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The county seat is Bowbells, named after the famous bells of the Church of St. Mary-le-Bow in London; the town was established in 1896 on the Soo Line Railroad.
Editor’s note: This is a continuation of a deep dive into Minneapolis’ Twenty-Ninth Street Railroad Depression. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad (CM&StP), also known as the Milwaukee Road, ...
She married William “Bill” Pritchert and in 1962, they bought a small farm where they raised cattle, crops and nine children all while Bill worked full time on the Soo Line Railroad. He passed away ...
He went to work for the Milwaukee Railroad, then Burlington Northern Railroad, then Soo Line Railroad and finally, CP Rail System. He traveled extensively in North and South Dakota, Minnesota, and ...
The U.S. Department of Labor said Soo Line Railroad violated federal whistleblower protections and ordered the company to pay $200,000 in back wages and damages.
BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — A federal whistleblower investigation has determined that a North Dakota railroad company violated OSHA rights after firing an employee who reported a workplace injury.
The 360-mile line would be buried almost entirely on existing Canadian Pacific Railroad right of way. It would cross Floyd County from Nora Springs, through Rudd and Charles City and exit the county ...
On this date in 1917, the North Dakota attorney general’s office made a shocking announcement. An arrest warrant had been issued for the president of the Soo Line Railroad, Edmund Pennington, for ...
The historic Soo Line Passenger Depot, now turned restaurant, is a jewel of downtown Minot. Originally built in 1912, the building was recently restored with help from the MAGIC Fund.
The Federal Railroad Administration has awarded $8.2 billion for 10 passenger rail projects across the country that will “impact every region nationwide.” One of the projects, known as Amtrak ...
The new line established by the Minnesota magnates was called the “Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic Railroad,” and it reached Sault Ste. Marie (“the Soo”) in 1887.