Editing Iron Mountain, Michigan (section)

===Train===
Soon after this area was settled the news of mineral riches brought the railroads. First was [[Milwaukee Road]], then [[Chicago & Northwestern]] and [[Wisconsin & Michigan Railway|Wisconsin and Michigan]]. The W&M Railroad, after its abandonment was approved ended all service in 1938.<ref>{{cite news |title=[ICC] Approve Wisconsin and Michigan Ry. Line Abandonment |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34483329/bagley-junction-wi/ |access-date=25 July 2021 |agency=Associated Press |work=The Daily Tribune |date=January 20, 1938 |location=Wisconsin Rapids, Wi |page=5}}</ref>

The thriving of automobile usage in the 1950s caused the rail passenger usage to wain, and the Milwaukee Road discontinued the [[Chippewa-Hiawatha|Chippewa]] passenger train altogether on February 2, 1960.<ref>{{harvnb|Scribbins|1970|p=200}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80415367/the-escanaba-daily-press/| title=Milwaukee Road Drops Channing Chippewa Train| agency=Associated Press| newspaper=The Escanaba Daily Press| location=Escanaba, MI| date=January 23, 1960| page=1| via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80415341/the-escanaba-daily-press/| title=Milwaukee Road Moves Up Date To Curtail Service| newspaper=The Escanaba Daily Press| location=Escanaba, MI| date=February 2, 1960| page=3| via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> With few riders remaining, the ''[[Copper Country Limited]]'' made its last runs on March 7, 1968.<ref name="american-rails">{{cite web |first = Adam |last = Burns |date = December 16, 2021 |url = http://www.american-rails.com/copper-country.html |title=The ''Copper Country Limited'' |work = American-Rails.com |access-date = February 4, 2022 }}</ref> The C&NW also discontinued its service to Iron Mountain in the early 1960s.

Although there is currently no direct rail passenger service to Iron Mountain, Amtrak Thruway Bus Service connects to [[Marinette, Wisconsin]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2022 Wisconsin Amtrak Service |url=https://wisconsindot.gov/Documents/travel/rail/amtrakmap.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150730181646/http://wisconsindot.gov/Documents/travel/rail/amtrakmap.pdf |archive-date=2015-07-30 |url-status=live |publisher=Wisconsin Department of Transportation |access-date= April 3, 2022 |language=en-US |date=2022}}</ref>