Cartwright led tour of Minnesota railroads
As a young boy growing up in the 1960s, John Cartwright had a father who worked for the Great Northern Railway and understood and nurtured his son’s fascination with trains. The father and ...
Ghost towns of the southwest metro (copy)
It’s interesting how the southwest metropolitan area of the Twin Cities grew into a patchwork of cities, but there might have been more today if a few more places had survived. Today, we consider them ...
Paving Dakota Rail focus of rail authority discussion
Actual business at a McLeod Regional Rail Authority meeting on Friday took less than five minutes, but discussion continued for more than a half hour, mostly on the future of its ex-Dakota Rail ...
Sprawl is swallowing rural Denton County. Here is how one city is handling the change
Sprawl keeps creeping north of Tarrant County. Learn about the businesses driving it, the cities managing it, and the people ...
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10 must-visit historic railroad towns
10 must-visit historic railroad towns will involve a journey through railroading’s past and present in these iconic ...
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Strong Towns Steubenville to host meeting on Great American Rail Trail potential
Wednesday, February 12th, at 7:30pm they will hold a meeting about the Great American Rail Trail coming through ... do an exercise of actually trying to map out how we think that trail should ...
Winter storm blankets Minnesota, Wisconsin with snow and wind
Most of the metro received 3 to 5 inches of snow Saturday, though areas in northern Anoka County saw an average of 7 to 8 ...
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Bikes Without Cars
A paved hike- and bike-only path in central Minnesota that skirts a dozen lakes. Built on built on an abandoned Burlington ...
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Rail travel chaos in Britain's northwest after car plunges onto tracks near Manchester
The outage hit trains operated by Northern Rail, Transpennine Express and Transport for Wales serving major cities across the north and Wales, the company said, with customers facing lengthy ...
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Excursions By Rail: First ever train Weardale to Edinburgh
A 'once in a lifetime' train journey will depart later this year as part of the Stockton and Darlington Railway’s Bicentenary. Rail history is set to be made this summer as the first ever ...
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Great Britain comes from behind to beat Canada and Australia in SailGP Sydney
SYDNEY (AP) — Great Britain lost the lead and regained it to beat Canada and Australia in a thrilling three-boat final in the Sydney leg of SailGP, stretching its overall lead after podium ...
Crash shuts down roadway in Fairfield, police say
Officers have shut down Texas Street in Fairfield due to a crash on Wednesday evening, the police department said. Texas Street is closed between Pennsylvania Avenue and Gregory Lane in both ...