All aboard the Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad for a historic ride in the Northwoods. Hop aboard the Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad for a historic train ride through the Northwoods. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

I boarded the Amtrak’s Empire Builder train in Minot, N.D., not long ago, en route to the railroad’s terminus in Seattle. A journey of 1,178 miles, 27 hours, starting at 9 a.m. CDT on a Friday and ...

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 ...

Before the Interstate Commerce Commission last week was a plan for the biggest railroad merger ever proposed. Three major Western roads, the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific, and the Chicago, ...

Hill takes the biggest gamble of his career. He decides to build west, despite existing competition. Hill takes the biggest gamble of his career. He decides to build west, despite existing ...

The problem: There's no railroad connecting coastal elites! The solution: Pay rail companies for each mile of track laid for a brand new transcontinental railroad. Sounds like a great idea, with the ...

Rails are still visible in the Northern California city of Healdsburg, where the Northwest Pacific Railroad ran until 1998. California now wants to turn the unused tracks in a major hiking corridor ...