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Minneapolis, Anoka and Cuyuna Range Railway: Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway: MNS CP: 1918 1986 Soo Line Railroad: Minneapolis and Northwestern Railroad: GN: 1878 1883 St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway: Minneapolis and Pacific Railway: CP: 1884 1888 Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway: Minneapolis and Rainy ...
The Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway (M&StL) (reporting mark MSTL) was an American Class I railroad that built and operated lines radiating south and west from Minneapolis, Minnesota for 90 years from 1870 to 1960. The railway never reached St. Louis (despite its name) but its North Star Limited passenger train ran to that city via the Wabash ...
A well-used Soo Line ore car, built in 1916. Hauling iron ore was an important part of the Soo Line's business.. The Soo Line was never a major carrier of passenger traffic since its route between Chicago and Minneapolis was much longer than the competing Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road), Chicago and North Western Railway, and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy ...
In 1980, rail access to the depot was severed when the Milwaukee Road abandoned most of its downtown Minneapolis trackage. [6] In 1998, CSM Corporation began a project to reuse the depot, including a Renaissance Hotel and Residence Inn by Marriott, an indoor water park, and an enclosed outdoor ice skating rink located in the former trainshed.
The Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway (reporting mark MNS) was an 87-mile (140 km) long American shortline railroad connecting Minneapolis and Northfield, Minnesota. It was incorporated in 1918 to take over the trackage of the former Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester and Dubuque Electric Traction Company , also known as the Dan Patch ...
Arrivals and departures at Minneapolis Great Northern Depot in April 1971, weeks before Amtrak's takeover of all passenger operations at the station. It was the destination for trains of several railroads that served Minneapolis, including, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (Burlington) Chicago and North Western Railway (Omaha Road)
A postcard depicts the distinctive original Class A in 1935.. In the 1930s three railroads fiercely competed for daytime passengers on the Chicago–Minneapolis/St. Paul corridor: the Milwaukee Road, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (the Burlington), and the Chicago and North Western Railway (C&NW).
The railroad continued building track from Minneapolis to Elk River in 1864 and to St. Cloud in 1866, and from Minneapolis west to Howard Lake in 1867 and Willmar in 1869. Meanwhile, the Minnesota Central, an early predecessor of the Milwaukee Road , built a line from Minneapolis to Fort Snelling in 1865.