The GNRHS is dedicated to the preservation, study, and history of one of America's greatest railroads, the Great Northern Railway. To Society Members, we offer carefully-researched Reference Sheets, a quarterly GN Goat publication, an annual calendar, discounts on model kits, books, CDs and other items, and an annual convention to discover all ...

The Great Northern Railway (reporting mark GN) was an American Class I railroad. Running from Saint Paul, Minnesota, to Seattle, Washington, it was the creation of 19th-century railroad entrepreneur James J. Hill and was developed from the Saint Paul & Pacific Railroad.

Jan 16, 2020 · Rocky the Goat was the star of the logo for one of BNSF’s predecessors, the Great Northern Railway (GN). For nearly a century, Rocky has been identified with the GN, which popularized the area in Montana’s Rocky Mountain region known as Glacier National Park.

RS-434 - The Great Northern Railway's Logo. This Reference Sheet discusses the detailed history of the development and evolution of the Great Northern Railway's logo, or monogram, applied to equipment and used on all types of documents, including particularly public timetables from 1890 to 1970.

Oct 12, 2024 · What became the Great Northern Railway (GN) was the work of a singe individual, James Jerome Hill. The legendary " Empire Builder " pieced together one of America's great transportation companies over the span of nearly four decades.

From 1926 to 1941, Great Northern's diesel locomotives (mostly switchers) came in basic black. Like the steam engines, they generally had a large GN logo on the side. The famous Omaha Orange/Pullman Green/gold stripe "Empire Builder" scheme first appeared on Great Northern's EMD FT diesel locomotives built in May 1941.

The Great Northern Railway was created in September 1889 from several predecessor railroads in Minnesota and eventually stretched from Lake Superior at Duluth and Minneapolis/St. Paul west through North Dakota, Montana and Northern …

Great Northern Route logo. See below. This image is ineligible for copyright and therefore is in the public domain in the United States because it consists entirely of typefaces, individual words, handwriting, slogans, simple geometric shapes, etc.

At three inches in diameter each, they are about the right size for luggage stickers, but most luggage stickers have a little more than just the railroad logo. Click image to download a PDF of this sheet of decals.

6 inch x 6 inch square tin classic Rocky logo sign of the Great Northern Railway.