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MTM Jackson Street Roundhouse web site
 
Skykomish Historical Society
 
GN in British Columbia's Fraser Valley
The Great Northern in British Columbia's Fraser Valley, including Vancouver. Excellent presentation of history and photos.
 
Lindsay Korst's Great Northern site
The "granddaddy" of GN websites, full of photos and historical information.
 
Ferndale (WA) Memories by Jim Lancaster
An excellent overview of one man's GN-served hometown. Includes some 1950's Cascade Division photos you'll find nowhere else.
 
Great Northern Empire - Then and Now
Ben Ringnalda's excellent Great Northern site. Especially notable for its equipment rosters including currently-preserved equipment and structures.
 
Great Northern Archive site by Jon Snyder
Special focus on Great Northern's streamlined passenger trains and equipment. Also contains accident reports and miscellaneous interesting historical items.
 
GN EMD Diagrams at NMRA Online Archive
 
GN Freight Car photos
Photos from various sources, at Ken Harstine's "Boxcars & Freight Cars of North America" website
 
NP Freight Car photos
Photos from various sources, at Ken Harstine's "Boxcars & Freight Cars of North America" website
 
GN Looking Back newspaper archives
A tremendous resource - transcribed newspaper articles covering decades of GN-related events, mostly Montana. Invaluable for genealogy, as employee deaths and promotions are frequently reported. Navigation can be awkward, utilize the "Menu" dropdowns at upper left to select years, then use your browser's built-in search to search the current page.
 
Railroad Paper Collectibles - track charts etc.
 
Railroads of Montana
Dale Jones' Montana railroad history site. Dale also sells outstanding DVD books on the GN Kettle Falls branch and the Spokane International Railway.
 
Russell Johnson Photos & Videos
NP, GN & Milwaukee
 
Terrific! It's Northern Pacific!
John Phillips III's information-packed historical resource site, including a link to the active "NPTellTale" Yahoo group he moderates.
 
Thompson Collection - NP/GN photos & audio
Collection of Stephen Thompson, including photos from author, his father Frank Thompson, Tom Miller, Jack Anderson and others. Steam Locomotive images from the 1930's through the late 50's, with 1st generation Diesel's and streamliners as well.  Tacoma, Washington is the center of the collection, with images from  Western Washington, Portland Oregon, and a few from Idaho and Montana.  Most are from the original negatives and transparencies.  B&W images are mostly from 4"x5" and other large formats down to 2 /14" square.  The color shots are largely from 35mm slides.
 
University of Washington - GN Photos
 
University of Washington - NP Photos
 
Pullman Project Database
Database of all Pullman cars ever built, sourced from original Pullman records.
 
City of Vancouver Archives
Over 400 photos of GN subjects and about 40 NP, most never published, including motive power shots, aerials, depots and more.  Although most locations are listed "Vancouver, BC", many were actually taken in Seattle or other locations - for example most of the Aug 14, 1949 photos are at Interbay yard.
 
Gene McKeever photos - Denver Public Library
 
St. Nicholas Mountain observation car
 
Jackson Street Archives Images
Photos from the joint NPRHA-GNRHS offices and archives at Jackson Street Roundhouse, St. Paul, MN