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Great Northern Railway in the Pacific Northwest by Jeff Wilson Classic Trains SC
Great Northern Railway in the Pacific Northwest by Jeff Wilson
Classic Trains:
Soft Cover
128 pages
Copyright 2001
Contents
Brief History of the Great Northern Railway4
North from Seattle to Vancouver, B.C.10
South of Seattle26
East from Seattle Through Stevens Pass36
Electric Division40
The Cascade Tunnel and Electrification52
East to Spokane64
East into Montana74
Marias Pass88
Glacier National Park92
Browning and Beyond96
Great Northern Railway's Passenger Service114
BNSF in the Pacific Northwest Today124
Index of Photographs127
The story of the Great Northern Railway begins in the Midwest. In 1882 railroad visionary and future Great Northern president James J. Hill became president of the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co., which had acquired the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad.
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