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3 unusual facts about Northern Plains Railroad


Northern Plains Railroad

The Mohall Central Railroad agreed to purchase and then let the Northern Plains Railroad operate over both a 20 mile (32 kilometer) portion of the Drayton Subdivision between Honeyford, North Dakota, and Voss, North Dakota, and a 43 mile (66 kilometer) portion of the Granville Subdivision between milepost 5.25 (north of Granville, North Dakota) and Mohall, North Dakota.

In October 2004, the Northern Plains Railroad—acting through its parent, the Soo Line Railroad—abandoned a 28 mile (45 kilometer) portion of the Devils Lake Subdivision between Harlow, North Dakota and Devils Lake, North Dakota.

The track originally leased to the railroad consisted of the 168 mile (270 kilometer) Devils Lake Subdivision between Thief River Falls, Minnesota, and Harlow, North Dakota, and the 217 mile (349 kilometer) Bisbee Subdivision between Fordville, North Dakota, and Kenmare, North Dakota.



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