[Magdalen] Railroads

[Jon Egger]

I've been by Rush City many a time on the drive from Duluth to Mipples.  We
used to wonder if it was founded by hippies ("What a rush!"), and it
remains one of those places you have to pronounce s-l-o-w-l-y.

On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 8:19 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -----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
> >>
> >> List Mail Address: cervus51 at gmail.com
> >> Personal Mail: cervus at veritasliberat.net
> >> Twitter: @cervus51
>



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