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2 unusual facts about SOO Line


Des Lacs River

Accessibility to the region was increased with extensions of Great Northern Railway in 1886 and the Soo Line in 1893.

Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway

It is operated by the Osceola Historical Society and the Minnesota Transportation Museum on former Soo Line and Wisconsin Central trackage, now owned by Canadian National Railway.


Robert Menzies Mitchell

He also served as quarantine inspector along the Soo Line from 1901 to 1902.

Roche Percee, Saskatchewan

The town began being served by the SOO Line in 1893, permitting the coal mines in the region to become operational.


see also

Clark W. McDonnell

He came to Kensal, North Dakota as an agent for the Soo Line in March 1893, and stayed in that position until 1905.

Soo Line High Bridge

The Soo Line High Bridge is a steel deck arch bridge over the St. Croix River between Stillwater, Minnesota and Somerset, Wisconsin.

Winnipeger

In October 1904 the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway (Soo Line) and Canadian Pacific Railway began overnight passenger service between the Twin Cities and Winnipeg, Manitoba.