How many box cars can you link together in one train?

Good Question.

How many box cars can you link together in one train?

This is a question that I have asked and while I have been a passenger, have heard the driver ask, more than once here in St Cloud.

Trains are a huge benefit to our community and are part of the reason businesses have thrived here and continue to do so.

The St Cloud Depot was built in 1898 by the Northern Pacific Railroad to accommodate the passengers who would be riding the train from St Cloud to St Paul Mn. The roof was originally a blue slate, which must have looked very sharp, on top of the Romanesque depot with its red granite base and the irregular gray quarry granite blocks for walls.

Trains and railroad companies are a large part of our history here in St Cloud. How else would you easily move tons and tons of granite around? It would be impossible to discuss the features of St Cloud Mn without bringing up our trains, railroads, and crossings. If you look at a map you will see what I mean, those of us who have lived in the Central Minnesota area around St Cloud will tell you to leave a little early for that appointment, just in case you happen to get caught waiting for a train.

By the way, one afternoon behind a particularly long train I lost count somewhere around 168 cars. So how many cars can you link together in one train? The answer might just be the same as the number it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop.