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THE BRIDGEHUNTER'S CHRONICLES Rendsburg High Bridge Coming Down
France has its Millau Viaduct and the arch bridges along the Rhone and in Paris. Canada has its Lions Gate Bridge and the Confederate Viaduct. America has its Golden Gate and Brooklyn Bridges. In Ge...
Posted on 4/1/13 at 11:14 AM
THROUGH THE LENS: PHOTOGRAPHER BY DAY, PHOTOGRAPHER BY NIGHT A shot in the dark...
One of my most favorite things to shoot has been anything at night! There are many ways to shoot at night. Most don't go out and shoot at night because there isn't a lot of light to work with. That i...
Posted on 7/2/12 at 9:17 AM
DOING IT DOWNTOWN I Hear the Train a Comin'
(Story and photos by Brittany Olafson, online journalism major) WARNING: THIS ARTICLE IS CLEARLY DIRECTED AT THE BOXCARS THEMSELVES, NOT AT THE ENGINEERS OPERATING THEM. As Johnny Cash would say, yo...
Posted on 4/3/12 at 3:00 PM
THE FLENSBURG FILES: TRAVELS AND EXPERIENCES GATHERED OF A FORMER MINNESOTAN More Trains and More Space, Please!
Here is a sight that I hope that I will never see again: An ICE train departing Hamburg enroute to Copenhagen becomes overcrowded the second the doors open. You try and find a seat you had r...
Posted on 9/7/11 at 7:47 AM
THE DULLUM FILE Gladys Knight
Next week on WDAZ News @5, we'll chat with Gladys Knight....
Posted on 4/29/11 at 10:24 AM
Lind: Another run for the Goose 
In ’60s, single-unit outfit made trips to WinnipegNeighbors thinks it’s safe to say that a year from now, in 2012, many stories about the Titanic, which sank in 1912, will appear; many symphony orchestras will play the 1812 Overture, which Tchaikovsky wrote to commemorate Russia’s defense of Moscow from Napoleon’s army in, of course, 1812; and locally, many people will still be recalling the Galloping Goose branch line trains, regardless of the years they ran.
By Bob Lind , January 30, 2011
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Lind: Neighbors remind us it could be much colder
Sure, it’s been cold around here. But it’s nothing new. Take 1936, for example. That’s the year the temperature slid to 42 degrees below zero in Alice, N.D., where Ron Fredrickson, now of Roseville, Calif., lived.
By Bob Lind , January 24, 2011
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Lind: Neighbors add more to murder tale
The man showed up at Esrom Good’s farm near Sheldon, N.D., and asked for a night’s lodging.
Sure, Esrom told him: “You can sleep in the barn.”
The next morning, the man left Esrom’s barn and was walking toward Sheldon when authorities arrested him in connection with a double murder.
By Bob Lind , January 17, 2011
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Lind: Schram’s no stranger to excitement, even at age 94
Hopefully, the Pioneer House will never have an emergency situation. But if it does, Catherine “Kay” Schram probably would know what to do.
Kay, a resident of the Fargo assisted living facility, and her husband once escaped from a hotel fire and helped other hotel occupants in the process.
By Bob Lind , January 09, 2011
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Lind: Flocks of Galloping Geese
It seems appropriate that this final Neighbors column of 2010 focuses, as it often does, on the Galloping Goose branchline trains as they are recalled by one of the region’s veteran newspapermen, Clark Potter of Fargo.
By Bob Lind , December 28, 2010
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Lind: Great memories of Great Northern
This painting of a Great Northern freight at the depot in Karlsruhe, N.D., was painted by North Dakota native Larry Fisher, now of Las Vegas.
It caught the attention of Liz Wurzbacher of Fargo, who found it reproduced on a note card, because her father, Vince Greenheck, used to be the agent at this depot.
By Bob Lind , December 20, 2010
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Cleanup continues after West Fargo derailment
Rail lines have reopened in West Fargo after a train derailment Friday afternoon that involved seven cars carrying coal.
December 19, 2010
Lind: Tracking down Detroit Lakes’ can recycling man
His name is Joey. Joey Bekkerus. And he is the answer to a question run through Neighbors a while ago about the name of the man who used to pedal his bike around Detroit Lakes, Minn., salvaging aluminum cans.
By Bob Lind , October 25, 2010
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Train derails in Mahnomen
MAHNOMEN, Minn. – Thirteen railroad cars went off the tracks, spilling vegetable oil in the city of Mahnomen on Monday.
September 21, 2010
Lind: The Goose carried cream, and cagers
Here’s a question for dairy farmers from a few decades ago: What was the name of the creamery in Lakeville, Minn., where some of you shipped your cream?
By Bob Lind , September 20, 2010
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Lind: The Goose, with a side of malted milk
The Goose, music and a malted milk. They all tie together in the memory of Merle Skunberg of Fargo.
By Bob Lind , September 13, 2010
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Lind: Tales from the rails
Prank nearly cost Gunhus his summer wagesThe late Gunder Gunhus was an attorney in Moorhead for 40-plus years and a part-time magistrate for the U.S. District Court for Minnesota, all after having a practice in Wheaton, Minn., where he was also village attorney.
By Bob Lind , September 05, 2010
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