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Did you know... that the Iron Range and Huron Bay Railroad never operated a single train, despite completing a 42-mile (68 km) line and its own ore dock at a cost of over two million dollars?
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Latest comment: 3 years ago6 comments3 people in discussion
I've changed the assessment to B-class; I wouldn't think there's that much more material to be added on such an ephemeral railroad. Grades over 5%? No wonder they were after Davis' scalp. Amazing that the railroad was completed before someone noticed. Choess (talk) 01:35, 25 February 2008 (UTC)Reply
Some sources were found to be heavily reliant on the sensational side of that period newspapers. The RR's local historical society has reached out with a few corrections. More to come. A few detail are being cross checked and will be updated. I have added some quality references in the mean time. Dropping to C class until the questioned details are resolved. FullScale4Me (talk) 02:14, 27 October 2021 (UTC)Reply
I believe you added those sources, unless we're talking about Barnett, so I've rolled the article back to the older version ([1]). If Barnett is demonstrably unreliable then we'd have a real problem as his article forms the basis for ours. Mackensen(talk)02:18, 27 October 2021 (UTC)Reply
It was Dobson I was referring to with this "Relies heavily on newspaper accounts from that period. Some fail detailed crosschecking." AND the unreliable reference as the casual researchers usually find his book first. Did you have to roll it ALL back? Did you even look at what I added in detail? I've seen your edits elsewhere and I am glad you are here but this shocked me.... FullScale4Me (talk) 02:26, 27 October 2021 (UTC)Reply
Well, I was very confused because you added Dobson, then flagged Dobson as an unreliable source. If there's a reliable source that discusses Dobson's unreliability then it would make sense to discuss that in a section on historiography or what not, but it didn't make sense to me to add it, and then mark our own article as unreliable! Mackensen(talk)11:05, 27 October 2021 (UTC)Reply
Thankyou for the actionable feedback. Calenderwise I appear to be a long timer here but am actually more of a pollywog than 10+ years experienced. FullScale4Me (talk) 00:41, 28 October 2021 (UTC)Reply
