ABANDONED RAILROADS

SOO LINE

Athens Line

FORMERLY Minneapolis St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway (Soo Line)
CONSTRUCTED 1909
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: 1950/mixed train
ABANDONED 1972

Stations/Milepost Locations

Direction is westward from Abbotsford to Athens
Distance is from Minneapolis

183.0 Abbotsford
191.2 Milan
198.2 Athens

1 track, unsignaled.

Bessemer Line

FORMERLY Minneapolis St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway (Soo Line)
CONSTRUCTED 1887 by Penokee Railroad
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: 1953/mixed train
ABANDONED 1980's

Stations/Milepost Locations

Direction is eastward from Mellen to Ironwood
Distance is from Chicago

410.2 Mellen
414.3 Ballou
417.0 Tyler Forks
420.7 Rouse
423.7 Upson
428.4 Iron Belt
430.1 Hoyt
434.6 Germania
436.3 Hurley
437.0 Ironwood

1 track, unsignaled.