A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1924.

All Burlington Northern locomotives present here at Dilworth, Minn., the former NP facility serving Fargo-Moorhead, on May 14 ...

It was during most of its existence the longest railroad in North America, edging past the previous title-holder, Canadian National Railways. Great Northern and Northern Pacific covered most of ...

It’s the final day of the Dakota Territory Gun Collectors Association’s Gun Show in Watertown. Long guns, handguns, ammo and ...

The Federal Railroad Administration recently approved the proposed route for the Northern Lights Express rail line ... David Levinson, a University of Minnesota civil engineering professor and an ...

ST. PAUL — Legislators in the Minnesota Senate and House this week passed several bills out of their chambers. Lawmakers also ...

This Ford F-250 hi-rail truck is from the St. Croix Valley RR, Minnesota Northern’s sister line based in Rush City, Minn. It has the railroad’s herald on the door, vehicle number on the front fender, ...

The long-struggling Northstar Commuter Rail line between Minneapolis and Big Lake may be shut down and replaced with bus service, according to a joint announcement Monday from the Minnesota ...

COTTAGE GROVE, WISCONSIN, US — Alcivia, a member-owned agricultural and energy cooperative, and Burlington Northern Santa Fe ...

The Wells City Council held their first meeting of the month on Monday, March 10 and once again had a lengthy discussion on ...

After more than 15 years, the days of Northstar commuter rail service between Minneapolis and Big Lake may be numbered. The Minnesota Department ... scaled back so its northern terminus ended ...