print email comment close The Great Northern Empire Then and Now URL: http://www.greatnorthernempire.net Description: "The Great Northern Railway was created in September 1889 ... and eventually stretched from Lake Superior at Duluth and Minneapolis/St. Paul west through North Dakota, Montana and Northern Idaho to Washington State at Everett and Seattle." This site features a timeline, route maps, lists of named passenger routes, and images of surviving historic structures (such as depots and bridges), locomotives, and rolling stock. Also includes links to related sites. From an enthusiast.  Library of Congress Subject Headings: Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) Railroads -- History LII Database Information: Record 21933 created by Maria Brandt on 06/21/2006 Last modification on 06/27/2006 Published: 07/13/2006   Funding agency: Washington State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21933