Great Northern’s passenger revenues increased yet again in 1966, this time thanks to bus and airline strikes. Still, passenger costs exceeded revenues, making passenger service an “enigma” for the railway. It is difficult to see, but the Great Northern logo … Continue reading
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This is my favorite Great Northern timetable cover as it shows the Empire Builder in all its glory passing by mountains in Glacier National Park. It also shows that you can’t see much of those mountains, even from the dome … Continue reading
The cover photo of this report is almost identical to a black-and-white photo on page 7 of the 1964 report. The two photos were obviously taken the same day as the piggy-back trailers are in exactly the same spot. The … Continue reading
Except for the cover and the colors, this along-the-way map is almost identical to the 1967 Big Sky Blue version presented here a little more than a year ago. The changes, of course, reflect the change in GN’s color scheme; … Continue reading
In 1960, Great Northern sold its Glacier Park hotel chain to Don Hummel, who happened to be mayor of Tucson at the time. Hummel also ran concessions in Lassen and Mount McKinley national parks. Click image to download a 3.8-MB … Continue reading
This brochure offers four “suggested itineraries” for unescorted tours to Glacier Park, the Pacific Northwest, the Canadian Rockies, and/or California. The brochure unfolds to present eight panels of roughly 8″ by 9″; each tour gets two panels except the California … Continue reading
Even though the GP-30 was, in a sense, obsolete before it was produced, Great Northern features it again on the cover of its annual report, just as it did in 1963. Click image to download an 14.1-MB PDF of this … Continue reading
These Great Northern timetables were issued in May of 1964 and 1965. The pattern seems to be that GN issued its summer timetables on the Sunday in May prior to Memorial Day weekend. Click image to download a 18.0-MB PDF … Continue reading
Freight revenues grew in 1963 but passenger revenues began an irreversible decline after the boom from the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair. Despite the decline, Great Northern purchased nine “modern” coaches from other railroads to replace older coaches used on GN … Continue reading
Here’s a complete set of Great Northern public timetables for 1963. They are so much alike that there’s no point in putting them into three separate posts. Click image to download a 17.5-MB PDF of this 28-page timetable. The first … Continue reading