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| Overview | |
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| Headquarters | Minneapolis |
| Reporting mark | MNS |
| Locale | Minnesota |
| Dates of operation | 1918–1985 |
| Predecessor | Minneapolis St. Paul Rochester & Dubuque Electric Traction Company |
| Successor | Soo Line Railroad |
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| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
The Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway (reporting mark MNS) was an 87-mile (140 km) long American shortline railroad connecting Minneapolis and Northfield, Minnesota. It was incorporated in 1918 to take over the trackage of the former Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester and Dubuque Electric Traction Company, also known as the Dan Patch Lines. On June 2, 1982, it was acquired by the Soo Line Railroad, which operated it as a separate railroad until merging it on January 1, 1986, along with the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road).
Until around 1963, it was a Class I railroad; in 1967, it reported 131 million ton-miles of revenue freight on 77 miles (124 km) of railroad.