Gunflint and Lake Superior Railroad explained

Railroad Name:Gunflint and Lake Superior Railroad
Locale:Ontario Minnesota
Start Year:1902
End Year:1909
Length:60NaN0
Hq City:Officially Duluth, Minnesota but operationally Port Arthur, Ontario
Marks:G&LS

The Gunflint and Lake Superior Railroad (G&LS) is a defunct Minnesota logging railroad that operated in the Thunder Bay District of northwestern Ontario and in Cook County of northeastern Minnesota.

The G&LS was built in 1902 by the Pigeon River Lumber Company to harvest primarily white pine and norway pine from the eastern side of Gunflint Lake. The logs were then transported to the company's sawmill in Port Arthur to be processed.

The line originated at the Canadian Northern Railway-Duluth Extension (PAD&W Railway) at Little Gunflint Lake, crossed the Canada–United States border, travelled along the east side of Gunflint Lake south to Crab Lake, and then east to Whisker Lake. This line was used until 1909 when it was abandoned and a forest fire destroyed a 1000-foot trestle on the PAD&W at North Lake and severed the line. The rails were removed circa 1915-1916.[1]

Locomotives

NumberBuilderTypeDateWorks numberNotes
1Baldwin Locomotive Works4-4-0April 18733242Formerly Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway #28. Purchased by the G&LS in December 1903
2Lima Locomotive Works2-truck, 3-cylinder Class B ShayDecember 1901683Purchased from the Alexander-Edgar Lumber Company (Iron River, Wisconsin) in May 1905.

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Notes and References

  1. https://padwrr.com/logging/gunflint-lake-superior-rr/ Gunflint & Lake Superior RR