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Oriental Limited train of Great Northern Railroad, Cascade Mountains, circa 1910
Order an ImageA 1912 Great Northern Railway timetable describes the Oriental Limited's daily eastbound and westbound service between Chicago and Seattle. The trip across the northern plains and through the mountains took almost exactly four days. This postcard, made around 1910, shows the Great Northern's Oriental Limited entering Horseshoe Tunnel in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State. The large steel trestle was built around 1900.
Full title: Oriental Limited Great Northern R.R. entering Horseshoe Tunnel, Washington.
Full title: Oriental Limited Great Northern R.R. entering Horseshoe Tunnel, Washington.
ID Number: 1976.6360.5
Date: Circa 1910
Physical Description: 1 print (postcard) : lithograph ; 14 x 9 cm.
Credit: MOHAI, 1976.6360.5
Copyright: No Known Copyright
Subjects:
Railroads
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