The ''Red River'' was a

passenger train A passenger train is a train used to transport people along a railroad line. These trains may consist of unpowered passenger railroad cars (also known as coaches or carriages) hauled by one or more locomotives, or may be self-propelled; self pr ...

operated by Great Northern Railway between

Grand Forks, North Dakota Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the state of North Dakota (after Fargo and Bismarck) and the county seat of Grand Forks County. According to the 2020 census, the city's population was 59,166. Grand Forks, along with its twin city o ...

, and Saint Paul, Minnesota.

History

Great Northern Railway's third new train set of 1950 was a new schedule named the ''Red River''. The five car streamliner built by American Car and Foundry Company began service June 25, 1950, operating a daily round trip each way between

, and Saint Paul, Minnesota. The train went southbound in the morning returning northbound in the evening. The cars for the ''Red River'' streamliner were quite different than those built for the '' International'' (another 1950 introduction) in that the ''Red River''s cars had extra insulation and the coaches were equipped with

Baker Heater A baker is a tradesperson who bakes and sometimes sells breads and other products made of flour by using an oven or other concentrated heat source. The place where a baker works is called a bakery. History Ancient history Since grain ...

s as there was no steam heat available at the Grand Forks depot where the cars stood overnight. The locomotive was sent to the roundhouse each evening for any running repairs and service so the solution was the installation of the Baker Heaters in the cars. Red River schedule

References

{{GN named trains Passenger trains of the Great Northern Railway (U.S.) Named passenger trains of the United States Railway services introduced in 1950