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 #1101559  by MILW261
 
1.4 miles of ex-Chicago Great Western track survive in operation in Faribault, Minnesota thanks to plentiful on-line industry that made the Chicago and North Western keep serving customers even after the line out of town on both ends was abandoned.
I recently posted a photo essay about this line to a train blog of mine. The link is: http://www.tonyheld.hoboandbowser.net/t ... faribault/
Enjoy.