Preparations To Extend The Line
Plans proceeded to push the Midland Continental Railroad north from Wimbledon and south from Edgeley Colon. In 1913, the entire line was already surveyed and negotiations for right away started. The next year, the Midland Continental Railroad chief engineer, moved from Jamestown to Wimbelton and began lane construction plans. North of Wimbledon, the main line was to go through Cooperstown and Pembina. A branch was proposed from Aneta through Northwood to Grand Forks.
Midland Continental Railroad officials again ask for donations of right away and inducements from towns.

The War Intervenes
When World War I began, loans in progress could not be secure. The loan being negotiated between Midland Continental Railroad, and J. Bruce Ismary of Liverpool, England, was about to be executed on August 3. The timing could not have been worse, war broke out on July 28, and the loan was a Bandan on July 31. – In a wartime economy, the Midland continental railroad cannot raise the capital needed to continue construction. Notes and bonds, pledged and collateral were in the fault by 1916, and postponement became abandonment of the rest of the project. What started as a promising proposal for 1800-mile transcontinental track and it has a 77-mile long intrastate line in North Dakota, running from Edgeley to Wimbolton.

Funding and timing – J. Bruce Ismary, president of the White Star Line and owner of the ill-fated Titanic, which sunk on its maiden voyage in April, 1912, promised a $2 million loan to the MCRR to be signed on a Monday in London. Unfortunately, World War I broke out on the Friday before, bringing business to a standstill overseas. Unable to obtain their overseas funding, MCRR construction was postponed for two years until the whole project was finally abandoned.