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JUNCTION 278
About 5 miles south of Stinson Yard departing Superior Wisconsin, the Soo Line routes split; One went south to the Twin Cities and the other went west to Glenwood, or Thief River Falls. It was called Junction 278 because that was the mileage from Minneapolis to that location via the Brooten Line; the first Soo Line route to arrive in the Twin Ports. On August 3, 1978, an ore mty with new GP38-2 798 and DMIR 116 headed toward Dresser to meet opposing traffic before getting off to Ironton and the Cuyuna Range. Junction 278 disappeared into time in September, 1990 when the route was abandoned.
JUNCTION 278
About 5 miles south of Stinson Yard departing Superior Wisconsin, the Soo Line routes split; One went south to the Twin Cities and the other went west to Glenwood, or Thief River Falls. It was called Junction 278 because that was the mileage from Minneapolis to that location via the Brooten Line; the first Soo Line route to arrive in the Twin Ports. On August 3, 1978, an ore mty with new GP38-2 798 and DMIR 116 headed toward Dresser to meet opposing traffic before getting off to Ironton and the Cuyuna Range. Junction 278 disappeared into time in September, 1990 when the route was abandoned.