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This trim, all-steel caboose is one of 15 constructed at our St. Cloud car shops
last year and assigned to transcontinental freight service. The radio-equipped
units embody the latest safety and comfort features.
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An important 1962 development was the organization of Portal Pipe Line Company,
with GN participating, and construction of a 366-mile crude oil pipe line from
Williston Basin producing areas to Clearbrook, Minnesota.
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A major GN responsibility in 1962 was the coordinated rail-truck transport of
vital materials to Minuteman missile sites near Great Falls and Minot. Pictured
at Minot steel yard is a huge 52-foot section of launch tube.
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Completed and opened to traffic last fall, this 225-foot steel truss span
carries Great Northern's main line across the North Fork of the Skykomish River
at Index, Washington, where a major relocation is underway. The partially
dismantled old bridge can be seen in the distance.
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