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 (WKOW) -- A Wisconsin Dells treasure used for both transportation and education observed its 75th anniversary Saturday. The Riverside and Great Northern Railway marked the milestone ...

1936 – A Great Northern steam engine pulls a load of logs, likely cut in the forests of Idaho, through downtown Spokane and over the Post Street Bridge, which was being widened in December 1936. The ...

“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 ...

It’s the time of year when many people think of flowers and about getting ready for the impending gardening season. In Seattle, the Northwest Flower and Garden Show is underway through the weekend at ...

Train rides can be a great way to really take in the beauty of fall foliage each year, and this Wisconsin ride offers some breathtaking scenery.

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - The Sioux City Railroad Museum has some good news while still recovering from flooding. The museum is partnering with the American Heartland Railroad Society to restore a Great ...

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 ...

I’ve long been a railroad buff, from the days in the 1950s when my late Uncle Bill used to take my cousin, Bill Jr., and me to the railroad tracks in Akron, Ohio, to see the last of the steam engines ...

The little town of Monarch lies on the floor of a quartzite canyon that hems in Belt Creek. On a fall day it’s a beautiful drive through the Little Belt Mountains. Pine trees shaded by steep cliffs, a ...

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, ...