Great Northern Railway may refer to:
- Great Northern Railway of Canada
- Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)
- Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
- Great Northern Railway (U.S.), now part of the BNSF Railway system
- Great Northern Railway in Queensland, Australia
- Great Northern Rail Services in Australia
- International – Great Northern Railroad in Texas, United States
- Kingston Branch (New Zealand) in Southland
- Main North railway line, New South Wales (Australia)
- Main North Line, New Zealand and Waiau Branch in Canterbury
- Mobile and Great Northern Railroad in Alabama, United States
- New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern in Louisiana and Mississippi
- Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad, operating in Wisconsin, United States since 1997
Famous quotes containing the words northern and/or railway:
“That we can come here today and in the presence of thousands and tens of thousands of the survivors of the gallant army of Northern Virginia and their descendants, establish such an enduring monument by their hospitable welcome and acclaim, is conclusive proof of the uniting of the sections, and a universal confession that all that was done was well done, that the battle had to be fought, that the sections had to be tried, but that in the end, the result has inured to the common benefit of all.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
“Her personality had an architectonic quality; I think of her when I see some of the great London railway termini, especially St. Pancras, with its soot and turrets, and she overshadowed her own daughters, whom she did not understand—my mother, who liked things to be nice; my dotty aunt. But my mother had not the strength to put even some physical distance between them, let alone keep the old monster at emotional arm’s length.”
—Angela Carter (1940–1992)