Glacier Park Limited
“See America First”

The Puget Sound Express and Eastern Express

Numbers: 3 & 4

 

E-7 Ten wheelers such as #600 handled the Expresses on the more level districts

 

A train, possibly the Puget Sound Express has just arrived at Seattle's Railroad Ave depot

A train, possibly the Eastern Express in the Cascades

Advertisements, announcing the train, stated that the trains had all new equipment.

Fast Mail
Numbers: 3 & 4

Dates of Operation: May, 1906 - July 3, 1910
Route: St Paul to Seattle via Willmar, Casselton, Atena,
Devils Lake, Minot, Havre, Whitefish, Spokane, Cascade Tunnel

A westbound GN passenger train crosses Spokane Falls.

In May 1906, the Puget Sound and Eastern Expresses became the Fast Mail.

The Fast Mail, numbers 3 and 4 should not be confused with mail trains 27 and 28 that began in 1909. Number 27 is pictured near Troy shortly after its start.

 

1909 timetable

Oregonian
Numbers: 3 & 4

Dates of Operation: July 3, 1910 April 25, 1915
Route: St Paul to Portland 1910-1912
Willmar, Casselton, Atena, Devils Lake, Minot, Havre,
Whitefish, Spokane, Portland Mileage 1855

Route: St Paul to Seattle 1912-1915
Willmar, Fargo, New Rockford, Minot, Havre,
Whitefish, Seattle Mileage 1786

 

The Oregonian in Eastern Washington's Devil's Canyon between Spokane and the Columbia River

The Oregonian along the Columbia River

The Oregonian ready to leave the SP&S station in Portland

 

 

See America First

Glacier Park Limited
Numbers: 3 & 4

Dates of Operation: April 25, 1915 - May 31, 1929

Route: St Paul to Seattle via Willmar, Fargo, New Rockford,
Minot, Havre, Whitefish, Spokane, Mileage 1786
Seattle to St Paul via Spokane, Whitefish, Havre, Minot,
Devils Lake, Grand Forks, St Cloud, Mileage 1814

 

 

The Glacier Park Limited was inaugurated on April 25, 1915 to promote its online scenic attraction as a tourist destination. Since the Park s opening in 1910, Great Northern's advertising stressed the Glacier National Park's unequaled scenery andeasy access by its trains.

 

 

The doubleheaded Glacier Park Limited catches a red block in the Cascades

 

A happy group of tourists are about to board the Glacier Park Limited .

 

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