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“Twin City Rails” includes Great
Northern operations in St. Paul and Minneapolis along with interchanges
with other railroads including Northern Pacific, Soo Line, and Rock
Island. The time period is 1957 and includes mainline from St. Paul west
to Spokane. Cities on the east/west mainline include St. Paul,
Minneapolis, the "Hutch" branch line to Wayzata & Hutchinson, Fargo, Minot, Whitefish, Spokane, and Wenatchee. A local
out of Spokane continues west as far as Wenatchee to handle all the
reefer operations for shipping apples. Spokane also handles interchange
traffic from the Spokane Portland & Seattle. |