The 405 Aired Oct 20th, 2026

Now, the news, hot off the press.

Any local historian in Phillips County can tell you that Bodine was once a booming town and that Bodine boasted a railroad roundhouse.

Well, shoot.

You can even go out there today and go north of the tracks and see the concrete skeleton of the Roundhouse Foundation.

Well, it's still visible to our eye as we walk around in the prairie grass and still visible from Google Earth.

Yes, so local historians can tell you all this.

And they can tell you that in 1920, the railroad moved the Roundhouse out and rebuilt it in Haver, Montana.

Those facts many people can verify.

But the hard question to answer is why? Why? Why did the railroad move that costly roundhouse out of Bodine? If you remember, I, Orvin Solberg, had my own hypothesis on the why.

I hypothesized that it was because Highway 2 was platted out in 1919 and the highway didn't go through Bodoyne.

Well, good try, Orvin, but no cigar.

That's wrong.

So in other words, I'm publicly admitting that I was wrong.

And guys, I like to know when I'm wrong, because I like to learn.

And nobody knows everything, especially me.

So let me tell you what I believe was the real reason why they moved the roundhouse out of Boudoin.

When you hear my new hypothesis, you will certainly say, oh sure, that makes perfect sense.

Now remember, I said it's still my hypothesis.

It hasn't been proved into theory yet.

But I will be in contact with the Railroad Archives in Minneapolis, and I'll report back to you.

Now sit back, children, and listen to the why.