The ''Red River'' was a

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operated by Great Northern Railway between

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, and

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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

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, began service June 25, 1950, operating a daily round trip each way between

, and

. 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 Heaters 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

The service was discontinued in 1968.

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Passenger trains of the Great Northern Railway (U.S.) Named passenger trains of the United States Railway services introduced in 1950 Railway services discontinued in 1968 {{US-train-stub