Description: Operated from 1886 to 1897. Chiefly promoted by prominent Spokane businessman Daniel C. Corbin to operate a railroad link in Northern Idaho from the Coeur dAlene River to nearby mining regions. The road was organized in 1886 and leased in 1888 to the Northern Pacific Railroad. The road was sold to the Northern Pacific after foreclosure in 1897. Available in Green or Brown. Please specify color. Also available unissued at a lesser price. Please inquire if interested. 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 40million acres (62,000sqmi; 160,000km2) 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 (10,900km) 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 Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.
Price: 84 USD
Location: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
End Time: 2024-11-27T13:54:10.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6.25 USD
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