File:Oriental Limited train of Great Northern Railroad, Cascade Mountains, ca 1910 (MOHAI 5337).jpg

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English: Oriental Limited train of Great Northern Railroad, Cascade Mountains, ca. 1910   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Oriental Limited train of Great Northern Railroad, Cascade Mountains, ca. 1910
Description
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A 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.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Railroads; Trestles; Railroad tracks; Tunnels; Oriental Limited (Railroad train)
Depicted place
English: Horseshoe Tunnel (Wash.)
Date circa 1910
date QS:P571,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 print (postcard): lithograph
Dimensions height: 14 cm (5.5 in); width: 9 cm (3.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,14U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,9U174728
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
5337
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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Postcard Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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