Risberg v. Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway Co.

Magney, Justice.

The Zenith Dredge Company owns and operates a large rock quarry near the Duluth steel plant district. A network of railroad tracks is laid out on its property. The total length of these tracks is about three miles. This system connects up with the tracks of the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway Company, the defendant herein, an interstate carrier, at a station called Brewer. The quarry is equipped with a steam locomotive and a self-propelling diesel-powered locomotive crane. The crane handles the cars in the area within the pit, while the steam locomotive handles the cars…