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NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY 

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This beautiful railroad lantern is a Vintage piece of Railroad History made by the ARMSPEAR MANUFACTURING COMPANY for the NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY. The frame is marked ARMSPEAR MAN'F'G CO. NEW YORK N.P.RY. PAT'D JUNE 8, 1886, last date OCT. 22, 1889. The frame is numbered 10436. The Brass burner is marked P&A.MFG CO.WATERBURY,CONN.MADE IN U.S.A. twist off fuel fount PAT'D DEC. 26, 1893, and are both in good working condition. The Corning clear glass globe is embossed N.P.R.R "SAFETY ALWAYS" Cnx T, No cracks some small flea chips around rims. Globe has some cast bubbles, swirls and speckles. The hood has several small dings from years of service! Please view photos and Email with questions. Thanks for looking.

Northern Pacific Railway

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Northern Pacific Railway
Northern Pacific Railway Logo, November, 1952.png
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The Northern Pacific Railway system map
Northern Pacific Office Building.jpg
The former Northern Pacific Office Building
in Tacoma, Washington
Overview
HeadquartersSaint Paul, Minnesota
Reporting markNP
LocaleAshland, Wisconsin and
Saint Paul, Minnesota to
Seattle, Washington,
Tacoma, Washington,
and Portland, Oregon
Dates of operation1864–1970
SuccessorBurlington Northern
(later BNSF)
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was a transcontinental railroad that operated across the northern tier of the western United States, from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest. It was approved by Congress in 1864 and given nearly forty million acres (62,000 sq mi; 160,000 km2) of land grants, which it used to raise money in Europe for construction.

Construction began in 1870 and the main line opened all the way from the Great Lakes to the Pacific when former President Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in western Montana on September 8, 1883. The railroad had about 6,800 miles (10,900 km) of track and served a large area, including extensive trackage in the states of Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin. In addition, the NP had an international branch to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The main activities were shipping wheat and other farm products, cattle, timber, and minerals; bringing in consumer goods, transporting passengers; and selling land.

The Northern Pacific was headquartered in Minnesota, first in Brainerd, then in Saint Paul. It had a tumultuous financial history; the NP merged with other lines in 1970 to form the Burlington Northern Railroad, which in turn merged with the Santa Fe Railway to become the BNSF Railway in 1996.