How far east?

[ak-milw]

How far east did the NP travel? I know they made it into Minnisota, did they ever cross the river into Wisconsin?
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[Kurt Moose]

Actually, if you look at a map, it went farther north,and I think it did make it into Winsconsin though.

[SDP45]

Well,
Back in the early days, the NP actually made it to Chicago, through a lease of the original Wisconsin Central. It was a huge money drain. When the NP went through a bankruptcy, somewhere in the 1890s, it lost the lease.
The NP did make it to the Superior, Wisconsin area.
The RS11s were bought for service in this area.

[ak-milw]

Thanks guy's,
Just curious, thought I would ask instead of digging through a bunch of sites!!
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[BoxcabE50]

Originally posted by ak-milw:
How far east did the NP travel? I know they made it into Minnisota, did they ever cross the river into Wisconsin? Andy-

Yes. They made it as far east as Ashland. With a branch up through Washburn to Bayfield.

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[BoxcabE50]

Originally posted by SDP45:
When the NP went through a bankruptcy, somewhere in the 1890s, it lost the lease. The Northern Pacific RAILROAD was getting into thin finances by the early 1890's. The Panic of 1893 put them into receivership. In 1896, they emerged as the Northern Pacific RAILWAY.

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