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* 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) The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company incorporated in 1846 with the object of building a line from London to York. It quickly saw that seizing control of territory was key to development, and it acquired, or took le ...
, 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 Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) is a management contract for the provision of passenger services on the Thameslink and Great Northern routes to , , , , , , London Moorgate, Sutton, Wimbledon and Brighton, as well as the whole ...
, a franchise for the provision of this route **
Govia Thameslink Railway Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is a train operating company that operates the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) rail franchise in England. Within the franchise, GTR runs the Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Gatwick Expr ...
(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. The Great Northern Brewing Co., commonly known as Great Northern, is a brand of full and a mid strength lager beer, owned by Carlton & United Breweries (CUB), and is brewed in Queensland at the CUB Yatala Brewery. It comes in 330mL "stubbies", ...
, an Australian beer manufacturer * Great Northern (country band), led by former Mission Mountain Wood Band member Rob Quist *
Great northern diver The common loon or great northern diver (''Gavia immer'') is a large member of the loon, or diver, family of birds. Breeding adults have a plumage that includes a broad black head and neck with a greenish, purplish, or bluish sheen, blackish or ...
(''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 The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swed ...
, a war fought by Russia, Denmark-Norway, and Saxony-Poland against Sweden *
Great Northern Warehouse The Great Northern Warehouse is the former railway goods warehouse of the Great Northern Railway in Manchester city centre, England, which was refurbished into a leisure complex in 1999. The building is at the junction of Deansgate and Peter S ...
, a leisure complex in Manchester, England *
Great Northern Paper Company Great Northern Paper Company was a Maine-based pulp and paper manufacturer that at its peak in the 1970s and 1980s operated mills in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, and Wisconsin and produced 16.4% of the newsprint made in the United States. It was also ...
, 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 {{disambiguation