Motor: With three major highways through Carrington, the area has excellent trucking service provided by half‑a‑dozen interstate companies, as well as local haulers.
Jet Base Shortway Line schedules daily bus service to Carrington, which runs from Jamestown to Minot and in turn makes connections with air and rail terminals at each point.
Rail: Carrington is served by two railroads. The Soo Line maintains main line service from Chicago through Carrington to Portal, North Dakota, on the Canadian Border. There are four freights daily.
The Burlington Northern maintains a branch line, with two freights a day from Jamestown through Carrington to Leeds, North Dakota, and a branch from Carrington west to Turtle Lake, North Dakota.
Air: Matheny Field is located one‑half mile from the west edge of Carrington. Two well‑drained, paved runways lie northeast‑southwest and northwest‑southeast. The field has a rotating beacon light, gas, telephone, and hangar facilities.
Nearest commercial airfield is at Jamestown, 42 miles south, where Northwest Airlines has scheduled daily flights.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 230