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1960s !
03/31/1960 : Great Northern Railway's the
International
passenger train makes its last run.
04/01/1960 : Northern Pacific Railway's # 5 & 6 trains fom Seattle to Spokane, Washington are discontinued.
07/15/1960 : Northern Pacific Railway announces plans to merge with the Great Northern, CB&Q & Spokane Portland
& Seattle Railroads.
02/17/1961 : Great Northern Railway & Burlington Railroad merger application is filed with the I.C.C.
05/22/1961 : Milwaukee Railroad's
Olympian Hiawatha
passenger service ends.
03/11/1962 : Northern Pacific Railway's
Mainstreeter
train # 2, derails at Nelson, Washington.
09/22/1966 : Northern Pacific Railway elects
Louis Menk
as its company president.
11/03/1966 : Economy buffet diner service begins on Northern Pacific Railway's Portland, OR. to Seattle, WA. runs.
09/16/1967 : U.S. Post Office cancels Spokane, Washington to St. Paul, Minnesota, RPO service.
05/08/1969 : Great Northern Railway's holds its last shareholders meeting.
08/04/1969 : Great Northern Railway acquires control of the Pacific Coast Railroad Company.
09/04/1969 : Great Northern Railway's last diesel locomotive is received.
10/26/1969 : The last Great Northern Railway employee timetable (Cascade Division No. 6) is issued.
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