Hello everyone,
I have been intrigued by the story of the Midland Continental RR that ran from Wilmbledon to Edgeley in North Dakota. For those not familiar with the story, the original plan was to be the first north-south transcontinental RR, running from Winnipeg to Galvestion, but only 70 miles in North Dakota were built.
So, I read the track plan article in MR from (2007?), and became intrigued as the concept fits very well for what I’d like to model. However, it seems that information on the MICO is very hard to come by. I did acquire the 1972 Trains issue with the article about the MICO, but apart from that, I have only found scattered pictures on various search engines. I have considered a trip to Wimbledon, ND, where there the last remaining MICO depot, and one of 2 cabooses (the other is in Jamestown, ND). But as I’m in Massachusetts, its a little bit of trip.
My question is, has anyone else done research on the Midland Continental and found some other sources of information, of any form? And is anyone attempting to model the MICO is some form? Thank you in advance for anything you might have.
Mike
Update: I thought I’d list what exactly I have so far:
-November 2007 MR, track plan and back story
-June 1972 Trains, “About A Railroad You May Not Have Heard of, and Is No More” by Stewart Mitchell
-The Railroad Press, Issue #92, page 54, photo of MICO #402 switching cars in Jamestown, ND
-Railmodel Journal Covered Hoppers Book 1, 3 and 4 Bay cars
-Chris van der Heide’s Canadian Freight Car Gallery shows 2 MICO freight cars: http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/search.pl?marks=MICO&display=short
-Various search engine results (i.e. vacation and historical photos)