[Magdalen] Railroads

[Jay Weigel]

My late ex was working for the CB&Q when I met him, as well as going to
UW-LaCrosse. I used to take the train to LaCrosse to see him, or he'd use
his pass to come to Madison to see me, until he decided to move up there.

On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 4:39 PM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com>
wrote:

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> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> >Sent: May 30, 2016 4:11 PM
> >To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> >Cc: Cantor03 at aol.com
> >Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Railroads
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> >In a message dated 5/30/2016 3:02:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> >romanos at mindspring.com writes:
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> >My  grandfather Leon moved in with us in the late 40's. He was buried in
> >Stillwater, and was entitled to free passage for the final  trip.>>>>>>>>
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> >Some additional railroad trivia:
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> >Besides the 17 mile spur of the NP from Rush City, MN to my home town
> >(Grantsburg, WI) there were two others off the same mainline from  the
> >Twin Cities to Duluth/Superior.  They were Wyoming, MN to Taylors  Falls,
> >MN and White Bear Lake to Stillwater.  All three are gone, the latter  two
> >about 1948.  Soo Line served Saint Croix Falls across the state line,  but
> >that was abandoned in 1961 so the twin villages, Taylors Falls and Saint
> >Croix
> >Falls are without rail service.
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> >It turns out that there is valuable fracking sand in that area, so Soo
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> >begun to restore some of its old lines, much to the displeasure of the
> >residents
> >near the tracks.
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> >David Strang.
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> My grandmother's family had extensive Wisconsin connections. Rose La
> Fleur's mother remarried after the accident that claimed the life of
> Theophile La Fleur. The second marriage brought her to Wisconsin.It was a
> very successful family blending with a number of cross marriages  so some
> of us a related more than once. My grandmother's step sister became a
> favorite aunt of my father's and mine. Sr Jeanne Constance was a
> Sister of St Joseph and a hospital administrator in Baudette, Mn. After
> she "retired" she became a school librarian and a counsellor for battered
> women One of my "unforgettable personalities"
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> Joe
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