This freight house was situated along the tracks between Third and Fourth Streets, not far from the old ballpark. For 15 miles to Hilbert Junction, the Milwaukee Road and the Soo Line jointly controlled the right of way.
As described previously in this blog, the Soo Line eventually absorbed the Milwaukee Road in 1985 after its bankruptcy proceedings, but for years, you could still see a familiar orange and black Milwaukee Road switching engine doing its work along the tracks, similar to the one below:
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