The park was established north of the GN mainline, today owned by BNSF Railway. The Great Northern built its tracks through Marias Pass in the 1890s after a survey by John F. Stevens, ...

James J. Hill, founder of the Great Northern Railway and his son, Louis Hill, who took over the railroad in 1907, the same year the first bill was introduced to make Glacier a national park ...

What is now the Minot, N.D., Amtrak station was built in 1905 by the Great Northern Railway. ... Spurred on by my coach host, I had a lovely breakfast just as we were pulling out of Minot.

A four-episode documentary on The Great Northern Railway will be released Sept. 30, telling the story of the man who built it. “The Empire Builder: James J. Hill and The Great Northern Railway ...