Talk:Great Northern Railway (U.S.)

(US) vs. (United States)
Discussion about the title of this article and its recent change can be found at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (acronyms). Feel free to contribute. -- hike395 16:22, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * I see that this issue is not settled as the page was moved 12:55, August 27, 2006 by . I've left the user a note to ask why the page was moved seemingly without consensus. Slambo (Speak) 18:47, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Seeing no consensus discussion elsewhere, I've moved it back. Slambo (Speak) 19:13, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Chicago redirects to Chicago, Illinois
Since Chicago is just a redirect to Chicago, Illinois, it seemed pointless to pipe the user to Chicago when clicking on Chicago, Illinois. slambo 13:54, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)


 * It used to be the opposite until two days ago. Not sure why, there doesn't seem to be consensus either way at Talk:Chicago, Illinois. JYolkowski // talk 17:29, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)


 * That would explain the large number of "fixing Chicago link" messages in my watchlist two days ago. The so-called fix didn't seem to fix anything, but changed the displayed text from either Chicago, Illinois or Chicago, IL to just Chicago. The other editor didn't even use the pipe trick to keep the displayed text unchanged. Since the standard name format for pages about American cities is "City, State", and the other formats redirect to it, I didn't see much of a reason not to restore the original versions and bypass the redirects to Chicago, Illinois. slambo 17:58, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)

Route map
I'm working on a route map, using DeLorme Topo USA software (and, of course, a GN route map). I'm hoping I'll finish it and be able to upload it soon. --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 21:27, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Why isnt threre any thing about the survey thingy he did? someone put it on here —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jeremey leestma (talk • contribs) 20:12, October 23, 2006.

Can anyone add something about the GN hotels in Glacier National Park? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.109.227.45 (talk) 16:59, August 27, 2007 (UTC)

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Requested move

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The result of the move request was: nomination withdrawn Armbrust The Homunculus 07:25, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

Great Northern Railway (U.S.) → Great Northern Railway (United States) – I believe that the use of the full country name as the disambiguator is preferred, and the short form/abbreviation is discouraged. The Bushranger One ping only 21:36, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Rename proposal withdrawn. Manual of Style/Abbreviations says the abbreviation is preferred. - The Bushranger One ping only 07:24, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
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Chicago Illinois terminus
It looks like it went all the way to Chicago and also included servicing State of Illinois. Unless that was a different railroad that should be dotted not red. B137 (talk) 01:13, 25 March 2021 (UTC)