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 ...

FLATHEAD COUNTY, Mont. — The Great Northern Railway played a pivotal role in shaping Montana’s history. Opening the West, building communities, and helping create some of the nation’s most iconic ...

Plate 227, "East and West shaking hands at laying of the last rail," Promontory Summit, Utah. Photograph was taken by Andrew Russell on May 10, 1869. General Dodge, chief engineer for Union Pacific, ...

It's very rare that we can say a nation was fundamentally different the day after a major construction project was completed from what it was the day before. But that's exactly what happened to the ...

Harper's Weekly reported on the progress of the transcontinental railroad throughout its construction. These excerpts, organized chronologically, report on conflicts with Native Americans, the terms ...

I boarded the Amtrak’s Empire Builder train in Minot, N.D., not long ago, en route to the railroad’s terminus in Seattle. A journey of 1,178 miles, 27 hours, starting at 9 a.m. CDT on a Friday and ...