James J. Hill’s Great Northern Railway from Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, to Seattle, Washington, was completed on January 6, 1898, although G.N.’s first Cascade tunnel under Stevens Pass was not completed until 1900. In 1908, a G.N. summer work train and workers, shown here, were part of a year-round effort to maintain the vital economic corridor, which receives over 471 inches of snow a year.
Courtesy Library of Congress
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