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 ...

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 ...

America’s shipping landscape stands on the brink of a dramatic transformation as two railroad giants announced a groundbreaking merger that could fundamentally change how goods move across the ...

Long before it was transformed by the automobile and the airplane, the railway system was the mode for cross-country travel. After the U.S. victory in the Mexican War provided the last piece of ...

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 ...