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The Great Northern Railway; Great Northern Railway Page; Great Northern Railway Post Office Car No. 42 — photographs and short history of one of six streamlined baggage-mail cars built for the Great Northern by the American Car and Foundry Company in 1950. Great Northern Railway route map (1920) Archived September 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company incorporated in 1846 with the object of building a line from London to York.It quickly saw that seizing control of territory was key to development, and it acquired, or took leases of, many local railways, whether actually built or not.
Great Northern Railway (U.S.), part of the BNSF Railway system; Houston and Great Northern Railroad in Texas, a predecessor of the International – Great Northern Railroad; International – Great Northern Railroad in Texas, part of the Union Pacific Railroad; New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern in Louisiana and Mississippi, part of the ...
Below is a table of information for the Great Northern Railway's steam roster with a symbol, Whyte notation, common name and notes. Included is a breakdown of the Great Northern classes, along with the date of their first construction (when known), builder, and road numbers.
The following is a list of locomotives built for the Great Northern Railway. As is customary, engine classes are organized according to the man who was locomotive superintendent when the class was introduced, and to whom the design is often attributed. Six men held this post during the existence of the Great Northern Railway.
The Leen Valley lines of the Great Northern Railway were railway branch lines built to access the collieries in the Nottinghamshire coalfield in England. The Midland Railway had long been dominant in the area, but there was resentment against its monopolistic policies from coalowners, who encouraged the Great Northern Railway to build a line.
The Great Northern Railway (GNR) Class C1 is a type of 4-4-2 steam locomotive. One, ex GNR 251 (later LNER 3251 in 1924, and LNER 2800 in 1946), survives in preservation. Much like their small boiler cousins, they were capable of reaching speeds of up to 90 mph (145 km/h). [2] [3] They were also known as Large Atlantics. [4] [5]
The Mansfield Branch line, located in Eastern Washington State, Douglas County, was constructed by the Great Northern Railway in 1909, and was completed in just 9 months. . Starting from the Columbia River and ending in Mansfield, the 60.62 miles (97.56 km) of track cut through the southern portion of the Moses Coulee, snaked up Douglas Creek and made its way across the vast wheat fields of ...
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