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BNSF Hannah Subdivision
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<p>In 1884, the The Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company (StPM&M) constructed a 35 mile branch line extending from an existing line at Larimore, North Dakota to Park River, North Dakota. The line would be extended an additional 39 miles to Langdon, North Dakota in 1887, and an additional 21 miles to Hannah, North Dakota in 1897. The StPM&M was controlled by James J. Hill, a railroad tycoon who wished to build a railroad network extending from Minnesota to the Pacific Coast. Throughout the 1880s and 1890s, the StPM&M acquired and constructed numerous new railroad lines throughout North Dakota, including numerous parallel lines to connect wheat crops in northern North Dakota to the mills at Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1907, the StPM&M would be sold to another Hill company, the Great Northern Railway (GN). In 1970, GN merged with rival Northern Pacific Railway and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad to form Burlington Northern Railroad (BN). In 1993, the route would be abandoned between McCanna and Conway, North Dakota; in favor of trackage rights over the Soo Line between Ardoch and Conway. In 1996, the BN merged with Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway in 1996, to form BNSF Railway. The line would be further abandoned in 2004, when the Larimore to McCanna and Langdon to Hannah segments were abandoned. BNSF continues to operate the remaining segment from Conway to Langdon as the Park River Subdivision.<br></p>
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