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Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway

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industry reached the peak of its operations on the Lake Superior shoreline properties adjacent to the DSS&A's new mainline, shipping old-growth white pine. After white pines were exhausted, local cutters began to turn to high-quality hardwoods such as sugar maple, and then to pulpwoods such as
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iron ore mines in the Upper Peninsula hills above Marquette encouraged the development of numerous railroad plans for spur lines and connecting routes between mines, local boom towns, and the shores of the Great Lakes. While most of the Upper Peninsula's iron ore and Keweenaw copper was shipped to
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In 1913 the DSS&A's freight operations peaked at almost 1 million short tons (900,000 metric tons), of which more than half were forest products. In the late 1910s, timber yields began to decline all over the Upper Peninsula. This was a blow from which the DSS&A could not recover as an
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in one year than other sections of the United States east of the Rockies receive in several years combined. From 1957 through 2005, the average snowfall on the Keweenaw Peninsula has been 241 inches (20.1 ft; 6.1 m) per year. Every winter, the DSS&A had to plow this snow off its
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At the height of the railroad's operations in 1911, the DSS&A operated 623 miles (1,003 km) of track, of which 517 miles (832 km) were main line and 106 miles (171 km) were branch lines and trackage rights. The railroad operated 3,121 pieces of rolling stock, including 82
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The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), a transcontinental line, took control of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic in 1888. In 1892-94, CPR funds financed the construction of the DSS&A westward from the Keweenaw Peninsula to Duluth.
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By the 1870s, a maze of corporate charters and tiny stub lines had been created or built in the central Upper Peninsula, primarily to carry iron or copper ore from the mines down to smelters and docks on the shores of Lake Superior and
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The DSS&A's thinly settled service area made it difficult for the railroad to raise adequate revenue to maintain its trackage in good condition, especially in winter. The region served by the railroad receives more
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the rest of the United States by lake boat, the inability of water-based shippers to offer service to northern Michigan in winter encouraged railroad promoters to launch numerous plans for lines in the Upper Peninsula.
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on the struggling railroad, such as "Dead Slow Service & Agony" and "Damn Slow, Shabby Affair". Dissatisfied workers, meanwhile, suggested that the railroad's initials stood for "Damn Small Salary & Abuse".
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independent nameplate. Its story from 1920 onwards was that of the American railway industry as a whole, with negative factors intensified by unfavorable local business conditions in northern Michigan.
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meet the revenue specifications for Class I status, but are not technically Class I railroads due to being passenger-only railroads with no freight component.
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However, the DSS&A's allegedly poor-quality service throughout much of the 20th century inspired angry customers to impose several uncomplimentary
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The DSS&A's own "official" nickname for itself was "South Shore", referring to the railroad line's route along the south shore of Lake Superior.
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The Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway: A History of the Lake Superior District's Primary Iron Ore Hauler
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The first predecessor of the DSS&A began operations in 1855. The railroad fell under the control of the
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preserves a 26-mile (42 km) section of roadbed from St. Ignace to Trout Lake.
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locomotives, 67 passenger cars, 35 cabooses, and 2,957 freight cars.
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Parts of the former DSS&A alignment have been converted to
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Along the Bowstring, or South Shore of Lake Superior
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RS-1
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
Marquette, Michigan
Reporting mark
Michigan
Wisconsin
Soo Line
Track gauge
standard gauge

reporting mark
railroad
Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Lake Superior
Wisconsin
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
St. Ignace, Michigan
Marquette, Michigan
Superior, Wisconsin
Duluth, Minnesota
Nestoria, Michigan
Keweenaw Peninsula
Houghton, Michigan
Calumet, Michigan
Lake Linden, Michigan
Canadian Pacific Railway
Soo Line Railroad
Canadian National Railway

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