A Northern Pacific Railroad photographer captured Seattle’s waterfront about 125 years ago Originally published September 15, 2016 at 7:00 am Updated September 16, 2016 at 1:43 pm ...

150 years ago the Northern Pacific Railroad snubbed Seattle and selected Tacoma as the terminus for its transcontinental line. #k5evening. To stream KING 5 on your phone, you need the KING 5 app.

Northern Pacific relocated their terminus to Seattle around 1883. In 1887, Seattle became connected to the transcontinental railroad via a switchback over Snoqualmie Pass.

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Seven out of every ten stockholders in the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern railroads, through a committee, last week formally decided to lease their lines for 99 years to a new company, the ...

BNSF is made up of almost 400 predecessor rail lines, and one of the majors was Northern Pacific Railway (NP). During NP’s prime, the railroad ran not only freight, but passenger service. Traveling by ...

T he John H. Emery Rail Heritage Trust has awarded a $7,500 grant to the Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie in support of the Northern Pacific Railway parlor car 1049 restoration.

Northern Pacific Headquarters at 621 Pacific Ave., circa 1889. The railroad chose Tacoma as its western terminus in 1873; from that point, the city would grow from a small hamlet to a metropolis ...

Instead of the Northern Pacific Railroad, it was now the Northern Pacific Railway. James J. Hill was born in Ontario, Canada in 1838. He moved to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1856.