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Both of these railroads were in trouble. The Minnesota Central was based out of Morton, Minnesota and the NRR Dakota Division was based out of White Lake, South Dakota. Both railroads needed a lot of work. By July 2000, the Dakota Division had derailment bills that totaled in excess of $1 million dollars.
Cramer Tunnel opened in 1957 after LTV Steel blasted a tunnel to connect Hoyt Lakes taconite plant and the location of its ore dock at Taconite Harbor on Lake Superior, from which the taconite was shipped to eastern steel mills. [2]
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The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DM&IR) (reporting mark DMIR), informally known as the Missabe Road, [1] was a railroad operating in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin that used to haul iron ore and later taconite to the Great Lakes ports of Duluth and Two Harbors, Minnesota.
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 ...
St. Paul and Pacific Railroad: Minnesota Short Lines Company: MSLC Minnesota and South Dakota Railway: CNW: 1899 1900 Winona and St. Peter Railroad: Minnesota Transfer Railway: MTFR CB&Q/ CGW/ CNW/ CP/ GN/ MILW/ MSTL/ NP/ RI: 1883 1987 Minnesota Commercial Railway: Minnesota Valley Railroad: CNW: 1864 1870 St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad ...
The railroad owes its nickname to the fact it was operated by members of the Luce family. The railroad ultimately reached beyond Clara City to Gluek. Today, the line has mostly been abandoned, but its former right-of-way now hosts the Luce Line State Trail operated by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
The red brick structure was the largest depot the railroad built in Minnesota. [2] In 1966 the line from Red Wing south to Pine Island was torn up. [3] In 1982 the line from Cannon Falls east to Red Wing, which had not been used for years, was abandoned. [4] The trackage to the depot was removed.