The Great Northern Railway
The Great Northern Railway
The Great Northern Railway was created in September 1889 from several predecessor railroads in Minnesota and eventually stretched from Lake Superior at Duluth and Minneapolis/St. Paul west through North Dakota, Montana and Northern Idaho to Washington State at Everett and Seattle. Headquarters for the line were located in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The line was the culmination of one man's dream, James Jerome Hill, the "Empire Builder" so-called because of his ability to create prosperous business where none previously existed. The following four railroads merged into the Burlington Northern Railroad on March 2, 1970:
Great Northern Railway
Northern Pacific Railway
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway
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The line was the culmination of one man's dream, James Jerome Hill, the "Empire Builder" so-called because of his ability to create prosperous business where none previously existed. The following four railroads merged into the Burlington Northern Railroad on March 2, 1970:
Great Northern Railway
Northern Pacific Railway
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway
Retrieved from: http://www.gnrhs.org/gn_history.htm