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Northern starting new railroad program

Wells Fargo jumpstarts with donation

The Wells Fargo Foundation helped kick start a certificate program in railroad mechanics Tuesday at Montana State University-Northern with the presentation of a facsimile of a $10,000 check in a ceremony at Northern's Farm Mechanics Building.

Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel said the program, which is slated to begin next summer, will train students to be railroad electricians and mechanics and is based on a standardized curriculum from the National Academy of Railroad Sciences, or NARS.

"And the value of the certificate is that it makes them employable," Kegel said. "So, if you go through that...

 

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