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- 1 2 United States. Interstate Commerce Commission (1928). Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 642–.
- ↑ Railroads in Minnesota 1862-1956. National Register of Historic places Section E Statement of Historic contexts. Continuation Sheet NPS form 10-900a. United States Department of the Interior
- ↑ Donovan, Frank P. "Gateway to the Northwest: The Story of The Minnesota Transfer Railway" (Self-published, 1954). The book is scarce but sometimes available on Amazon or from other used book sources.
