Great Northern

Great Northern may refer to:

Transport

  • One of a number of railways; see Great Northern Railway (disambiguation).
  • Great Northern Railway (U.S.), a defunct American transcontinental railroad and major predecessor of the BNSF Railway.
  • Great Northern Railway (Great Britain), a defunct British railway company formed in 1846, namesake of:
    • Great Northern Route, a group of railway services in the South-East and East of England, UK
    • Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern, a franchise for the provision of this route
    • Govia Thameslink Railway (formerly Thameslink and Great Northern), the company currently operating this franchise
  • GNR Class A1 1470 Great Northern, a British steam locomotive of the Great Northern Railway and the London and North Eastern Railway.

Other

  • Great Northern bean, a white common bean
  • Great Northern Brewing Co., an Australian beer manufacturer
  • Great Northern (country band), led by former Mission Mountain Wood Band member Rob Quist
  • Great northern diver (Gavia immer), a bird also known as the common loon
  • Great Northern Elevator, a historic grain elevator in Buffalo, New York
  • Great Northern (indie band), led by former 30 Seconds to Mars member Solon Bixler
  • Great Northern War, a war fought by Russia, Denmark-Norway, and Saxony-Poland against Sweden
  • Great Northern Warehouse, a leisure complex in Manchester, England
  • Great Northern Paper Company, a Maine pulp and paper manufacturer
  • Great Northern?, a 1947 novel by Arthur Ransome in the Swallows and Amazons series, named after the diver
  • USS Great Northern (AG-9), a cargo ship of the US Navy
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