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 ...

After more than two decades of work, a new documentary about James J. Hill, the founder of the Great Northern Railway, will premiere online later this month. Hill, whose nickname is “Empire Builder, ” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

When Transport Secretary Chris Grayling scrapped rail electrification plans for the north of England last year, he reignited the touchpaper of debate around the government’s proclivity to prioritise ...