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Published February 05, 2010, 12:00 AM

Ride the Skyride


Photo Northeast Minnesota Historical Center, Duluth, MN 1550.4

ALL ABOARD — The Seventh Avenue West Incline Railway in Duluth ran from 1891 through 1939, when it was scrapped. At that time, the Duluth-Superior transit system moved to using only buses. Duluth actually has two incline railways in its past; the other was in West Duluth. To see a photo of the Belt Line railway, visit DuluthBudgeteer.com.

Read the article: Only memories remain of Duluth's incline railways