List Of Minnesota Railroads - Minnesota Railroad History

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

Common freight carriers

source : www.dot.state.mn.us

• Airlake Terminal Railway (ALT)
• BNSF Railway (BNSF)
• Canadian National Railway (CN) including subsidiaries Cedar River Railroad (CEDR), Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DMIR), Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway (DWP), Illinois Central Railroad and Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC)
• Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) through subsidiaries Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (DME) and Soo Line Railroad (SOO)
• Cloquet Terminal Railroad (CTRR)
• Minnesota Commercial Railway (MNNR)
• Minnesota, Dakota and Western Railway (MDW)
• Minnesota Northern Railroad (MNN)
• Minnesota Prairie Line, Inc. (MPLI)
• Northern Lines Railway (NLR)
• Northern Plains Railroad (NPR)
• Otter Tail Valley Railroad (OTVR)
• Progressive Rail, Inc. (PGR)
• Red River Valley and Western Railroad (RRVW)
• St. Croix Valley Railroad (SCXY)
• Twin Cities and Western Railroad (TCWR)
• Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

Private freight carriers

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• Cliffs Erie Railroad
• Northshore Mining
• US Steel

Passenger carriers

source : tcwr.net

• Amtrak (AMTK)
• METRO Light Rail
• North Shore Scenic Railroad (NSSR)
• Northstar Line (MNRX)
• Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad
• Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway

Defunct railroads

source : www.dot.state.mn.us

Electric

• Duluth Street Railway
• Duluthâ€"Superior Traction Company
• Granite City Railway
• Lakeside Railway
• Lyndale Railway
• Mankato Electric Traction Company
• Mesaba Railway
• Minneapolis, Anoka and Cuyuna Range Railroad (MA&C, MACR)
• Minneapolis, Anoka and Cuyuna Range Railway (MA&C)
• Minneapolis, Lyndale and Lake Calhoun Railway
• Minneapolis, Lyndale and Minnetonka Railway
• Minneapolis and St. Paul Suburban Railroad
• Minneapolis and St. Paul Suburban Railway
• Minneapolis Street Railway
• Park Point Traction Company
• St. Paul City Railway
• St. Paul Southern Electric Railway
• Superior Rapid Transit Railway
• Twin City Rapid Transit Company
• Wahpetonâ€"Breckenridge Street Railway
• Woodland Railway

Private

• Itasca Lumber Company

Notes

source : www.american-rails.com

References

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• Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9. 

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