| LC control no. | n 80081555 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Northern Pacific Railway Company |
| Variant(s) | Northern Pacific Railway Co. Northern Pacific NP N.P. (Northern Pacific) |
| See also | Predecessor: Northern Pacific Railroad Company Successor: Burlington Northern Inc. Camp Creek Railway Company Clearwater Short Line Railway Company Coeur d'Alene Railway and Navigation Company Connell Northern Railway Company Gaylord and Ruby Valley Railway Company Green River and Northern Railroad Company Missouri River Railway Company Monte Cristo Railway Northern Pacific and Puget Sound Shore Railroad Company Northern Pacific, Fergus, and Black Hills Railroad Co. Seattle and International Railway Company Shields River Valley Railway Company Spokane and Seattle Railway Company St. Paul and Duluth Railroad Company St. Paul and Northern Pacific Railroad Company United Railroads of Washington Washington and Columbia River Railway Company Western Dakota Railway Company |
| Other standard no. | Q1135434 |
| Beginning date | 1896 |
| Ending date | 1970 |
| Special note | In 1970 the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, the Great Northern Railway Company, the Pacific Coast Railroad Company, and the Northern Pacific Railway Company merged under the name Burlington Northern, inc. |
| Found in | NUCMC data from U. of Wash. Lib. for Nordlund, C. Charles and Enid Nordlund Collection, 1880-1950 (Everett and Monte Cristo Railway) Gross, J. Railroads of NA, 1977 (Everett and Monte Cristo Railway became Monte Cristo Railway in 1900; later merged into Northern Pacific Railway Company) Northern Pacific Railway Co. papers. Part I, 1864-1922, c1984- NP color guide to freight and passenger equipment, c1995: t.p. (Northern Pacific; NP) Moody's analyses of railroad investments, 1909: p. 428 (Northern Pacific Railway Company; successor in 1896 of old Northern Pacific Railroad Company) Park Genealogical Books web site, 2 June 2004: Research Notes/Minnesota by rail (Northern Pacific, Fergus & Black Hills R.R. Co.; began 1881, ended 1899; absorbed by Northern Pacific Railway Company) NUCMC data from University of Montana, K. Ross Toole Archives for Northern Pacific Railway Company records, 1870-1968 (Camp Creek Railway Company; inc. 1911; built from Manhattan to Anceny, Mont.; opened its line in 1912; sold to Northern Pacific in 1914) NUCMC data from University of Montana, K. Ross Toole Archives for Northern Pacific Railway Company records, 1870-1968 (Clearwater Short Line Railway Company; inc. 1898; sold to Northern Pacific in 1914; main lines were from Riparia, Wash., to Grangeville, Stites, and Headquarters, Idaho) NUCMC data from University of Montana, K. Ross Toole Archives for Northern Pacific Railway Company records, 1870-1968 (Coeur d'Alene Railway and Navigation Company; inc. 1886; leased to Northern Pacific in 1888; main line ran from Cataldo, Idaho, to the Montana state line near Mullan; sold in foreclosure to Northern Pacific in 1897) NUCMC data from University of Montana, K. Ross Toole Archives for Northern Pacific Railway Company records, 1870-1968 (Connell Northern Railway Company; inc. 1909; operated between Connell and Adco, Wash., between 1910 and 1914; sold to Northern Pacific in 1914) NUCMC data from University of Montana, K. Ross Toole Archives for Northern Pacific Railway Company records, 1870-1968 (Gaylord and Ruby Valley Railway Company; inc. 1897; sold to Northern Pacific in 1899; started a line from Renovo to Twin Bridges, Mont.; construction completed by Northern Pacific) NUCMC data from University of Montana, K. Ross Toole Archives for Northern Pacific Railway Company records, 1870-1968 (Green River and Northern Railroad Company; inc. 1890 and sold to Northern Pacific in 1898; branch line that joined the Northern Pacific system at Palmer Junction in western Washington) NUCMC data from University of Montana, K. Ross Toole Archives for Northern Pacific Railway Company records, 1870-1968 (Missouri River Railway Company; inc. 1906 in N.D.; built track from Glendive to Sidney, Mont., and from Cannon Ball to Stanton, N.D.; sold to Northern Pacific in 1914) NUCMC data from University of Montana, K. Ross Toole Archives for Northern Pacific Railway Company records, 1870-1968 (Puget Sound Shore Railroad; inc. 1882; operated a line between Stuck Junction and Seattle; sold to Northern Pacific and Puget Sound Shore Railroad Company in 1889; that company sold to Northern Pacific Railway Company in 1898) NUCMC data from University of Montana, K. Ross Toole Archives for Northern Pacific Railway Company records, 1870-1968 (Shields River Valley Railway Company; inc. 1908; built a line from Mission to Wilsall, Mont.; sold to and merged into Northern Pacific in 1914) NUCMC data from University of Montana, K. Ross Toole Archives for Northern Pacific Railway Company records, 1870-1968 (St. Paul and Duluth Railroad Company; inc. 1877; sold to Northern Pacific in 1900) NUCMC data from University of Montana, K. Ross Toole Archives for Northern Pacific Railway Company records, 1870-1968 (St. Paul and Northern Pacific Railroad Company; sold to Northern Pacific in 1896) NUCMC data from University of Montana, K. Ross Toole Archives for Northern Pacific Railway Company records, 1870-1968 (Washington and Columbia River Railway Company; inc. 1892; main line ran from Pendleton, Or., to Dayton, Wash.; operated from 1892 to 1907 when it was sold to Northern Pacific) NUCMC data from University of Montana, K. Ross Toole Archives for Northern Pacific Railway Company records, 1870-1968 (Western Dakota Railway Company; formed 1906; sold to Northern Pacific in 1914) NUCMC data from University of Montana, K. Ross Toole Archives for Northern Pacific Railway Company records, 1870-1968 (Yakima and Pacific Coast Railroad Company; formed 1890; operated line from Chehalis to South Bend, Wash.; sold in 1892 to United Railroads of Washington which was in turn sold to Northern Pacific in 1898) NUCMC data from University of Montana, K. Ross Toole Archives for Northern Pacific Railway Company records, 1870-1968 (Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway Company; inc. 1885; two main lines ran from Seattle to Sumas on the Washington-B.C. border and from Spokane Falls to Davenport, Wash.; sold in foreclosure in 1896--the eastern portion to the Spokane and Seattle Railway Company, the western portion to the Seattle and International Railway Company; these were in turn sold to the Northern Pacific in 1900 and 1901) |
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