Great northern railroad

One of the famous Great Northern publicity photos featuring its flagship transcontinental service, the "Empire Builder," rolling downgrade over Marias Pass near Browning, Montana outside of Glacier National Park circa latter 1950's. The "Builder" of this period featured the very best in rail travel including Great Dome reclining seat coaches, standard coaches, Ranch Lounge, Pullman sleepers, diner, Great Dome lounge, and a lounge-observation.

The 2-8-8-0 Consolidation Mallet was first put into service by the Santa Fe as an experimentation of a basic Consolidation in 1911.

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No, the title of this blog is not a new country duo--nor is it the name of my legal team. It is what happens with Passenger Rail in the U.S. with Amtrak and Congress, that singularly mismatched duo, running things. During the first decade of my life, Passenger Rail was full flow. Post WWII streamliners came on line faster than Sbarro on Manhattan Island. No matter what the railroad was running things, a serious effort to please the traveling public and make Passenger Rail competitive with…

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The countdown begins for Expo 74, the World's Fair in 1974 in Spokane, Washington. This building and the Union Station were part of the Riverfront Park when they put it up to a levy vote in 1971. It got 56 percent yes but it needed 60 percent to pass. Then Expo 74 plan shows up with the stations removed from the plan. What happened? Being in advertising and a railfan nut I got involved with saving these structures. I got the Spokane Ad Club involved as you can see on the poster. We had about…

The Great Northern Railway was the second company to reach Seattle doing so in 1893. It was part of the James Hill's vast empire.

Great Northern 369C-365B-368B in Spokane, Washington, July 24, 1969. Photo by Joe McMillan. Personally, I favor GN orange and green, but I have to admit that these look pretty sharp.

Rio Grande 4-8-4 No. 1705 brings train 6, the eastbound “Exposition Flyer,” down the Front Range of the Rockies in July 1941.

High quality photograph of Burlington Northern Railroad EMD F9(A) # BN-1 at Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.