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The Electric Short Line Railway, also known as Luce Electric Lines, was a railroad that operated in Minnesota, originating in Minneapolis and heading westward. 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.
The Electric Short Line Railway was a system that was built from 1917-1927. It extended from Minneapolis to Gluek, serving the small towns in between. The railway changed hands a few times before being abandoned throughout the late 1960s to early 1970s. The Luce Line State Trail was completed west of Plymouth after the line was abandoned in ...
Electric Short Line Railway (Luce Line) Depot, shared with the Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester and Dubuque Electric Traction Company, (known as the Dan Patch Line and later the Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway) as well as the Minneapolis, Anoka and Cuyuna Range Interurban railway.
Bloomer Line: BLOL Central Illinois Railroad: CIRY Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railway: COER Decatur Junction Railway: DT Eastern Illinois Railroad: EIRC Fisher Farmers Grain & Coal Railroad: FFGC Foster Townsend Rail Logistics: FTRL Illinois Railway: IR Keokuk Junction Railway: KJRY Peoria & Western Railway PWRY Tazewell & Peoria Railroad: TZPR
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 ...
The Electric Short Line Railway (Luce Line) depot was located at the northwest corner of 7th St. North and 3rd Avenue North. It was shared with the Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester and Dubuque Electric Traction Company (known as the Dan Patch Line and later the Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway ), as well as the Minneapolis, Anoka ...
It was reported in 2009 that shortline railroads employ 20,000 people in the U.S., and own 30 percent of the nation's railroad tracks. About a quarter of all U.S. rail freight travels at least a small part of its journey over a short-line railroad. [4
Progressive Rail is also known as the Cannon Valley Railroad (reporting mark CVRC). [1] The PGR branches are listed as follows: Transload Industrial Park (Airlake Terminal Railway) - Lakeville, Minnesota; The "High Line" (a.k.a. Dan Patch Line) - Bloomington, Minnesota, Richfield, Minnesota, and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Service begins at Auto ...