CROSBY — Unlimited Learning is hosting a session at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 11, at Heartwood Senior Living in Crosby about the history and importance of the Northern Pacific Railway. The Northern Pacific ...

BRAINERD, Minnesota — For over 100 years, the Northern Pacific Railway connected the Great Lakes to Puget Sound on the Pacific, powering through the Twin Cities, Brainerd, Fargo, Duluth and more. But ...

A Michigan resident with ties to the Brainerd lakes area kept his earlier promise to donate $2,500 to construct a roof over a locomotive engine at the Crow Wing County Fairgrounds because his ...

On September 18, 1873, an investment bank owned by Jay Cooke, who financed the construction of the Northern Pacific Railway, went bankrupt, sparking a multiyear financial crisis. Library of Congress ...

The Northern Pacific Railway recruited Italian immigrants to work in Dilworth, MN. In 1909 the Northern Pacific Railway recruited workers from Italian communities in Minneapolis and Wisconsin to ...

Railway Age’s 2023 Railroader of the Year Award, the 60 th annual, goes to a groundbreaking North American rail industry leader: BNSF President and Chief Executive Officer Katie M. Farmer. “Katie ...

This 48-page daybook details Hill’s first of three commissions painting scenery for the Northern Pacific Railway in Washington, Idaho, and Montana. Hill took brief notes on a daily basis about her ...

As the leaves change and the air turns crisp, there’s no denying that fall has arrived, and with the season comes the beloved flavor of pumpkin in all its forms. So, as we indulge in pumpkin spice ...

Seven out of every ten stockholders in the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern railroads, through a committee, last week formally decided to lease their lines for 99 years to a new company, the ...

When created, Burlington Northern had a greater extent than any other U. S. railroad: Vancouver, British Columbia, to ...