Instead, Grinnell approached the "Empire Builder," James J. Hill, founder of the Great Northern Railway. It was 1891 when Grinnell first made his pitch, the same year that Hill's railroad was ...

Each firm was expecting a letter from Frank J. Gavin, president of the Great Northern Railway. Most of Railroader Gavin’s letters are notably brief, but this one was to be a little longer than ...

ST. PAUL, Aug. 1 -- Judge Lochren to-day in the United States Circuit Court ... State of Minnesota against the Northern Securities Company, the Great Northern Railway Company, the Northern Pacific ...

In the late winter of 1910, a relentless blizzard trapped two Great Northern Railway trains, bound from Spokane to Seattle, in the rugged Cascade Mountains. Six days of frantic efforts to reach ...

The most complete and comprehensive collection of railroading films ever compiled on any subject - the Anthony DeRosa collection on the Great Northern. Shot in 8mm color film over a 40 year period ...