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In 1909, the Minneapolis, St. Paul &amp; Sault Ste. Marie Railway (Soo Line) began construction on 193 miles of new railroad between Moose Lake, Minnesota and Plummer, Minnesota.&nbsp; The line connected to the Brooten-Duluth line at Moose Lake, and the Glenwood-Noyes&nbsp; line at Plummer.&nbsp; The work would be completed by 1910.&nbsp; A portion of the route from Schley, Minnesota to Bemidji, Minnesota shared the right of way with an existing Great Northern Railway line.&nbsp; The route was constructed primarily to serve as a connection for agricultural products to reach Duluth.&nbsp; The Soo Line was a smaller railroad in the Midwest, with routes 
extending through Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and North Dakota, with subsidiary routes extending to Chicago.&nbsp; It was 
operated as a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific Railway (CP).&nbsp; By 1937, the Soo Line had entered bankruptcy, and it would be 
reorganized as the Minneapolis, St. Paul &amp; Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
 in 1944. By 1961, the Soo Line would be merged with other CP 
subsidiaries Duluth, South Shore &amp; Atlantic Railroad and Wisconsin 
Central Railroad to form Soo Line Railroad, a company controlled by CP.&nbsp;
 In 1984, the Soo Line would be reorganized as the Soo Line Corporation,
 and the line between Moose Lake and Schley was abandoned in 1987.&nbsp; The right of way would be purchased by MNDOT and the counties along the route.&nbsp; In 1990, the Soo Line Corporation would be merged into CP. The remaining route between Gully and Bemidji was abandoned in 1996, and the right of way was acquired by adjacent landowners.&nbsp; In 2023, CP would merge with Kansas City Southern Railway to form CPKC, which currently operates the Plummer to Gully segment.&nbsp; The portion between Gully and Bemidji has been abandoned, while the Bemidji to Moose Lake segment is part of the Soo Line North Trail.&nbsp;

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