Great Northern 2024-6-16.kmz

Great Northern

Abandoned

GN Abandoned MN

Great Northern RR

Untitled Path

Great Northern RR Turntable

Great Northern RR
CGW has joint use with GN

Great Northern RR
eastbound freight

westbound freight

Transfer Table

Great Northern RR Turntable
100' turntable

Existing

GN Structures

MN Structures

Grean Northern Minneapolis Roundhouse

Machine Shop

Yard Office

Water Tank
100,000 gallons

GN Machine Shop

Store House

Iron Warehouse

Boiler and Engine Room

Blacksmith Shop

Tin Shop and Brass Foundry

Garage

Paint Shop

Oil House

Laboratory

Refining Building

Oil Tank

Water Tank
100,00 gallons

Wheel House

Sand House

Coal Bin

Ox Weld

Sand Bin

Fuel Shed Coke

Tower

Car Shop No 5

Lumber Shed

Storage Shed

Bolt House

Carman's Building

Car Shop No 6

Coach Body

Sand Blast House

Car Shop No 4

Pattern Store House

Tin Shop No 1

Planing Mill

Paint Store House

Wash Room

Shed

Ox-Weld

Sand Dryer House

Fuel Oil Tanks

500-ton Coal Chute

Wash Room
Old Roundhouse

Offices
Old Roundhouse

Washout System

GN Roundhouse

Water Tower

Untitled Polygon

Cleaning House

Coal Shed

Car Body

Commissary

Tool Storage

Battery Charge House

Battery Room

Tool House

Signal Maintainer's Carbody

Great Northern Minneapolis Outbound Freight Depot

Elk River MN to St Cloud MN
36.40 miles
Built by First Division of St Paul & Pacific RR 1864
to St Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Ry 6-14-1879
to Great Northern Ry 11-1-1907

Minneapolis MN to Elk River MN
28.60 miles
Built by First Division of St Paul & Pacific RR 1864
to St Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Ry 6-14-1879
to Great Northern Ry 11-1-1907

St Cloud MN to Melrose MN
35.00 miles
Built by St Paul & Pacific RR 1872
to St Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Ry 6-14-1879
to Great Northern Ry 11-1-1907

Melrose MN to Alexandria MN
Built by St Paul & Pacific RR 1878

Alexandria MN to Fergus Falls MN
Built by St Paul & Pacific RR 1879

Fergus Falls MN to Barnesville MN

Barnesville MN to Moorhead MN
Built by Barnesville & Moorhead Ry 1880

Fargo ND to Surrey ND
Built by Great Northern Ry completed 10-1-1912

Moorhead MN to Fargo ND

St Paul

Minneapolis trackage

St Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Ry

Pacific Jct MT to Everett WA
Built by St Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Ry 1893

Jennings MT to Rexford MT
Built by Montana & Great Northern Ry 1901-02
abandoned 1970

Rexford MT to Gateway MT
Built by Montana & Great Northern Ry 1902
abandoned 1938
route uncertain

Eureka MT to Stryker MT
Built by Montana & Great Northern Ry 1903-04
to Burlington Northern RR
to Burlington Northern Santa Fe Ry 9-22-1995
to Mission Mountain RR 2004 (Watco)

Rexford MT to Eureka MT
Built by Montana & Great Northern Ry 1903-04
abandoned 1970

Old Cascade Tunnel

old alignment

Everett Delta Yard

Sun River MT to Minot ND
Built by St Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Ry 1887

Paisley MT to Brazil Creek MT

Wilola MT to Fort Peck Dam

Glasgow MT to Glasgow Air Force Base
Built by Great Northern Ry 1958
to Burlington Northern RR

Devils Lake ND to Minot ND
Built by St Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Ry 1886

Bartlett ND to Devils Lake ND

Larimore ND to Bartlett ND

Langdon ND to Hannah ND

Park River ND to Langdon ND

Park River Jct to Park River ND

Casselton ND to Mayville ND
Built by Casselton Branch RR 1882

Mayville ND to Portland Jct ND

Portland ND to Larimore ND

St Vincent Jct to International Boundary (Noyes)

St Vincent Jct to Warren MN
Built by St Paul & Pacific RR ca1872-1878

Warren MN to Beltrami MN

Beltrami MN to Barnesville MN

Barnesville stub

Moorhead MN to Wahpeton SD
Built by Moorhead & South Eastern Ry 1888

Breackenridge MN to Barnesville MN
Built by Red River & Manitoba RR 1877
abandoned 1890?

Fargo to West Grand Forks

Grand Forks ND to Larimore ND

Grand Forks existing

Grand Forks cutoff

Grand Forks abandoned

Grand Forks ND to Grafton ND

Grafton ND to Glasston ND

Glasston ND to Neche ND

Grafton ND to Cavalier ND

Cavalier ND to Walhalla ND

Wenatchee WA to Oroville WA
Built by Great Northern Ry completed 7-1-1914

Columbia River to Mansfield WA
Built by Great Northern Ry completed 11-1-1909

Columbia Falls MT to Kalispell MT

Kalispell MT to
original mainline built 1890's

Marion MT to SW

Great Falls MT to Sweet Grass MT
Built by Great Falls & Canada Ry 1890 as 36" gauge
to Montana & Great Northern Ry 8-1-1901
to standard gauge 1-4-1903

Virden MT to Sweet Grass MT
Built by Great Falls & Canada Ry 1890 as 36" gauge
to Montana & Great Northern Ry 8-1-1901
to standard gauge 1-4-1903

Shelby old route
Built by Great Falls & Canada Ry 1890 as 36" gauge
to Montana & Great Northern Ry 8-1-1901
to standard gauge 1-4-1903

North Spokane branch

Greenbush MN to Warroad MN
Completed by Great Northern Ry 12-21-1908
to Burlington Northern RR 3-2-1970
to Burlington Northern Santa Fe Ry 9-21-1995
to Minnesota Northern RR 12-1996

Greenbush MN to Thief River Falls MN
Built by Minnesota & Great Northern Ry 1904
to Burlington Northern RR 3-2-1970
to Burlington Northern Santa Fe Ry 9-21-1995
to Minnesota Northern RR 12-1996

St Hilaire MN to Thief River Falls MN
to Burlington Northern RR 3-2-1970
to Minnesota Northern RR 12-1996

Shirley MN to St Hilaire MN
Built by Red River & Lake of the Woods Ry 1883
abandoned 1906-07?

St Hilaire MN to Red Lake Falls MN
abandoned

Crookston MN to Fisher Landing MN
Built by Red River Valley RR 1875

Fisher MN to East Grand Forks MN
Built by Red River Valley RR 1879

Redland Jct MN to Fosston MN

Deer River MN to Fosston MN
Built by Eastern Ry Co of Minnesota 1898

Cloquet MN to Deer River MN
Built by Duluth & Winnepeg RR 1890-92
to Duluth Superior & Western RR 12-1-1896
to Eastern Ry Co of Minnesota 6-22-1898

Gunn MN to Nashwauk MN
Completed by Great Northern Ry 12-13-1909

Brookston MN to Fermoy MN
Built by Eastern Ry Co of Minnesota 1901

Fermoy MN to Kelly Lake MN
Built by Great Northern Ry 1907

Fermoy MN to Ellis MN
Built by Eastern Ry Co of Minnesota 1901

Nashwauk MN to Kelly Lake MN

Mississippi Landing to Kelly Lake

Emmett Jct to Virginia

wye

Dunwoody Jct to Chisholm

Hibbing spur

Leetonia to Mahoning MN

Kelly Lake to Hibbing Pellet plant MN

Kelly Lake to Stevenson MN

Lamberton Mine spur

Perry Mine spur

Willmar existing
Construction started by St. Cloud Mankato & Austin RR
to St. Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Ry 5-24-1886
completed 1883 (?)

Willmar MN to Richmond MN
Construction started by St. Cloud Mankato & Austin RR
to St. Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Ry 5-24-1886
completed 1883 (?)

Richmond MN to St Cloud MN
Construction started by St. Cloud Mankato & Austin RR
to St. Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Ry 5-24-1886
completed 1883 (?)

St Cloud existing-1

St. Cloud existing-2
Built by Minneapolis & St. Cloud RR 1882

St. Cloud abandoned-1

St. Cloud MN to Mora Jct.
Built by Minneapolis & St. Cloud RR 1882

Mora Jct to Hinckley MN
Built by Minneapolis & St. Cloud RR 1882

Hinckley MN to Dedham WI

Dedham WI to Boyleston WI

Boyleston to West Superior WI

Boyleston WI to Cloquet MN

Saunders to Allouez WI

Allouez Ore Dock

Coon Creek to Mora Jct

Elk River to Milaca MN

St. Cloud existing

St. Cloud MN to Monticello MN
Built by Minneapolis & Northwestern RR 1882

Monticello MN to Minneapolis MN
Built by Minneapolis & Northwestern RR 1882

Sauk Center MN to Clarissa MN
Built by Sauk Center Northern Ry 1882

Clarissa MN to Eagle Bend MN
Built by Sauk Center Northern Ry 1883

Eagle Bend to Park Rapids MN
Built by Wadena & Park Rapids RR 1891

Park Rapids to Cass Lake MN
Built by Park Rapids & Leech Lake Ry 1897-99

Willmar MN to Howard Lake MN
Built by First Division of St. Paul & Pacific RR 1869

Lake Jct to Howard Lake MN
Built by First Division of St. Paul & Pacific RR 1868

Lake Jct to Minneapolis MN
Built by First Division of St. Paul & Pacific RR 1867

Willmar MN to Benson MN

Benson MN to Breckenridge MN

Breckenridge MN to Everest ND

Everest to Surry Jct ND

Ripon ND to Nolan ND

Surrey Jct to Ripon ND

Ripon ND to Portland ND

Nolan ND to Hope ND

Hope ND to Aneta ND

Aneta ND to Tolna ND
Built by Great Northern Ry 1907

Tolna ND to Devils Lake ND

Fergus Falls MN to Pelican Rapids MN
Built by Northern Pacific Fergus Falls & Black Hills Ry 1882

Old route?
Built by Northern Pacific Fergus Falls & Black Hills Ry 1882

Elizabeth MN to Carlisle MN

Evansville MN to Tintah MN

St. Cloud MN to Sauk Rapids MN
Built by First Division of St Paul & Pacific RR 1867

Hutchinson Jct to Hutchinson MN
Built by Minneapolis Lynndale & Minnetonka Ry 1887
to St Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Ry

Hopkins MN branch

Sioux Falls SD to Yankton SD
Built by Sioux Falls Yankton & Southwestern Ry 1893
to Willmar & Sioux Falls Ry 7-27-1893

Willmar MN to Sioux Falls SD
Built by Willmar & Sioux Falls Ry 1887-88

Sioux Falls abandoned
Built by Willmar & Sioux Falls Ry 1887-88

Garretson MN to Sioux City IA
Built by Sioux City & Northern RR 1889-90
to Willmar & Sioux Falls Ry 1-15-1900

Huron SD to Watertown SD
Built by Duluth Watertown & Pacific Ry 1887-88

Benson MN to Watertown SD
Built by St. Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Ry 1887

Browns Valley to Beardsley MN
Built by St. Cloud & Lake Traverse Ry 1880

Beardsley MN to Morris
Built by St. Cloud & Lake Traverse Ry 1880

Moorhead MN to Halstad MN
Begun by Minnesota & Dakota Northern RR 1879

Halstad MN to Redland MN

Halstad MN to Alton ND
route approximate

Concrete Jct to Concrete ND
route very approximate

Lakota ND to Edmore ND
Built by Dakota & Great Northern Ry 1901-02

Edmore ND to Weaver ND
Built by Dakota & Great Northern Ry 1904

Weaver ND to Munich ND
Built by Dakota & Great Northern Ry 1904

Munich ND to Sarles ND
Built by Dakota & Great Northern Ry 1905

Rock Lake to Hansboro ND
Built by Brandon Devils Lake & Southern Ry 1905
controlled by Great Northern Ry

Rock Lake ND to Devils Lake ND
Built by Farmers Grain & Shipping Co 1902
Controlled by Brandon Devils Lake & Southern Ry
which was controlled by Great Northern Ry

Churchs Ferry ND to Rolla ND

Rolla ND to St. John ND

York ND to Wolford ND

Wolford ND to Dunseith ND
Built by Dakota & Great Northern Ry 1905-06

Westhope ND to Antler ND

Souris ND to Westhope ND

Souris ND to Bottineau ND

Rugby ND to Bottineau ND

Towner ND to Maxbass ND

Granville ND to Lansford ND

Lansford ND to Mohall ND

Mohall ND to Sherwood ND

Berthold ND to Crosby ND

Niobe ND to International Boundary

Stanley ND to Powers Lake ND

Powers Lake ND to Grenora ND

Snowden MT to Sidney MT
Built by Montana Eastern Ry 1915
controlled by Great Northern Ry

Fairview MT

Fairview MT to Watford ND
Built by Montana Eastern Ry 1915
controlled by Great Northern Ry

Casselton ND to Everest ND

Chaffee Jct to Chaffee ND
Built by Red River Valley & Western RR 1893

Addison ND east

Ellendale ND to Forbes ND

Rutland ND to Ellendale ND

Geneseo ND to Rutland ND

Stiles ND to Geneseo ND

Tintah Jct MN to Stiles ND

Lidgerwood ND existing

Aberdeen SD to Rutland ND
Begun by Aberdeen Fergus Falls & Pierre RR 1886

Washington

Anacortes WA to Fidalgo WA
Built by Seattle & Northern Ry 1890-91
to Seattle & Montana RR 2-11-1902
to Burlington Northern

Fidalgo WA to Burlington WA
Built by Seattle & Northern Ry 1890-91
to Seattle & Montana RR 2-11-1902
to Burlington Northern

Burlington WA abandoned

Burlington WA to Sedro-Woolley
Built by Seattle & Northern Ry 1890-91
to Seattle & Montana RR 2-11-1902
to Burlington Northern

Sedro-Woolley WA to Hamilton WA

Hamilton WA to Sauk WA
Built by Seattle & Northern Ry 1900

Sauk WA to Rockport WA
Built by Seattle & Northern Ry 1901

Seattle WA to Everett WA
Built by Seattle & Montana Ry 1891

Everett WA to Burlington WA
Built by Seattle & Montana Ry 1891

Burlington WA to Belleville WA

Belleville WA to Yukon WA

Belleville WA to Fairhaven WA
Built by Seattle & Montana RR 1902-1906

Republic WA to Curlew WA

Curlew WA to Grand Falls BC

Dean to Kettle Falls

Kettle Falls WA to Grand Forks BC

Kettle Falls WA to NE

Northport WA to Velvet WA
Built by Columbia & Red Mountain Ry 1896
to Red Mountain Ry 7-1-1907
abandoned
route uncertain

Colfax WA to Spring Valley WA
Built by Spokane & Inland Empire Ry 1907 (electric interurban)
to Inland Empire RR 1919
to Spokane Coeur d'Alene & Palouse Ry (Great Northern Ry) 1927
to Great Northern Ry 1943
abandoned

Spring Valley WA to Spokane WA
Built by Spokane & Inland Empire Ry 1907 (electric interurban)
to Inland Empire RR 1919
to Spokane Coeur d'Alene & Palouse Ry (Great Northern Ry) 1927
to Great Northern Ry 1943

Spring Valley WA to Moscow WA
Built by Spokane & Inland Empire Ry 1908 (electric interurban)
to Inland Empire RR 1919
to Spokane Coeur d'Alene & Palouse Ry (Great Northern Ry) 1927
to Great Northern Ry 1943

Bonners Ferry ID to Port Hill ID
Built by Kootenai Valley Ry 1899-1900

Somers MT to Kalispell MT

Helena MT to Butte MT
Built by Montana Central Ry 1888
to Great Northern Ry

Sun River MT to Helena MT
Built by Montana Central Ry 1887
to Great Northern Ry

Silver City to Marysville MT
Built by Montana Central Ry 1888
route uncertain

Augusta MT to Vaughn MT

Power MT to Eastham Jct MT
Built by Great Falls & Teton County Ry 1912-13

Eastham Jct to Pendroy MT
Built by Great Falls & Teton County Ry 1912-13

Great Falls to Black Eagle

Black Eagle abandoned

Great Falls MT to Mossmain MT

Armington Jct to Neihart, MT
Completed by Montana Central Ry 1891

Monarch MT to Barker MT
Completed by Montana Central Ry 1891

Moccasin MT to Spring Creek MT

Hanover MT to Lewistown MT
Completed by Great Northern Ry 12-8-1912

Gerber MT to Sand Coulee MT

Tracy MT to Stockett MT

Saco to Hogeland MT

Scobey MT to Opheim MT

Bainville MT to Scobey MT
Bainville to Plentywood completed by Great Northern Ry 3-31-1911
Plentywood to Scobey completed 8-1-1914

Newlon Jct to Sidney MT
Great Northern trackage rights on Northern Pacific

Richey MT to Newlon Jct
Built by Montana Eastern Ry 1914-1916

Bieber CA
Built by Great Northern Ry 1928-31

Chemult OR to Klamath Falls OR
GN trackage rights on SP

Chemult OR to Bend OR
Built by Great Northern Ry 1927-28

Lookout CA to Hambone CA
Built by Great Northern Ry ca1930
to BNSF
abandoned ca 2005

Fairhaven WA to Canada Border

Intalco to Cherry Point WA

Canada Border to Vancouver BC
Built by Great Northern Ry 1907-09

White Rock to Douglas Island BC
Built by New Westminster Southern Ry 1891
abandoned in stages between 1909 and 1930
route very approximate

Port Kells to Brownsville
Built by New Westminster Southern Ry 1891
sold to Canadian Northern 1916

GN Station Vancouver

GN interchange yard

Glenn Yard to Waterfront

Fort Seppard BC to Parks
Built by Nelson & Fort Sheppard RR

Parks BC to Nelson BC
Built by Nelson & Fort Sheppard RR

Port Hill ID to Creston Jct BC
Route very approximate

Judson Mine spur

Vancouver Victoria & Eastern RR

Chopaka WA to Princeton BC

Grand Forks to Granby Smelter
route approximate

Copper Jct to Phoenix

Pratt BC to Arnold BC
Built by Vancouver Victoria & Eastern Ry 1908-09
route very approximate

Pratt to Mud Bay
Built by Victoria Terminal Ry & Ferry Co 1903
to Vancouver Victoria & Eastern Ry 1907

Colebrook W
Built by Victoria Terminal Ry & Ferry Co 1903
to Vancouver Victoria & Eastern Ry 1907

Ladner abandoned
Built by Victoria Terminal Ry & Ferry Co 1903
to Vancouver Victoria & Eastern Ry 1907

Oroville WA to Chopaka WA

Oroville WA to Curlew
Curlew to Midway
built by Washington & Great Northern Ry 1904-05

Republic to Eureka Gulch WA
Built by Washington & Great Northern Ry 1901-02