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.
Railroads in the 1800s for kids: Timeline of the Trains, Inventors and Innovators. The timeline of the famous men, innovators and inventors who developed the railroads and the steam locomotives: 1814: George Stephenson constructed a locomotive that could pull 30 tons up a hill at 4 mph. 1  Stephenson called his locomotive, the Blutcher. He is considered to be the inventor of the first steam locomotive engine for railways.