It was created on March 2, 1970, by the merger of the Northern Pacific Railway; the Great Northern Railway; the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad; and the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway. It ...

History is dotted with failed enterprises, especially failed railroads. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, as railroads began to crisscross the nation, hundreds of routes were proposed but ...

The Empire Builder James J. Hill and the Great Northern Railway is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire ...

I was born in Newport, Wash., in 1958 and lived in Laclede, Idaho, in Bonner County. My father worked for Great Northern Railway and was gone most of the time, usually in Montana. So my mom and I were ...

A major UK train company has been slammed for appearing to be 'proud' of charging £4.20 for a two-minute journey. In response to rail fares rising by 4.6% in England and Wales at the start of ...

In the early 1900s, a small gauge railway began operation between a relatively new train depot and downtown Stanwood.