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About Me

gnrocky: I am Scott Tanner. My primary purpose with this blog is to interact with people who share at least some of my interests in various aspects of the history and cultural impact of an American transportation company that no longer exists – at least not under the name it had for 80 years. The Great Northern Railway had corporate headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota, and its primary business function from about 1890 to 1970 was to operate a freight and passenger railroad between the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul and the west coast, specifically operating into the Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, areas. Today, the GN lives on through its inclusion as a legacy company that helped form BNSF.