The Great Northern Railway was the northernmost of the railroads connecting Minnesota and the Pacific northwest. GN merged with NP, CB&Q, and SP&S forming BN in 1970. Much of GN's heritage has been preserved or is still in use today!

GN X426 at Glasgow, MT, 8/31/01.

GN van/bus displayed at Havre, MT, 11/08/06. It ferried passengers between Whitefish, MT, and Kalispell, MT.

GN 181 at Whitefish, MT, 8/29/01.

GN 441 at Essex, MT, 8/27/09.  This is a shell in GN's short lived "Big Sky Blue" paint scheme of the late 1960's refitted  for use as a rental cabin at the Isaak Walton Inn at Essex.

GN 192 operating at Duluth, MN, 7/23/01.

GN X228 at Skykomish,WA, 8/15/01.