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The Empire Builder crosses the Two Medicine Trestle at East Glacier Park, Montana on the Hi Line Subdivision in 2011.

The Northern Transcon, a route operated by the BNSF Railway, traverses the most northerly route of any railroad in the western United States. This route was originally part of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Northern Pacific Railway, Great Northern Railway and Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway systems, merged into the Burlington Northern Railroad system in 1970.

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Northern Transcon

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The Northern Transcon, a route operated by the BNSF Railway, traverses the most northerly route of any railroad in the western United States. This route...

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BNSF Railway

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Facility The Northern Transcon runs between Seattle and Chicago. The route is a combination of parts of the old Great Northern, the Northern Pacific, and...

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Southern Transcon

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The Southern Transcon is a main line of BNSF Railway comprising 11 subdivisions between Southern California and Chicago, Illinois. Completed in its current...

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Highline

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name of a subdivision of the Northern Transcon railway, often applied to the entire line Hi-Line (Montana), an area of northern Montana named for the railway...

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Empire Builder

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Fargo, North Dakota; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It uses BNSF Railway's Northern Transcon from Seattle to Minneapolis, Minnesota Commercial Railway from Minneapolis...

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Stampede Pass

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as one of two direct Northern Transcon main lines through the Cascades, between Spokane and the Seattle metropolitan area. Northern Pacific Railroad had...

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Great Northern Tunnel

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The Great Northern Tunnel is a 1-mile (1.6 km) double-tracked railway tunnel under downtown Seattle, Washington, completed by the Great Northern Railway...

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Scenic Subdivision

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Wenatchee, Washington. It is operated by BNSF Railway as part of their Northern Transcon. This route includes the Cascade Tunnel, as well as the 1893 site...

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Northstar Line

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ex-Northern Pacific main line. The ex-Great Northern and ex-Northern Pacific lines are merged into BNSF and this is now the BNSF Northern Transcon (transcontinental)...

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Columbia River Subdivision

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Railway as part of their Northern Transcon. The original line (built in 1893) was built as part of James J. Hill's Great Northern Railway transcontinental...

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2021 Montana train derailment

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The derailment occurred on the Hi-Line, a portion of the BNSF's Northern Transcon. BNSF conducted its most recent inspection of the section through...

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Lakeside Subdivision

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Pasco. It is operated by BNSF Railway and is considered part of the Northern Transcon. The line is used by the Portland section of Amtrak's Empire Builder...

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Yellowstone Valley Railroad

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BNSF's Northern Transcon between Snowden and Bainville. The northern segment, from Bainville to Scobey, was constructed by the Great Northern Railway...

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Wayzata Subdivision

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part of the Great Northern Railway's transcontinental line from Minneapolis to Seattle, Washington. Today, BNSF's Northern Transcon travels up the Staples...

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Chicago Subdivision

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operated by BNSF Railway as the easternmost part of the railroad's Northern Transcon to Seattle, Washington. This line is known as the Racetrack because...

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Flathead Tunnel

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also known as the Flathead. The tunnel was constructed for the Great Northern Railway by the Walsh Construction Company and S.J. Groves and Sons (collectively...

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Montana Highway 42

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"24") runs northwest from where Highway 24 crosses the BNSF Railway's Northern Transcon, staying parallel to the tracks until it turns right in Glasgow's...

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Washington State Route 14

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between the Columbia River and the Seattle Subdivision of the BNSF Northern Transcon route to the south and Pearson Field to the north, and intersects...

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Staples Subdivision

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(near Minneapolis). It is operated by BNSF Railway as part of their Northern Transcon and contains the busiest segment of mainline track in the state, the...

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Twin Zephyr

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lines belong to the BNSF Railway as these subdivisions of the BNSF Northern Transcon: Chicago Subdivision - Chicago, Illinois to Aurora, Illinois Aurora...

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