This 2-8-8-2 articulated steam locomotive, number 2031, was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Great Northern Railway. It had a total engine and tender weight of 916,500 lbs., and a tra... (more)

Great Northern train 6 the western section of the 'Western Star" between Portland and Seattle at Centralia, Washington with GN F3A 355A & B and 14 cars on September 8, 1965. Photo by Ken ... (more)

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Great Northern's 36-unit GP20 fleet consisted of two specific orders. The first group, 2000-2017, differed only slightly from the second order. The original units, such as 2006 and 2000 above... (more)

Great Northern F7A 362C with F7B-F3A-F7A-F3A leads train 28 the "Western Star" arriving from Seattle, Washington in Saint Paul, Minnesota on July 25, 1964. At the Twin Cities the "Western Sta... (more)

GN 400 and LSRX (NP) 245 depart Duluth Union Depot on the North Shore Scenic Railroad's "Two Harbors Turn".

Great Northern SD45 400, "Hustle Muscle" leads the North Shore Scenic Railroad's "Two Harbors Turn". A diesel double-header with LSRX 245 leading a 5-car excursion train pas... (more)

On March 15, 1969, GN F7A 309C leads an F7B, a GP9 and another F7A with more then 200 ore cars, totaling around 15,000 net tons of taconite pellets into Minneapolis. The Great Northern usuall... (more)

On April 20, 1970 Great Northern SD9 584 is working a long transfer drag through Minneapolis. It's more than two months into the Burlington Northern merger and the SD9 has yet to be renumbered... (more)

Great Northern F3A 351A leads the three car #6 the Seattle-Spokane Cascadian at Berne, Washington on June 2, 1958. Photo by Montague Powell, from my collection.

GN 1720 sits dead in Northtown Yard awaiting its fate. Built in 1959 for the Colorado and Southern, 1720 is by far the oldest unit in the deadline.

A quiet Sunday morning finds newly placed Great Northern caboose X-259 (built 1948) sitting on rails in front of the city of Bemidji’s Great Northern Depot. This depot happens to be James J. Hil... (more)

Visiting from Duluth is the rare EMD NW-5 from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. GN 192 was built in December 1946 but looks practically brand new. This was LSRM's 4th appearance at Train Days... (more)

GN, Great Northern NW5 192, at Duluth, Minnesota. October 1, 2004, Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Pulled by GN 400, a North Shore Scenic Railroad excursion train passes downtown Duluth, MN as it departs for points north.