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CN line from Duluth to Mountain Iron.
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<p>In 1892, the Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railroad Company (DM&N) completed a 48 mile line extending from Stony Brook to Mountain Iron, Minnesota. The following year, an additional 31 miles between Duluth and Culver, Minnesota would be completed. It is believed that the connection between the two lines was also completed at this time. The DM&N would come under US Steel ownership in 1901, which operated the route to connect the iron ore from the iron rich areas around Mountain Iron to the ports at Duluth. The DM&N merged with the Duluth & Iron Range Railroad to form the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway (DM&IR) in 1938. US Steel continued to control the DM&IR until 1988, when the railroad holdings of that company were sold to Blackstone Group. The railroad was in turn sold to Canadian National Railway in 2003. The route continues to be operated as the CN Missabe Subdivision.<br></p>
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