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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.
Pages in category "Great Northern Railway (United States) locomotives" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
The Great Northern Z-1 was a class of ten electric locomotives built for the Great Northern Railway [2] They were used to work the route through the second Cascade Tunnel. They were built between 1926–1928 by Baldwin Locomotive Works , with Westinghouse electrics, and stayed in service until dieselisation in 1956.
The Great Northern Railway is considered to have inspired (in broad outline, not in specific details) the Taggart Transcontinental railroad in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. [26] The song Great Northern by the Western band Riders In The Sky featured on their 2002 album Ridin' The Tweetsie Railroad describes a journey along the Great Northern ...
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 GN boxcab locomotives were the first electric locomotives purchased by the Great Northern Railway (GN) for use through the Cascade Tunnel.Four locomotives were supplied were built in February and March 1909 by the American Locomotive Company, and delivered in Pullman Green; they used electrical equipment from General Electric and weighed 115 short tons (104 t) each.
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