page_title: Western Star (train)
hierarchical_section_title: Western Star (train)
caption_attribution_description: Photo of the Great Northern streamliner the Western Star which traveled between Chicago and Seattle.
context_page_description: The Western Star was a named passenger train operated by the Great Northern Railway between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest via Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. Between Chicago and St. Paul the train used the route of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad; in later years eastbound passengers were accommodated on Burlington trains east of St. Paul. Through cars from the train operated between Spokane, Washington and Portland, Oregon via the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway. It operated from 1951 to 1971.
context_section_description: The Western Star was a named passenger train operated by the Great Northern Railway between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest via  Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. Between Chicago and St. Paul the train used the route of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad; in later years eastbound passengers were accommodated on Burlington trains east of St. Paul. Through cars from the train operated between Spokane, Washington and Portland, Oregon via the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway. It operated from 1951 to 1971.
caption: Western Star in the Cascades, 1951
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