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Duluth and Northeastern Railroad

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20: 38:. Incorporated on September 30, 1898, the railroad was built through the forests of northeastern Minnesota, eventually reaching its zenith with 75 mi (121 km) of track, including branches extending from Cloquet to Hornby, Minnesota, near today's settlement of 72:. This 10-mile line continued to operate until 1991, when the line was again cut back to just the trackage in Cloquet serving the then Potlatch Paper Mill and the USG Ceiling Tile Plant. Potlatch Corporation acquired the railroad in 1964. 222: 78:
On May 13, 2002, the SAPPI paper mill took over operations of the railroad, the Duluth and Northeastern Railroad ceased, and its successor, the
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In the 1990s, traffic consisted of about 5,000 cars of pulpwood, pulp, paper and related products plus chemicals.
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Glischinski, Steve (April 1997). "The Duluth & Northeastern: dieselized and downsized".
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In 1941, the railroad was cut back to a 10-mile (16 km) line between Cloquet and
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Glischinski, Steve (August 2017). "Midwestern steam returns".
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continued to make special trips until it was donated to the
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Index


Cloquet, Minnesota
Brimson, Minnesota
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway
Saginaw, Minnesota
dieselize
Duluth & Northeastern 28
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
Saginaw, Minnesota
Cloquet Terminal Railroad



Waukesha, Wisconsin
Kalmbach Publishing
ISBN
0-89024-290-9


Glischinski (2017)
Glischinski (2017)
Trains
ISSN
0041-0934
Railfan & Railroad
ISSN
0163-7266
Categories
1898 establishments in Minnesota
Minnesota railroads

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