The Northern Pacific Railway - Abandoned Pembina Extension
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Most of the early media attention on the Northern Pacific Railway focused on its east to west transcontinental route, which stretched from Duluth, Minnesota to the U.S. West Coast. However, the Northern Pacific also had an extension which ran from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. This extension cut through one of the oldest settlements in the Northern Plains, Pembina, North Dakota. The town of Pembina celebrated when the railroad arrived in 1887. However, it all ended in 1969, when the railroad discontinued its service there. See how the line from Drayton to Pembina has changed through the years, and what is left today.
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Have you considered making a video about railroads arriving in Stillwater Mn? The Stillwater public library and another library in Saint Paul have copies of a book on the history of Stillwater railroads. I forgot the author, the book is as rare as hens teeth. What later became BN then the Minnesota Zephyr line was built in the fall of 1870 up to the north end of town with construction pausing December 25th because the ground was frozen. The last mile of track was built into downtown resuming April 1871. Two more railroads were built into Stillwater from the south in the 1880’s. Stillwater had two trolley systems and two different times with a gap between the end and removal of the first one and the installation of the 2nd one. 2nd one connected to the Twin Cities trolley system and the last one left Stillwater August 1932.
I think 'Junction' is a railroad term and 'Corners' is a road, or path place name. Don't see the former used much anymore, really not much since the great rail boon of the late 1800's. The latter is used a great deal today, almost always in suburban real estate developments and the likes.
My grandfather ended up in this area working in the iron ore mines around 1900. He came over with a brother from Italy. The warm part. Imagine how they must have loved winters up there.
Your videos are top notch. You should work for PBS or something like that. Thank you.
Other then the over supplied sugar industry, where did the traffic go?
Great video! Can you do a video about the Luce Line Electric railroad that went from Minneapolis all the way to Gluek? Judging by this video, I know that there’s an abandoned grain elevator northwest of Cosmos that used to be served by this abandoned railroad road line.
Do you know where that abandoned grain elevator is?
Love those old Grain Elevators! Man if those walls could talk😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
They were built solid. When they demolish one the usually knock out a side, then the whole thing tips over, but it usually stays intact so it looks like you just laid it down.
Excellent video. As an "Original Transcon RR" enthusiast, I found your attn. to detail to be also highly engaging. Thanks from Darrell.
Well done!! Thanks...
Solid stuff, thanks.
The Interstate Highways doomed the smaller railways. Oh well, that's progress.
Can anyone enlighten me about the construction shown on the old elevator building? Under the corrugated metal, the "framing" appeared to be 2x4 or maybe 2x6 boards laid flat, stacked, and nailed to frame the walls. I only ever saw this method once before in a small old cabin that looked like it was built from scrap wood. I assumed that the walls were built that way due to the available lumber all being short pieces. Otherwise great video! Thank you.
You are correct. So e elevators started on the bottom with 2 by 10 inch boards laid flat. Hundreds of thousands of nails used.
They were built that way because of the incredible outward pressure the grain exerted on the walls. Those walls had to be incredibly strong to do the job intended. Lots of board feet of lumber in those old elevators.
Build a railroad, build a town on the railroad, then complain about the railroad being in town for the rest of time.
Also known as Manitoba Jct. I was on the last freight that went to Pembina
Sad seeing all those rails being torn up
Did you see what the date was on the rails?
Railroads had no Govt. help period such as highways and airports did. Railroads were all private companies. Thank you! I don't know why I'm fascinated by abandoned railways!
How much did they pay for the land?
You need to research more history, your comment is not totally accurate. The railroads received massive land grants to get started
Most early pre 1890 Railroads were paid for by the sales of land given to them by the government. Completely false statement.
Yeah, you need to do some deeper reading. Railroads in this area in general and this NP transcontinental in particular (NP from Duluth to Pacific) received massive grants of government land they later could sell or profit off of (timber, minerals etc.)