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The line would follow the old Craigmont road to the mine and then wind it’s way to the Burgess Mine and travel cross country to the Bessemer iron ore mine just east of L’Amble below Bancroft. At the time the idea sounded good. Picking up the corundum at two mines and the iron ore at and other. Unfortunately as the years went by the corundum mines were having many major problems and markets evaporated as well as Bessemer had a high sulphur content and was a very low grade of iron ore. The plan was eventually scrapped. The railway was going to be called the 'Bessemer and Barry's Bay Railway'. There is even a photo of the locomotive and tender in the museum with this name on it.

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Barry's Bay Bessemer Train
1907
Bessemer Rail Line


Credits:
Bessemer Book