This E&LS railroad (old) built the Metropolitan branch of the C&NW and was likely a construction railroad and was unrelated to the current Escanaba & Lake Superior railroad.
Built → Escanaba & Lake Superior Railway (old) → Chicago & North Western railroad
Built: In 1882 from Narenta to Metropolitan.
Operated less than 1 year.
Became: Merged into Chicago & Northwestern in 1882.
Reference: [MRRC]
This likely was a construction railroad.
1901. Rights were sold to the Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad (new) likely for use of the name.
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