In the early 1880s, 120 construction workers (many of them prisoners provided by the state of North Carolina as a subsidy to rail construction) lost their lives build a railroad from Old Fort to Asheville, North Carolina. As a memorial … Continue reading
In 1874, the Marietta and North Georgia Railway began constructing a line that would eventually connect Atlanta with Knoxville. By the time the route was completed in 1897, the railroad was known as the Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway. However, … Continue reading
Chicago & North Western fully streamlined its 400 in 1939, but the postmark on this postcard showing the train crossing the Mississippi on the Stone Arch Bridge is dated 1949. The bridge itself was built by the Great Northern Railway, … Continue reading
Two more postcards from GN-owned Glacier Park Company show two of the company’s hotels in the park. Bob and Ira Spring are credited with taking the photo of Lake McDonald Hotel with Mt. Brown in the background. Unlike Many Glacier … Continue reading
Here are more postcards published by Great Northern subsidiary, the Glacier Park Company. The first one shows a Park Service ranger leading a group of people up the Grinnell Glacier Trail, which some consider to be the finest hike in … Continue reading
These postcards were all issued by the Glacier Park Company, which was owned by the Great Northern. Although GN sold its hotels in 1960, it retained the “Glacier Park Company” name as its real estate division. So these postcards likely … Continue reading
This hand-colored postcard claims to show the eastbound Oriental Limited ascending west towards the Great Northern’s old Cascade Tunnel. To reach the tunnel, which opened in 1900, the old line made a 180-degree turn at Scenic (the site of a … Continue reading
These cards are blank on the back, so aren’t meant to be used postally. But they are the same dimensions as a standard postcard. Click image to download a PDF of this card. The Texas Zephyr tells passengers they can … Continue reading
This postcard has a white border, indicating it was probably published in the 1920s or possibly the late 1910s, when black-and-white photos were hand colored before being made into postcards. Photos like this one show that the colors the artist … Continue reading
This postcard shows off what is quite possibly the most awesome city park in the United States, if not the world, and gives the Burlington Route the opportunity to brag that it was donated to the city of Colorado Springs … Continue reading
