Northern States Railroad
| Reporting mark | NSR NSRR |
|---|---|
| Locale | Cascadia, Midwest, Montana, North Dakota. |
| Dates of operation | 1891–1969 |
| Successor | North American System |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Headquarters | Northern United States, Cascadia. |
The Northern States Railroad would be chartered in 1891 to Rival the Great Northern Railway and the Northern Pacific Railway and Milwaukee Road being formed of many abandoned lines by smaller railroads by the US Federal Government being merged with 6 Other Railroads in 1969 to form the North American System. The NSR would be a Class I railroad being one of the most profitable during the early 1900s and 1940s as the Railroad being a Major Rival had to do very treachrous things and introduce new tech and better marketing to win Customers over the GN and MILW.
NSR Had 3 Passenger Services with the Most Popular being the Trans-American Express which would run from Chicago via Billings and Bellingham down to Seattle and its Communter Service in Washington, Plus the Rocky Mountaineer Flyer. Both the Communter Srvice and the TAE would be discountied in 1970 by the NAS with the RMF being handled by the nowandays NAS RMFS. NSR would be a major part of the North American System Merger being the largest railroad in it and would be one of the causes for the Burlington Northern Merger.