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The cover of this annual report shows a P2 4-8-2 locomotive pulling the Empire Builder out of St. Paul. The cylinder cocks are open to drain water built up while the train was in the station, and the safety valve … Continue reading
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The centerfold for the 1944 annual report is not as elaborate as in the previous two reports. Instead of a photo feature, it is simply a map of the GN system with little graphics showing the types of commodities carried … Continue reading
Perhaps due to wartime shortages, this report is eight pages shorter than the previous three reports. But it follows the tradition started in 1942 in having a centerfold photo display, this time celebrating a half century since the completion of … Continue reading
The cover of this annual report shows GN’s iron ore docks on Lake Superior. This is a lead-in to a new feature in this report: a centerfold display focusing on one aspect of the company. This year, the centerfold celebrates … Continue reading
While Great Northern’s 1940 annual report featured one of GN’s most-powerful steam locomotive, a 2-8-8-2 R1, on the cover, the 1941 report introduces GN’s new FT Diesels. GN soon purchased 51 A units and 45 B units of this locomotive, … Continue reading
This annual report is huge, with 52 9″x12″ pages illustrated by numerous photos and charts. This was a major break from the traditional annual reports of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that tended to be 6″x9″ with no photos … Continue reading
Before World War II, most corporation annual reports were dry recitations of data, often using the same wording from year to year with only the numbers changing. After the war, new printing techniques combined with a desire to improve public … Continue reading