Brainerd Dispatch

Brainerd documentarian lays out the history of the Northern Pacific Railway

BRAINERD — For over 100 years, the Northern Pacific Railway connected the Great Lakes to Puget Sound on the Pacific, powering through the Twin Cities, Brainerd, Fargo, Duluth and more. But when ...
KING5

Toppenish railroad museum takes visitors back to a time when iron horses ruled the rails

TOPPENISH, Wash. — Inside the old Northern Pacific Railroad depot in Toppenish, visitors can step back in time. Here, they will fund a passenger waiting room that has been remodeled to look like it's ...
The Spokesman-Review

100 years ago in Spokane: Northern Pacific railroad workers vote to end nearly yearlong strike

Northern Pacific railroad shopmen voted to formally end their strike, which had been ongoing since the previous summer. The strike had been effectively broken months earlier when the railroad hired ...
KING5

From sleepy town to the 'City of Destiny': the telegram that transformed Tacoma

TACOMA, Wash. — The tale of modern day Tacoma begins with the first of many railroad tracks that lead to the city's birthplace along Commencement Bay. Tacoma is born of the railroad, created by the ...