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The 9141 km railway tracks (according to a survey of 2000) of Minnesota connect the near and far cities of the state. The Minnesota Railway Map highlights the prime locations such as Minneapolis, Benson, Duluth, Winona, Mankato, St. Cloud, Moorhead, St. Paul, all of which are facilitated by the extensive network of trains. Amtrak is one of the main railway service providers of Minnesota which offers regular trains to various parts of the state. The Amtrak-Empire Builder is one such train which passes through the state of Minnesota. Minnesota is serviced by a number of railroad systems. The railways of Minnesota is categorized into class one, class two, class three and excursion, private and mining railroads. Some of the class I railroad facilitators include Union Pacific Railroad, BNSF Railroad, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Rail. Whereas, the class II railroads of Minnesota state comprises Wisconsin Central, Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range (DMIR), Iowa, Chicago & Eastern (ICE), Duluth, and Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (DME). Some of the Class III railroad organizations of Minnesota include Red River Valley & Western, St. Croix Railroad, North Shore Scenic on SLLX and Minnesota Prairie Line. The mining, private and excursion railroads of Minnesota include City of Duluth, North Shore Mining and Minnesota Zephyr Ltd.
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