It is the story of the Iron Range and Huron Bay Railroad that spent over $1,200,000 during the period of 1889 to 1995, to build a 36 mile railroad that never ra

Based on original letters, documents, diaries, and newspaper reports, The Railroad That Never Was uncovers the truth behind this mysterious railway.

The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.

This account of a doomed enterprise is “an important contribution to both rail and road history, as well as to business history”—photos and maps included