The Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway was an 87-mile long American shortline railroad connecting Minneapolis and Northfield, Minnesota. It was incorporated in 1918 to take over the trackage
Bachman farmstead workers load produce onto a Dan Patch line boxcar for delivery to market.
A caboose painted in the former Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern livery. This caboose is now in regular service on the Progressive Rail line in Bloomington, Minnesota.
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Dan Patch was a noted American Standardbred pacer. At a time when harness racing was one of the largest sports in the nation, Dan Patch was a major celebrity. He was undefeated in open competition, an
Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway
…I railroad; in 1967, it reported 131 million ton-miles of revenue freight on 77 miles (124 km) of railroad. Marion W. Savage, owner of the race horse Dan Patch, planned an electric railroad that would connect the Twin Cities to his farm and stables south of the Minnesota River. Savage purchased Dan Patch for…
Dan Patch in harness
1904 Kansas State Fair advertisement
Advertisement for a Dan Patch race in Chicago (1905). Hennepin County Library collection.
Dan Patch 1:55, an advertisement from Breeder and Sportsman (1911)