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The Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway (DSS&A; reporting mark DSA) was an American railroad serving the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the Lake Superior shoreline of Wisconsin. It provided service from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan , and St. Ignace, Michigan , westward through Marquette, Michigan , to Superior, Wisconsin , and Duluth ...
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The railroad of the Duluth Terminal Railway Company, herein called the Duluth Terminal, is a single-track, standard-gauge, steam railroad, located in Duluth, Minn. The owned mileage extends from a connection with the tracks of the Northern Pacific Railway Company, near the north end of the bridge of the latter carrier over the St. Louis River ...
Each railroad was free to choose its own gauge, although the availability of British-built locomotives encouraged some railroads to be built to standard gauge. When American railroad tracks extended to the point that they began to interconnect, it became clear that a single nationwide gauge would be beneficial. Where different gauges meet ...
The railroad of the Duluth & Northeastern Railroad Company, hereinafter called the carrier, is a single-track standard-gauge steam railroad, located in northeastern Minnesota. The main line extends from Cloquet northeasterly to Hornby, 58.492 miles, and a branch line extends from Brevator Junction to Brevator, 4.440 miles, aggregating 62.932 ...
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 most common use of the term "track gauge" refers to the transverse distance between the inside surfaces of the two load-bearing rails of a railway track, usually measured at 12.7 millimetres (0.50 inches) to 15.9 millimetres (0.63 inches) below the top of the rail head in order to clear worn corners and allow for rail heads having sloping ...
Michigan Railway, North Western Grand Trunk Railway: Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore Railroad: PM: 1869 1878 Chicago and West Michigan Railroad: Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway: MILW: 1893 1928 Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad: MILW MILW 1927 1984 Escanaba and Lake ...