M&D Junction
A pair of B30-7s lead the Hugo Job into M&D Junction now en route towards its namesake town after working UFP in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. M&D Junction was where the former NP Mulberry Line from Minneapolis joined the Skally Line between St. Paul and Duluth. Until the mid-1980s, Milwaukee Road and C&NW had trackage rights on the Skally Line out of St. Paul. When the BN abandoned the line between Hugo and North Branch, the MILW/CNW trackage rights trains were shifted to ex-GN rails, an arrangement that continues today under CPKC and UP. Today, the Commercial operates an isolated segment of the Skally Line between Hugo and Buerkle Road outside of White Bear Lake from a connection at M&D Junction.
M&D Junction
A pair of B30-7s lead the Hugo Job into M&D Junction now en route towards its namesake town after working UFP in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. M&D Junction was where the former NP Mulberry Line from Minneapolis joined the Skally Line between St. Paul and Duluth. Until the mid-1980s, Milwaukee Road and C&NW had trackage rights on the Skally Line out of St. Paul. When the BN abandoned the line between Hugo and North Branch, the MILW/CNW trackage rights trains were shifted to ex-GN rails, an arrangement that continues today under CPKC and UP. Today, the Commercial operates an isolated segment of the Skally Line between Hugo and Buerkle Road outside of White Bear Lake from a connection at M&D Junction.