When the long-anticipated "Hill Lines" merger finally created the Burlington Northern on March 2, 1970, it was time not to mourn the loss of a favorite, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, but to ...

July 2023 marks the 150th anniversary of one of the most momentous events in Pacific Northwest history: when the Northern Pacific Railway Company chose Tacoma as the terminus for its transcontinental ...

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Follow along as we learn the history behind the Northern Pacific Railroad. The Northern Pacific Railway, one of the great US transcontinental railroads, was once headquartered in Brainerd, Minnesota.

Hundreds of visitors flocked to the historic rail town of Roseville on Friday to see the world’s largest steam locomotive during its two-day visit. Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014, normally housed in ...