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Jim made some good points about the GN and NP.However,I don't believe J.P.Morgan came into the picture until the 1901 purchase of the CB&Q and formation of the Northern Securities.The original associates that purchased the St.Paul & Pacific and expanded it into the St.Paul,Minneapolis & Manitoba and then the Great Northern were James J.Hill,Norman Kittson,Donald Smith,and George Stephen.George Stephen was the Vice President of the Bank of Montreal where most of the financing came from to purchase,rebuild,and expand the St.Paul & Pacific along with Kennedy(first name escapes me) of New York who lined up Dutch investors. <br />Also,GN was built better than the NP,but still had some realignment work done,tho not to the extent the NP needed.Witness the first and second Cascade tunnels,the Columbia Falls to Jennings(later Stryker to Jennings due to the Libby dam project of 1966-70)relocation from Haskell Pass,Spotted Robe Montana realignment,and Chumstick Washington realignment to name the major ones. <br /> <br />Have a good one. <br /> <br />Bill B <br />Iowa
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