These lines serve the grain, potato and sugar beet districts of the Red River Valley, North Dakota, Montana and eastern Washington the grain and cattle country of Montana, in addition to the oil, copper and lumbering industries of that state apple and soft fruit districts of the Wenatchee River Valley in Washington, and grain and pea-growing areas elsewhere in that state, and lumbering and fish packing centers of Puget Sound. Paul and Minneapolis) of Minnesota to Puget Sound, on the Pacific Coast. Principal main lines extend from Lake Superior (Duluth and Superior) and the Twin Cities (St. The railway operates in Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, South Dakota, Iowa, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and California, and in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and British Columbia. On a system 8,316 miles in length, its trains carry freight, passengers, mail and express in the area between the Great Lakes and the Pacific Ocean. The Great Northern Railway serves a vast, diversified and productive region - the great Northwest. The Burlington Northern merged with the Santa Fe to form the current Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF Railway) on September 22, 1995.įor a more detailed history, read the following:ġ951 - A CONDENSED HISTORY of THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAYįrom the Public Relations Department, Great Northern Railway, St. The following four railroads merged into the Burlington Northern Railroad on March 2, 1970: The line was the culmination of one man's dream, James Jerome Hill, the "Empire Builder" so-called because of his ability to create prosperous business where none previously existed.
Headquarters for the line were located in St. Paul west through North Dakota, Montana and Northern Idaho to Washington State at Everett and Seattle. The Great Northern Railway was created in September 1889 from several predecessor railroads in Minnesota and eventually stretched from Lake Superior at Duluth and Minneapolis/St.
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