Northern Pacific Railway and Great Northern Railway

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Class I railroad transcontinental railroad

Northern Pacific Railway and Great Northern Railway were major transcontinental railroads in the northern United States that played a key role in the region’s economic development and were central to early 20th-century railroad consolidations.

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Label	Occurrences
Northern Pacific Railway and Great Northern Railway canonical	1

Statements (90)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Class I railroad ⓘ transcontinental railroad ⓘ
charteredBy	United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
competedWith	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Northern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Pacific Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crosses	Continental Divide NERFINISHED ⓘ Continental Divide NERFINISHED ⓘ Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateFounded	1864 ⓘ 1889 ⓘ
easternTerminus	Duluth, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Minneapolis, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Paul, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ
founder	James J. Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Saint Paul, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Paul, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedIn	Northern Securities Company NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Securities Company NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Securities antitrust case ⓘ Northern Securities antitrust case NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyCommodity	coal ⓘ grain ⓘ grain ⓘ ore ⓘ timber ⓘ timber ⓘ
keyRole	economic development of the northern United States ⓘ economic development of the northern United States ⓘ settlement of the Northern Plains and Pacific Northwest ⓘ settlement of the Northern Plains and Pacific Northwest ⓘ
majorShareholder	James J. Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
mergedInto	Burlington Northern Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ Burlington Northern Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
mergerDate	1970 ⓘ 1970 ⓘ
notableTrain	Empire Builder NERFINISHED ⓘ Mainstreeter NERFINISHED ⓘ North Coast Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ
operated	freight trains ⓘ freight trains ⓘ passenger trains ⓘ passenger trains ⓘ
participatedIn	early 20th-century railroad consolidations ⓘ early 20th-century railroad consolidations ⓘ
partOf	Hill Lines NERFINISHED ⓘ Hill Lines NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Northern Pacific Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRoute	Lake Superior to Puget Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Paul, Minnesota to Seattle, Washington ⓘ
promoted	homesteading in the Great Plains ⓘ immigration to the Northern Plains ⓘ
regionServed	Northern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedIndustry	agriculture ⓘ agriculture ⓘ lumber ⓘ lumber ⓘ mining ⓘ mining ⓘ
servedPort	Portland, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ Seattle, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Seattle, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Tacoma, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Vancouver, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedProvince	British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedState	Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	Burlington Northern Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ Burlington Northern Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
ultimateSuccessor	BNSF Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ BNSF Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
westernTerminus	Seattle, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Seattle, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Tacoma, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Northern Securities Company → namedAfter → Northern Pacific Railway and Great Northern Railway ⓘ