The Great Northern Railway played a pivotal role in shaping Montana’s history.Opening the West, building communities, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

James J. Hill turns Seattle into an international port by opening up trade with Asia. James J. Hill turns Seattle into an international port by opening up trade with Asia. Encouraged by GN agents, ...

Historical footage of Great Northern Railway in Monarch, Montana Video of a Great Northern train traveling the old rail line to Monarch. Filmed by the engineer's son in the late 1930s ...

For 20 years, BNSF Railway has maintained a unique avalanche program to keep its main line to the Pacific Northwest open. It only took a few months for the Great Northern Railway to realize that ...