Description: RailroadTreasures offers the following item: Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railroads Durham Steam Locos trains 1929-59 Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railroads from the collection of Robert K Durham Steam-Locomotives and Trains-1932-1959 Soft Cover 74 pages Copyright 1999 CONTENTS THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD DESCRIPTIONPAGE Switch Engines11 - 14 Light Passenger Engines15 - 19 Heavy Passenger Engines20 - 25 Light Freight Engines26 - 28 Heavy Freight Engines29 - 37 Electrics38 - 40 THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD Switch Engines45 - 48 Passenger Engines49 - 60 Freight Engines61 - 66 Mallets67 - 74 INTRODUCTIONS THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD The Great Northern was one of J. J. Hill's Railroads. He later acquired Northern Pacific, and the Burlington. The railroad started in 1857 as the Minnesota and Pacific Railroad Company. A few years later, it went bankrupt and its 60 miles of track was purchased by the St. Paul and Pacific. This road also went into receiverfrom 1873 to 1878. Hill saw an opportunity here and persuaded three partto purchase the road from rival Northern Pacific. George Stephen, president of Bank of Montreal; Donald Smith, chief commissioner of Hudson Bay Company, also built Canadian Pacific Railroad a few years later. Norman Kittson was Hill's partner in the Red River Transportation Company. The purchase price was a remarkable $280,000, one fifth of its actual value. THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD The Northern Pacific Railroad was another road that was acquired by James J. Hill, in his desire to control the routes to the Pacific. It was the first transcontinental railroad. President Lincoln signed legisthat established the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, with an Eastern Terminus at Lake Superior, and a Western Terminus at Puget Sound, Washington State. The railroad followed the trail of the Lewis and Clark expedition, which had opened up the Northwest to the Pacific Ocean. The road was started in Duluth, Minnesota in 1870. The Golden Spike was driven at Gold Creek, Montana, on October 5, 1911. All pictures are of the actual item. If this is a railroad item, this material is obsolete and no longer in use by the railroad. Please email with questions. Publishers of Train Shed Cyclopedias and Stephans Railroad Directories. Large inventory of railroad books and magazines. Thank you for buying from us. Shipping charges Postage rates quoted are for shipments to the US only. Ebay Global shipping charges are shown. These items are shipped to Kentucky and then ebay ships them to you. Ebay collects the shipping and customs / import fees. For direct postage rates to these countries, send me an email. Shipping to Canada and other countries varies by weight. Payment options Payment must be received within 10 days. Paypal is accepted. Terms and conditions All sales are final. Returns accepted if item is not as described. Contact us first. No warranty is stated or implied. Please e-mail us with any questions before bidding. Thanks for looking at our items.
Price: 75 USD
Location: Talbott, Tennessee
End Time: 2025-01-27T14:02:38.000Z
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