NOTE: This publication was issued in 1949 for distribution at the Chicago Railroad Fair. Most of the information is basic and still up to EXTRA ?7~ date. A minor portion is obsolete due to later developments. EXTRA CHICAGO CHICAGO RAILROAD RAILROAD FAIR FAIR EDITION GREAT NORTHERN N s EDITION Vol. 1. No.1 GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY SUMMER, 1949 Great Northern Leads the Travel arade Between Chicago and Pacifi orthwes i e Additional Str amliners Due Across the nation between Chi cago and the Pacific Northwest, Great Northern's streamlined Em pire Builder and the Oriental Limi ted are on the move constantly and winning travelers' plaudits for excellence. Even as these fleets transport passengers over the comfort-packed and scenic 2,ftll miles between Chi cago and Seattle-Portland, the rail way looks ahead to additional streamliners and another high in outstanding service. Nine more streamliners-all com pletely new-will go into operation in 1950 and 1951. The present diesel-powered Em pire Builder fleet of five bright colored orange, green and yellow trains created history in· inaugu rating 45-hour service between their terminal cities of East and West early in 1947. Between Chicago and St. Pa . the route of the Empire Builder and Oriental Limited is that of Burlin - Greet Northern's Empire Builder fleet of five complete streamlined t rains Builder offers new style coaches, with famed Sleepy Hollow reclining provides daily two-night service in both directions between Chicago and chairs and individual leg rests, duplex roomettes for singlt'·room p riva cy ton Lines, and between St. Paul and Seattle-Portland vie St. Paul, Minneapolis end Spokane. These sleek, colorful spacious bedrooms for two to four persons, drawing room, cheerful lounges, Puget Sound is Great Northern. trains, drawn by two-u11it 4,000-horsepower diesel-electric: locomotives, are colorful coffee shop and distinctive dining car with superb food service Both trains are Pullman-serviced. custom built fer comfortable. refreshing trevel. The streamlined Empire • modern train for modern travelers, The nation's first completely new e uxe pos war s reamliners av -- ~.:=.....:::::=- ing both sleeping cars and coaches • scored an instant hit. They have Spectacu ar ader Nationa ar Hract1ons maintained top-flight position i• Rocky Mountain I Gl I P k A the travel field ever since. Goat Is Great Beckon Summer Vacationists from Everywhere of ~fe:~~t~:rB~~:o~!::d:ti~~:ty Va•·ationists frurn everywhere the eomfortable red buses and arranged by anv Great Northern ~upl e_x- roomette, ~uble bedr<>?m, Northern Symbol again are heading for Glacier Na- other facilities- began operating representative. its Oriental Limi- 1 rawmg room . an_ . open section. tiona! Park. the pectacular and J une 15 and will continue to do so ted stops there daily in both di- Each room has m~hvl dual tempera I pleasure-giving ummer outdoor until season's end September 15. rections during the June 15-Sep- ture control and ICe water on tap, lnnd in the Rocky Mountains of The park, situated deep in the tember 15' season. among the many features. Montana. ·'Lanrl of Shining Mountain ," has Day-night coaches have pacious H osp1ta· bl e h ote 1s and c h aJ elll, nearly one million acres for virtu- I I chaise-lounge reclining seats with l R • f A individual leg rests, giving reclin- any every vacation activity· · . An a1 ares ways ing comfort whenever desired. I unspoiled wilderness wonderland Equipment, s i created by Congress in 1910, its Less Than A.• , Fares I Beauty of the territory through k II rugged beauty (.'Ombine with out- which the train moves is reflected • f J standing accommodations for thor- Some commercial airline adver- in colors and de igns in the interior. Com bIDe or op oughly-satisfying vacations. tising on passenger fares is wholly I The Empire Builder has~ bright- H ere the visitor rests in (.'Omfort- misleading. Such advertising may l:y decorated ~offee .s~op m ad~ .Freight Hand ing able rooms or £·abins, and eats confuse travelers and stimulate be- lion to a luxur10us dmmg car. Du... 1 superb food to answer a mountain- lief that air travel is economical- ner in the latter is by reservation- The J{ocky Mountain goat promi- Great Northern is an outstanding air appetite. which it is not. arranged by a uniformed passenger nenlly displayed in the Great railway for freight transportation Glaciers and towering peaks, seen Airline advertising of the mis- representative who as ists travel- . or them tratlemark has its natural because it has the equipment and from hotels and chalets, are reached leading nature quotes the lowest ers and announces points _of interest "know how'' for every kind and by bikers or on saddle horse over plane fare, but w mpare11 it with the and stops over a pubhc address home in Glacier National Park and size of shipment. well-kept trails. highR-8t railway fare. Comparable system. c•ther rugged area" of the West. Its freight train cargoes are a uperb open-top motor coaches fare· for comparable accommoda- The Oriental Limited, diesel- This agile. daring and imper- widely varied as production in the tour the highways and also go into tions never are presented in mis- powered and utilizing convention b bl t . . th t big territory these trains erve. And Canada's adjacent Waterton Lakes leading airline advertising. al-type equipment on the same 1 t~r . a ~ moun ameer • e ~os as diverse as production elsewhere National Park for more breath- Substantial savings are made by transcontinental route as the Em- dl tmctlvely representative anlfllal , in the nation and world, too, for taking scenery. travelers who select raiiway coach pire Builder. likewise offers a vari- of the park. which is served only Great Northern moves much that Trout fishing in hundreds of rush- over a plane seat on a one-way ety of attractive accommodation . by Great Northern. comes from and goes to distant ing mountain streams and Jakes basis, particularly for long distance When five of the new stream- tests-and rewards-the angler. travel; and, rotmd trip rail coach liners are ready, probably in 1951, The familiar likeness of the goat ar~ight carried by Great North Lake cruises, from convenient fares are enormously more econom- they will take over the Empire was incorporated in the trade- .m in 1948 was the equivalent of docks, bring close-up views of dear, ieal than for similat accommoda- Builder name and schedule. The mark in 191-i , t hus becoming the ·
Spacious table arrangements and attentive serY· Empire Builder duplex-roomettes proYide single ice enhance the enjoyment of the celebrated room privacy with all conveniences for personal cuisine in Empire Builder dining ears. comfort. Only 10% more than a lowar berth.
Roomy Day-Nite Coaches on Great Northern's Empire Builder have adjustable Sleepy Hollow reclining seats with individual leg rests providing chaise-lounge comfort for day and night travel. All seats are reserved.
Snacks, table d'hote meals and refreshments at economical prices are serYed in the GOiorful Coffee Shop ear on the Empire Builder.
Every mile is a restful, pleasant experience in the gay Wedern atmosphere of the distinctive Empire Builder obserYation-lountJe ear.
Coaches on the Oriental limited have dejlp-eushioned individual seats with adjudable backs providing restful comfort for day and night travel.
Great Northern's 2 Great Trains STREAMLINED DIESEL-POWERED Bedrooms on the Oriental Limited afford private-room accom EMPIRE BUILDER ORIENTAL LIMITED modations for work or relaxation, with every convenience.
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The variety and excellence of food has given Oriental limited dining The observation-club ear on the Oriental Limited is a make the changing scenery more thrilling. Refreshments service an enviable reputation. There's a choice of a Ia carte or club traYeling living-room. Panorama windows and restful chairs are available from a well-stocked buffet. breakfasts. table d'hote or a Ia carte luncheons and dinners. More Than AThousand Vacation Thrills In Montana's Glacier National Park
In the heart of Glacier National Park, in a deep valley Hotel. Hiking and saddle-hor5e trails fan out in on the shore of Swiftcurrent Lake, is Many Glacier all directions from this, the largest hotel in the Park. Blackfeet Indians in ornate costumes and elaborate head-dresses greet end entertain visitors in Glacier National Park with traditional dances and cere monials at pow-wows at' Glacier Perk Hotel. Typical of this famous tribe is Chief Middle Calf, who ranks high in councils_of the Blackfeet.
Granite Perk Chalets, high atop the Continental Divide, Sperry Chalets, a timberline retreat, where nimble, overlooking en area of supreme grandeur. curious Rocky Mountain goats are almost sure to be seen.
"Big Trees lodge," as the Blackfeet Indians call it, is just a few hundred feet from Greet Northern's Eastern entrance to Glacier National Par~ .
Two Medicine Lake is ringed by high mountain peaks. Regular launch trips on the lake; fishing is excellent.
Lakes and streams in Glacier National Park are kept well stocked with fish native to the Rocky Mountain region.
Prince of Wales Hotel in Canada's adjoining Waterton Lakes Park is high Glacier National Park is a hiker5' paradise with above Waterton Lake at the foot of Mt. Crandell. Motor coach routes lud more than 1,000 miles of well-marked trails. to Canadian Rockies vacationlands. St. Mary Lake in Glacier National Park is acclaimed one of the most beautiful mountain lakes in the world. rk~~$>~~yz;r..sooud JDe Stream!Jiletfl'A BETWEEN CHICAGO, SEATTLE, PORTLAND VI .. -
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~~~~~~~~{/~hdofY&u~ ''P/Rl' BU/lDl'R l E - ·- Great Northern Gateway Cities To Pacific Northwest Playgrounds
Seattle, Washington, is a principal gateway to Alaska and nearest American port to the Orient. The city is surrounded in three directions by mountains of unexcelled beauty.
Famed as the "Rose City," Portland, Oregon, ranks third among Pacific Coast seaports. Timberline lodge year 'round sports center, is nearby.
Spokane, Washington, is the center of the great Inland Vancouver, B. C., Canada's gateway to Alaska and the Empire and Eadern gateway to Grand Coulee Dam. Orient, has one of the finest harbors in the world.
Grand Coulee Dam, largest man-made concrete struc Victoria, most western city on the Pacific Coast, is the ture harnesses the Columbia River for power and irriga capital of British Columbia, and a charming bit of tion. Trips to dam from Spokane and Wenatchee. old England.
Minneapolis is the home of the University of Minne Minnesota's capital city of Saint Paul is situated on sota and a great flour milling and jobbing center. "Seven Hills" sloping back from the Mississippi River,
Chicago, Eastern terminus of Great Northern's Empire Builder and Oriental Limited, is the center of the nation's rail transportation network. America's second largest city, it is the mecca for merchandise buyers and host to ever Great Northern's streamlined Empire Builder and 300 miles over the tracks of the Burlington Route be increasing numbers of recreation and pleasure seekers. Oriental limited skirt the scenic Mississippi River for tween Chicago and St. Paul-Minneapolis. -- Freight Goes Great Whe._ .It Goes Great Northern
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Iron ore in vast tonnage is handled by Great Northern to and at its Superior, Wis., doch-largest and most mod ern in the world. There are four of these docks. ...
Cars filled with grain from heavily-producing areas along by an electrically-controlled mechanical car dumper in a the railway are tilted like toys and unloaded in three minutes terminal elevator on Lake Superior.
Great Northern's West is the site of a mighty industry manufacturing lumber and other wood products. This carload rises high at a mill in Washington state.
These agricultural implements are en route from factory to field. Farm and other machinery of all types is trans ported extensively by Great Northern.
--""'"--'ll'-4..illets and mechanized hand.lin ,q_ujpme.n_t exp.e- dites freight movement on Great Northern. This shipment is going from car to station and delivery to buyer.
After "home on the range" comes "home on Great Northern" for market-bound livestock. These beef cattle are being loaded in Montana.
Solid trains of apple-laden refrigerator ears frequently move from Wenatche·e, Wash., to Eastern markets.
Large or small shipments are no trick for Great Northern. Retrigerator cars are iced frequently to maintain fresh This big creosoting cylinder, 136 feet long, occupied three _. ness of fruits, vegetables and other perishables they flatcars on its transcontinental journey. carry. These cars literally are big refrigerators on wheels for movement in railway trains.
A husky diesel-electric locomotive taking a lOb-car freight · train through the Rocky Mountains.
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A freight train, bound for the Pug!lt Sound country, emerging from the west.ern portal of Great struction. The locomotive is an electric developing 5,000 horsepower at the rail. Great Northern's 7.79-mile Cascade Tunnel in the Cascade Mountains of Washington. This tunnel, Northern's fleet of electric motive power includes two of these giants, which are I 0 I feet long. longest in the Western Hemisphere, was completeci in 1929 after more than t~ree ~ears of con- They are the largest single-cab all-electric locomotives in the world. -
AShort Story of the Great North~rn
Roots of the Great Northern Railway extend winter. He found one in St. Paul as shipping clerk year, Great Northern and the Northern Pacific Rail deeply - to the beginning of railroading in the for a river steamboat firm. way jointly acquired control of the Chicago, Bur Northwest. Thus began the transportation career of "Jim" lington and Quincy Railroad, to provide an outlet The territorial government of Minnesota char Hill, founder and guiding genius of Great Northern to and from Chicago. Four years later the Great tered the first predecessor line in 1856. Some road who gained wide renown as "The Einpire Builder." Northern and Northern Pacific jointly created the bed was built before the f'nterprise failed. With three associates Mr. Hill acquired the St. Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway. Formation of the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad fol Paul & Pacific in 1878. Reorganization as the While Washington's Cascade Mountains had been lowed, and in 1862 rails were placed over the ten St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway followed overcome, the stee'p grades and heavy cuJ"Vature miles separating St. Paul and the village of St. in a year. handicapped flow of commerce. The easy crossing Anthony, which later became Minneapolis. The Manitoba, expanding northward and west now in use was completed in 1929 through construc A diminutive wood-burning locomotive, first in ward through sparsely-settled country, reached tion of the electrified 7.79-mile Cascade tunnel, long the Northwest, was built in New Jersey and Devils Lake, N. D., by 1885. Colonization was fo est in the Western Hemisphere. brought up the Mississippi river by steamer from tered, for Mr. Hill knew the railway could not pros The tunnel required more than three years to a Wisconsin rail head connecting with the per unless its territory developed. Rails reached build. It was dedicated to the memory of Mr. Hill, East. So were cars, and on July 2, 186!!, a two Montana in 1887 to connect with other Jines to the who died in 1916. car passenger train well laden with notables of the Pacific. Great Northern is known as "The Route of region ushered in regular service over the pioneer The name change to Great Northern Railway The Empire Builder." The basis is dual, for it pays line. Company came in 1889, concurrent with plans to tribute to the memory and achievements of Mr. Hill The 51-ton locomotive was the William Crooks, overcome the Rocky Mountain barrier and build and distinguishes The Empire Builder, the system's which with replicas of the two early cars appears in through to the P~ific. premier passenger train. the "Wheels a-Rolling" pageant at the Chicago Rail Crews working from east and west met near Great Northern today is a system 8,336 miles in road Fair. Scenic, Washington, early in 1898. Here the linal length, with trains operating in Wisconsin. Minne As the St. Paul & Pacific expanded slowly a young spike was driven to complete the Pacific coast ex sota. North Dakota, .Montana, South Dakota, Iowa. man-James J. Hill by name-arrived in St. Paul tension. By midsummer Seattle and the East were Idaho, Washington. Oregon and California and the in 1856, en route West. He aspired to be a sea cap linked by regular sei"Vice. Canadian provinces of :\1anitoba and British tain in Oriental commerce, but needed a job for the :Mileage exceeded 5,000 by 1901. In the same Columbia. Great Northern's Two Great Trains Follow Historical Trails Through Land of Scenic Thrills · Great Northern Railway's trans ·Down the west slope of the ited are Jivi«..ed. with one part of continental "Route of the Empire Rockies steel rails follow a route each train proceeding straight west Builder" extends westward from used from time immemorial by In to Seattle and the other part mov Chicago ~ . 211 miles to the inland dians journeying to the Columbia ing south and west over the Spo seaports of the Pacific Northwest. River, past the fertile Flathead kane. Portland and Seattle Railway Gleaming steel rails across the Valley rimmed with bold mountain along the Columbia River to Port top of the nation span a rich and ranges, then along the banks of the land. Oregon's "City of Roses." colorful empire of eight western Kootenai and across to the waters The northern route traverses the and mid-western states. They fol of the Clark Fork, in the rugged Wenatchee apple country. then into low the banks of America's great northern Panhandle of Idaho. the spectacular Cascade Mountains est river, cross two major moun In Spokane, hub of eastern Wash and eventually through the very tain ranges, skirt the border of ington's Inland Empire, the two backbone of this formidable range America's second largest national trains become four. For here both via Great Northern's famous 7.79- park and pass through the longest Empire Builder and Oriental Lim- mile Cascade tunnel. tunnel in the Western Hemisphere. Industry Expands Providing swift and luxurious service over this far-flung rail route are Great Northern's two famous GN Trains Serve Rapidly Along GN fleets of passenger trains - the '"' The assets-rich and highly-pro streamlined Empire Builder and Vast Territory ductive region served by Great the Oriental Limited-with depar Northern is developing industrially tures westbound daily from Chi Spreading through and beyond at a rapid rate-and many oppor cago, St. Paul-Minneapolis, and the Twin Cities area of St. Paul tunities still are at hand. eastbound from Seattle-Portland. and Minneapolis, like spokes from The impressive volume and vari Between Chicago and the Twin a giant hub, are many Great orth ety of new industries in recent Cities the Empire Builder and ern lines extending toward half the years is proof of what is going on. Oriental Limited travel over tracks compass points. During 1947 a total of 880 new of the Burlington route, for 800 Many passenger trains are re industries were established on miles along the majestic Mississippi quired to serve Great Northern's Great Northern property, while to Minnesota's capital city of St. vast and diversified region. "The others located on privately-owned James J. Hill, founder of Gr.. t North Paul. Gopher" and ''The Badger" pro sites along the railway's tracks. ern, gained world-wide feme as "The vide daily afternoon and morning Empire Builder." Leaving the flour milling city of John F. Stenns, distinguished engi In 1948 the number of new indus Minneapolis, Great Northern's service between the Twin Cities, Superior, Wise .. and Duluth, Minn. neer, on a wintry dey in 1119 located tries that located on Great North route weaves through the rich "The Dakotan" operates daily be elusin Marin Pass in Montane. This ern property rose to 4SO. Many farm and dairyland of lake-studded tween the Twin Cities, Fargo, gave Greet Northern its direct low more began operating on private California Via western Minaesota, then strikes out altitude route across the Rockies. The tracts reached by the rails. Grand Forks and Minot, N. D ., statue in Maries Pass near Summit, across the broad, fertile wheatlands with daily except Sunday service Here is an empire of great indus and undulating prairies of North Montane. is seen from trains on the between Minot and Williston. "The trial diversification and tremendous Pacific Northwest Dakota. railway's transcontinental line. resources. Travel to or from California via Winnipeg Limited" serves travelers Soon begins the long, easy climb between the Twin Cities and Win Daily except Sunday service is Lines extending from Duluth Great Northern and the Pacific up the backbone of the Rockies . . . Superior and St. Paul-Minneapolis nipeg, Canada. "The Alexandrian" available between Havre and WiU Northwest offers a double exposure across another state border into operates daily between the Twin to Puget Sound on the Pacific Montana . . . through vast farm iston. to scenic wonders. You see Mon Cities and Fargo via St. Cloud. Farther west, "The Cascadian" Coast course through the grain, tana's Glacier National Park and and cattle country . . . past the potato and sugar beet country of "The Red River Limited" provides provides daily service between Se the Rocky Mountains, interesting oil and gas fields of Shelby and Minnesota, North Dakota, Mon daily service between the Twin attle and Spokane, in addition to Pacific Northwest cities. Then, at Cut Bank. Cities and St. Cloud, Crookston the Empire Builder and Oriental tana and eastern Washington. Effortlessly, Empire Builder and They do transport duty for the the end of your California trip, you and Grand Forks. Daily except Limited. "The Puget Sounders" Oriental Limited cross the Conti grain and cattle districts of Mon may return via another route. Sunday train service is provided operate daily morning and after t na and other states; oil, copper, The round trip rail fare is no nental Divide at Marias Pass - between Duluth, Superior, Crook noon between Seattle and Vancou 5,213 feet above sea level and the other mineral and lumbering indus more to or from San Francisco ston and Grand Forks. ver, B. C. Four daily trains pro lowest rail crossing of the Rockies tries in a considerable territory; when travel in one direction is via In Montana, Great Northern's vide service between Seattle, Ta in this country north of New Mex Empire Builder makes connections apple and soft fruit districts of the Great Northern and the Pacific coma and Portland. , Wenatchee Valley in Washington; ico. at Havre with daily trains to and Passenger train service is also Northwest. In full view now are the soaring from Great Falls. The Oriental provided from the Twin Cities West pea-growing areas; lumbering and Great Northern's streamlined fishing centers of Puget Sound. peaks of Glacier National Park in Limited also makes connections at to Huron and Aberdeen, S. D. Empire Builder and Oriental Limi Other lines serve the Mesabi iron Montana and for 60 breath-taking Havre with daily trains to and Southwest to Yankton, S. D., and range of Minnesota, the agricultu ted make daily connections in Port miles the rails parallel the southern from Great Falls, Helena :mtl Sioux City. Iowa. Between these ral regions of South Dakota and land, Oregon, with Southern Pacific boundary of this popular wilder Butte. and at Shelby with daily services, like a network, are many other states. trains to and from California. ness playground. trains to Great Falls and Billing', Great Northern connecting lines. _.J Manufacturing and processing is · diverse and extensive throughout Great Northern's region. GREAT NORTHERN INVITES YOU TO REQUEST SPECIFIC TRAVEL INFORMATION Some of the important and repre sentative new industries that lo If you reside in Chicago or suburbs please use this coupon. If you reside outside the city of Chicago please use this coupon. cated along the railway in 1948 are Ia sugar refinery near Moorhead, A. A. Hu9hes, General A9ent, P. G. Holmes, Peuen9er Traffic Mena9er, ~inn., in the Red River Valley; a Greet Northern Railway, Greet Northern Railway, pole treating plant at Libby, Mont.: 1-42 South Clerk Street, I 75 East 4th Street, a pig iron plant at Rock Island, ...,- Wash., and a barley elevator at Chice9o 3, Illinois. St. Paul I, Minnesota • Stronghold, Calif. Please provide information concerning Please provide information concerning Development of the Columbia Basin project in Central Washing a trip to______toll is proceeding rapidly. The a trip tO------same is true of the big Hungry Horse dam project in Montana. and of other irrigation and power en terprises. Name______Great Northern's Industrial De Ham•• ------~------partment is active in furthering Addren Addren______industrial development of the region the railway serves. So is the rail City, _____ Zone No _ __ State______City______Zone No ___ State------:::-:-::--- *'ay's Department of Agricultural CRF CRF nnd Mineral Development. Both Juvenile Adult___ _ welcome inquiries concerning op Juvenile_____ Adult__ _ _ portunities and resources in the ( Pl ..se check one) (Please check one) lt> rritory. N EO G RAVURE C O . OF C HI CAGO