Without the Great Northern Railway, there would be no Glacier National Park in Montana. The park was established north of the GN mainline, today owned by BNSF Railway. The Great Northern built its ...

WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. — It was a celebration on rails Saturday as the Riverside and Great Northern Railway marked 75 years of trips in Wisconsin Dells. The operation began in 1947 in Janesville when ...

WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. – The Riverside & Great Northern Railway in Wisconsin Dells is celebrating 75 years this week. Their anniversary celebration is set for Saturday, August 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 ...

“The Empire Builder: James J. Hill and The Great Northern Railway” was released as a four-part documentary in September. (Minnesota State Historical Society) A Great Northern Railway advertisement for ...

The 75-mile single phase 11-kv electrification of the Cascade Mountain division of the Great Northern is briefly described and the comparative performance of steam and electric locomotives is given, ...

Documentarians Stephen Sadis and Kyle Kegley take four hours to examine "Empire Builder" James J. Hill's transformative career. Hill's Great Northern Railway is well-represented in the Lake Superior ...

In 1878, railroad “Empire Builder” James J. Hill gained control of the SP&P, which would become part of the Great Northern Railway (GN), a BNSF predecessor. The GN, which eventually became Burlington ...

The pedestrian bridge offers some of the best up-close views of the Great Northern Railway clocktower in Riverfront Park, though the structure can be seen from most of the park and downtown Spokane.

James J. Hill is back in the news this month, but not for his famous railroad. Instead, it’s for his lesser-known role as an iron ore magnate. For decades, much of Minnesota’s Mesabi Range was owned ...