Abandoned Mud Creek Bridge (Quamba)

In 1882, the Minneapolis & St. Cloud Railroad (M&StC) constructed a 66 mile route between St. Cloud, Minnesota and Hinckley, Minnesota. The line would be extended to reach Superior by another railroad in 1888. In 1889, the M&StC would change its name to the Great Northern Railway (GN). GN would go on to operate a large number of lines in Minnesota. By 1899, a connection was built from Brook Park to Fridley, reducing the need for this line. GN continued to operate this route as a secondary route, until GN was merged with Northern Pacific Railway and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad to form Burlington Northern Railroad (BN).

In 1983, BN abandoned a segment of track between St. Cloud and Mora, Minnesota. Much of the railroad grade was returned to adjacent landowners. In 1996, BN would merge with Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway to form BNSF Railway. In an effort to sell branch lines, the segment between Brook Park and Mora would be sold to the St. Croix Valley Railroad (SCXY) in 1997, and later abandoned in 2003. This segment was railbanked for future trail use. In 2004, the remaining segment of track in the St. Cloud area would be sold to Northern Lines Railroad, which abandoned the spur in 2018.