bowl of lines in different gauges.
There were quite a few locomotives similar to the ones you see in Colorado in the area, the Lac La Belle & Calumet operated 2 2-8-0s that are identical to Class 56 locomotives on the D&RG and South Park, Brooks moguls used on the Quincy & Torch Lake were much alike those on the South Park, the 4-6-0s on the Mineral Range were practically T-12s, and the surviving Quincy 2-8-0 #5 is the same builders class as the C-17s.

Though there aren't any rails left there are still plenty of surviving locomotives from the area, the Quincy Mine still has 4 of 6 locomotives, Calumet & Hecla has 2 along with nearly all of its diesels and even a few steam locomotive cabs, an early Climax that served on a few lines in the area still exists at a resort down in Texas.