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Why was the Elroy-Sparta line abandoned-because it tied in with the Winona & St. Peter and the traffic was too low after the bridge was taken out?

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Why was the Elroy-Sparta line abandoned-because it tied in with the Winona & St. Peter and the traffic was too low after the bridge was taken out?

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It was taken out because the C&NW was agressively abandoning all trackage except for heavy duty main line trackage. They figured that the Milwaukee-Wyeville-Winona 1911 route was desireable. Any route with tunnels is immediately suspect.

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