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Spirit Lake Transfer Railway/Interstate Transfer Railway
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<p>In 1907, the Spirit Lake Transfer Railway began construction on a new 14-mile route, extending from the St. Louis River bridge near Oliver, Wisconsin; to Adolph, Minnesota; near Duluth. At the same time, the Interstate Transfer Railway began construction on a new 11-mile route, extending from the St. Louis River Bridge to a junction with the Chicago & North Western Railway at South Itasca, Wisconsin. Work would be discontinued prior to completion of the route in 1913, and both railroads would be leased to the Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railway (DM&N) in 1915. Work would be resumed in 1915, and completed in 1916. This route served as a principal connecting line for the DM&N. The DM&N was owned by US Steel, and was operated with the purpose of facilitating iron ore shipments. 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 (CN) in 2003. This route continues to be operated as the CN Superior Subdivision.</p>
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