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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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.

BROCKET, N.D. -- It was a warm, sunny day on Aug. 9, 1945, when 20-year-old Marian Pederson and her parents boarded the Great Northern Railway's Empire Builder in Grand Forks. Marian Miller, 87, ...

BROCKET, N.D. - It was a warm, sunny day on Aug. 9, 1945, when 20-year-old Marian Pederson and her parents boarded the Great Northern Railway's Empire Builder in Grand Forks. Heading back home to ...