Brick railroad buildings from the late 1800s are getting hard to find. So, when I came across the complex of Northern Pacific shops in Brainerd in 2010, I was in heaven. The Northern Pacific was the first northern transcontinental railroad. It was started in 1870 near Duluth, Minnesota. The company invested a huge amount on money in various railroad buildings in Brainerd, Minnesota, where the railroad crossed the Mississippi River. Repair shops, engine shops, blacksmith shops, depots, a tie plant, a park, and a hospital were all constructed in Brainerd, making it a huge railroad town. In 2023, about half of the original brick buildings still remained at the shops complex, and were still being used for various purposes. Learn some of the history of Brainerd, the Northern Pacific shops there, and the other railroad sites in town.

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