Today, some things have changed. The Great Northern merged with three other railroads to form Burlington Northern in 1970, which itself merged with the Santa Fe to form BNSF Railway in 1995.

The Riverside and Great Northern Railway marked the milestone with a celebration. The Railway was started by Elmer Sandley, who dreamed of providing people a means of transportation in the 1940s.

Jan. 25—BEMIDJI — A historic Great Northern Railway caboose has officially landed at its permanent home on the train tracks outside the Beltrami County History Center. The caboose arrived at ...

Special thanks to Great Northern Railway historian Scott Tanner for research assistance with this story, and to John Chase, author of a 2014 “Reference Sheet” about the Monroe greenhouses for ...

A four-episode documentary on The Great Northern Railway will be released Sept. 30, telling the story of the man who built it. “The Empire Builder: James J. Hill and The Great Northern Railway ...

Open in new tab (upbeat violin music) - [Narrator] With the rise of the Great Northern as a transcontinental railway, James J. Hill became one of the most dominant figures associated with any ...

Review The book: "Great Northern Railway: Ore docks of Lake Superior photo archive," Iconografix, 2002 Author: Douglass D. Addison Sr. ISBN: 1-58388-073-9 Cost: $29.95 ...

Documentarians Stephen Sadis and Kyle Kegley take four hours to examine "Empire Builder" James J. Hill's transformative career. Hill's Great Northern Railway is well-represented in the Lake ...

Encouraged by Great Northern agents, immigrants from Europe, settle in Montana and North Dakota. Hill expands into Oregon, facing Harriman once again in "The Last of the Great Railroad Wars." ...