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  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
The Burlington Railroad: Alliance Division

The Burlington Railroad: Alliance Division

Bartels, Michael M.
Reisdorff, James J.
Kistler, Richard

Paperback

Series: Images of Rail

TrainsRegional: Midwest

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ISBN10: 1467112976
ISBN13: 9781467112970
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: Dec 15 2014
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Alliance has been a railroad center ever since the Burlington Railroad established the city in 1888 while pushing tracks into the vast, open regions of Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana. As a hub for trains carrying a variety of agricultural and mining products to market, Alliance became headquarters in 1902 for the large and geographically diverse area of Burlington train operations called the Alliance Division. For 86 years, the Alliance Division controlled much of the region's rail traffic. Despite the loss of its division point status in 1988, Alliance continues to have its fortunes closely tied to the railroad, now known as the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe. Today, the BNSF funnels large numbers of coal trains through the city while transporting Power River Basin coal to power plants across the nation.

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