WHAT CAUSES ANTHRAX? Anthrax is caused by the organism Bacillus anthracis. In some parts of the world, this can be found in cattle or other hoofed mammals. It is infrequent in western Europe and the US, and is more likely to be found in animals in south and central America, south and east Europe, Asia and Africa.
The Great Northern Railway (reporting mark GN) was an American Class I railroad. Running from Saint Paul, Minnesota, to Seattle, Washington, it was the creation of 19th century railroad entrepreneur James J. Hill and was developed from the Saint Paul & Pacific Railroad.
Of all the many granger roads which sprawled out across the Midwest, the Chicago and North Western Railway is likely the best remembered of all. When the railroad was merged unto the Union Pacific in 1995 it was one of the oldest railroads in the Midwest, its name unchanged since 1859.Because of its age the C&NW actually has the distinction of being the first railroad to operate a train out of Chicago, the Pioneer.he other railroad to make up the original C&NW was the Chicago & Fond du Lac, chartered to build throughout northeastern Illinois and the UP of Michigan. The C&NW was born in 1859 when the C&FL was reorganized as the Chicago and North Western and then merged with the G&CU in 1864.