[Magdalen] Railroads

[Eleanor Braun]

No, but he was active on Facebook yesterday. 

Eleanor

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> On May 31, 2016, at 6:26 AM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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> Christopher Hart
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