A Condensed History of the Great Northern Railway

73 miles agriculture all-time record began operating boxcars Canadian cars Cascade mountains Chicago and St Company acquired completed construction daily service diesel powered diversified electric locomotives electrified Empire Builder trains feet above sea fleet freight service Glacier Park helped build Hill Hill's horsepower ILLINOIS LIBRARY Klamath Falls Lake latter lines serve lumbering main line Manitoba Railway Company miles in length Minneapolis & Manitoba Minneapolis & St Minnesota Mississippi River Montana North Dakota northern California Northern Pacific Northern Railway Company Northern train operates all five Oregon and northern Oriental Limited Pacific Coast Pacific Northwest Pacific Railroad Company passenger miles passenger train Paul & Pacific Portland & Seattle Puget Sound rail lines Railway serves railway's Red River Rocky Mountains round trip daily route sea level Seattle and Portland Seattle Railway service between Chicago Settlers Spokane steamboat streamliners Summit territory trackage rights traffic transcontinental trains tunnel Washington Wenatchee westward William Crooks