AM 1240 WJON » great northern car shops http://wjon.com Mon, 20 May 2013 17:15:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 The Waite Park Railroad Shop Opened – On 'This Date In Central Minnesota History' http://wjon.com/the-waite-park-railroad-shop-opened-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/ http://wjon.com/the-waite-park-railroad-shop-opened-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:40:49 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=16830 St. Cloud was a railway hub in the late 1800s. The city proved one of most important railway centers in the state with tracks spanning from Canada to the Pacific. The Minnesotan lines coincidentally converged in St. Cloud thus offering a direct connection to every mile of the 3,334 in the Great Northern system.

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]]> http://wjon.com/the-waite-park-railroad-shop-opened-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/feed/ 0 A 1923 photo of the Great Northern Car Shop workers (Stearns History Museum)