Apr 15, 2017
Twin Ports—Two of Five
Today we find ourselves at the upstream end of St. Louis bay—a bit removed from the Twin Ports.
We see a Canadian National train traveling over the double-decker bridge at Oliver. This line was formerly of the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (Interstate Branch), but also used by the Duluth, Winnipeg, and Pacific Railway—both now part of the Canadian National system.
The other line we see, in the last three pictures, runs nearby below the CN. It was the first rail line into Duluth—the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad, later part of the Northern Pacific. A bit of the rails are extant at the Duluth end and support a frail tourist line of the same name.
Five images by Richard Koenig; taken April 6th 2017.
