[Magdalen] Railroads

[Christopher Hart]

A bit off topic, but has anyone heard from Jim Guthrie lately? I'm rather
surprised that we are having a discussion about railroads without any
contribution from him.

On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 10:34 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> My granddad also retired with a lifetime pass to travel ANYWHERE in the
> continental US with a companion and he never used it - an uber homebody.
> Lynn
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 30, 2016, at 4:00 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> In a message dated 5/30/2016 3:02:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> >> romanos at mindspring.com writes:
> >>
> >> 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.>>>>>>>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Some additional railroad trivia:
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> It turns out that there is valuable fracking sand in that area, so Soo
> > Line
> >> has
> >> begun to restore some of its old lines, much to the displeasure of the
> >> residents
> >> near the tracks.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> David Strang.
> > 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"
> >
> > Joe
> >
>



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