Ingvald "Ingy" Lyngby, native of Hannaford and longtime resident of Griggs County, was recently honored upon his retirement from the Burlington Northern Railroad, effective December 31, 1982, at Denver, Colorado.
"Ingy" went to work on the Great Northern Railroad in 1939, as a section laborer. He became section foreman and then gang foreman. In May 1955, he was promoted to general foreman on the Minot division, and that September was promoted to district Roadmaster with headquarters at Williston. In 1968, he was transferred to Grand Forks as assistant superintendent on the Dakota Division.
A promotion to a supervisory position as track engineer of the Omaha Region out of Omaha, Nebraska, came in 1971. In 1973, he became maintenance engineer in the same location.
When headquarters were moved from Omaha to Denver, he moved here and has remained there until his retirement.
About 150 persons attended the retirement dinner party January 28, at the Executive Towers, downtown Denver, hosted by the engineering department of the Burlington Railroad.
Out of town guests included equipment dealers and other officials of the Burlington Northern from Chicago, Illinois; Seattle, Washington; St. Joseph, Missouri; Alliance and Lincoln, Nebraska; and St. Paul, Minnesota.
Ingvald Lyngby's son, R. J. (Jerry) Lyngby, his wife, Tibby and their daughter, Erica, of South Dakota, attended the dinner. Their other daughter, Angi, student at Dana College, Blair, Nebraska, was unable to attend.
Source: Hannaford Area History North Dakota Centennial 1889 - 1989 Page 247