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CPKC Detroit Lakes Subdivision
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South/West Terminal
North/East Terminal
Description
CPKC line between Glenwood and Thief River Falls. Also includes Noyes Subdivision.
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<p>In 1903, the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway (Soo Line) constructed a new 59-mile railroad line extending from the existing mainline at Glenwood, Minnesota to Otter Tail, Minnesota. In 1904, an additional 206 miles would be constructed between Otter Tail and Noyes, at the Canadian Border. At Noyes, the route connected to the Canadian Pacific Railway. 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. It was operated as a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific Railway (CP). By 1937, the Soo Line had entered bankruptcy, and it would be reorganized as the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad in 1944. <br></p><p>By 1961, the Soo Line would be merged with other CP subsidiaries Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railroad and Wisconsin Central Railroad to form Soo Line Railroad, a company controlled by CP. In 1984, the Soo Line would be reorganized as the Soo Line Corporation, and the railroad would be fully merged into CP in 1990. In 2023, CP would merge with Kansas City Southern Railway to form CPKC, which currently operates the Detroit Lakes Subdivision between Glenwood and Thief River Falls, and the Noyes Subdivision between Thief River Falls and Noyes.<br></p>
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