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The Montana Standard5d
Legislator wants Homestake rail line rebuilt; railroad not so enthusiastic
The line was built in the 1880s by Northern Pacific Railway and is owned by BNSF. The interim committee said two years ago that new ports expansions planned for the West Coast could lead to ...
The New York Times11d
Election of Directors of Northern Pacific Railroad.
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Snoqualmie Valley Record on MSN4d
Northwest Railway Museum’s tedious restoration of a 1901 parlor car
In 1939, the 1049 was retired, and in 1940, a former railroad worker purchased the car and moved it to Whidbey Island by ...
Trains.com on MSN2mon
Burlington Northern history remembered
It was created on March 2, 1970, by the merger of the Northern Pacific Railway; the Great Northern Railway; the Chicago, ...
Bismarck Larks and Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation celebrate 60 years of Medora Musical
The Bismarck Larks and the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation partnered together to celebrate 60 years of the Medora ...
The Montana Standard5d
Laurel rail yards power local economy
Like many Montana towns, Laurel's history begins with the laying of railroad ties. In the 1880s, the first Northern Pacific Railroad trains passed through present-day Laurel on a single track ...