Minnesota Transfer Railway
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The Minnesota Transfer Railway was a short line railroad in the United States
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It was owned by nine major railroads serving the Twin Cities: the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
, the Chicago Great Western Railway
, the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
, the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
, the Great Northern Railway, the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
, the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway and the Northern Pacific Railway
to which it provided transfer and terminal services, as well as serving local industrial customers.
MTFR 200, an Alco RS-3
, is preserved in operating condition at the Illinois Railway Museum
. MTFR 62, one of five Alco S-2 on the MTFR, is preserved in stored condition at the Hub City Heritage Museumhttp://www.cgwo.org in Oelwein, Iowa.
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It was owned by nine major railroads serving the Twin Cities: the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States. Commonly referred to as the Burlington or as the Q, the Burlington Route served a large area, including extensive trackage in the states of Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri,...
, the Chicago Great Western Railway
Chicago Great Western Railway
The Chicago Great Western Railway was a Class I railroad that linked Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, and Kansas City. It was founded by Alpheus Beede Stickney in 1885 as a regional line between St. Paul and the Iowa state line called the Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad...
, the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
The Milwaukee Road, officially the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad , was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwest and Northwest of the United States from 1847 until its merger into the Soo Line Railroad on January 1, 1986. The company went through several official names...
, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad was a Class I railroad in the United States. It was also known as the Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, The Rock.-Incorporation:...
, the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway or Omaha Road was a railroad in the U.S. states of Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota. It was incorporated in 1880 as a consolidation of the Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis Railway and the North Wisconsin Railway,. The...
, the Great Northern Railway, the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
The Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway was an American Class I railroad that built and operated lines radiating south and west from Minneapolis, Minnesota which existed for 90 years from 1870 to 1960....
, the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway and the Northern Pacific Railway
Northern Pacific Railway
The Northern Pacific Railway was a railway that operated in the west along the Canadian border of the United States. Construction began in 1870 and the main line opened all the way from the Great Lakes to the Pacific when former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in...
to which it provided transfer and terminal services, as well as serving local industrial customers.
MTFR 200, an Alco RS-3
ALCO RS-3
The ALCO RS-3 is a 1,600 hp , B-B road switcher railroad locomotive. It was manufactured by American Locomotive Company and Montreal Locomotive Works from May 1950 to August 1956, and 1,418 were produced — 1,265 for American railroads, 98 for Canadian railroads, 48 for Brazilian and 7...
, is preserved in operating condition at the Illinois Railway Museum
Illinois Railway Museum
The Illinois Railway Museum is the largest railroad museum in the United States and is located in Union, Illinois, northwest of Chicago...
. MTFR 62, one of five Alco S-2 on the MTFR, is preserved in stored condition at the Hub City Heritage Museumhttp://www.cgwo.org in Oelwein, Iowa.