[Magdalen] Railroads

[Grace Cangialosi]

Yes, I see him on FB from time to time. Maybe he's off this list now--I think he used to leave us from time to time.

> On May 31, 2016, at 6:47 AM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> No, but he was active on Facebook yesterday. 
> 
> Eleanor
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> 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
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> 
>> Christopher Hart
>> 
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