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Former DM&IR route to Coleraine
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<p>In 1905, the Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railroad Company (DM&N) began construction on a 53 mile double track railroad line extending from Alborn to Coleraine, Minnesota. The route would be completed in 1906. The DM&N was owned by US Steel, which operated the railroad to provide iron ore from Minnesota to the ports at Duluth. This route was constructed solely to provide a connection between iron deposits near Coleraine and 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. As traffic dwindled after World War II, the route would be downgraded, and eventually abandoned in 1977. The line sat unused until 1996, when it was purchased by an ATV club, which converted it to the Alborn-Pengilly Trail.<br></p>
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