Northern Pacific passenger train, Harry Truman special, pauses at Auburn, Washington, in 1948. As a crowd watches, Class W-1 Mikado-type steam locomotive number 1674 is added in front of locomotive 2626 to assist the train east over the Cascades. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, steam locomotive, people

Northern Pacific passenger train, Harry Truman special, departs from the station at Auburn, Washington, in 1948. Class W-1 Mikado-type steam locomotive number 1674 leads locomotive 2626 as the train is about to turn east over the Cascades. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, steam locomotive, station, train order signal

Northern Pacific passenger train, Harry Truman special, at Auburn, Washington, in 1948. As train turns east, presidential car Ferdinand Magellan seen on rear of train. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, passenger car, railroad yard

Northern Pacific McKeen gasoline motor car number A-1 and train crew at Auburn, Washington, circa 1910. NP's only McKeen car, the A-1 was built by McKeen Car Company in 1909 and provided economical passenger service on various branch lines until the early 1920s. Copy negative. J.M. Fredrickson Collection. Other Subject Classes: McKeen car, railroad crew, railroad yard

Northern Pacific train number 1, the westbound North Coast Limited, passes the station at Auburn, Washington, on the last lap of its run into Seattle in 1945. Leading the train is new diesel freight locomotive number 6008, 5400-hp model FT, built by Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in 1944, pressed into service to handle the combined coach and Pullman sections in a detour over the Milwaukee Road between Spokane and Easton--and first diesel ever to haul a North Coast Limited into Seattle. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, diesel locomotive, station

Northern Pacific passenger train, Passenger Extra 6705A East, Casey Jones special, leaves the north-south mainline and enters the east-west mainline at Auburn, Washington, on September 4, 1967. Chartered by Casey Jones Excursions, train consists of diesel locomotive 6705, six coaches, and refreshment car en route to Ellensburg for the annual rodeo. J.M. Fredrickson Collection. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, diesel locomotive, passenger station

Northern Pacific passenger train number 401, Portland-Seattle overnight, at Auburn, Washington, in 1954, led by Class A Northern-type steam locomotive number 2602, built by American Locomotive Company in 1926. Carrying mail cars, coaches, and sleeping cars, employees nicknamed this train the "Owl." Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, steam locomotive

Northern Pacific passenger train number 401, Portland-Seattle overnight, at Auburn, Washington, in 1954, led by Class A Northern-type steam locomotive number 2602, built by American Locomotive Company in 1926. Carrying mail cars, coaches, and sleeping cars, employees nicknamed this train the "Owl." Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, steam locomotive

Northern Pacific passenger train number 407, Portland-Seattle, passes a target signal at Auburn, Washington, circa 1949, led by new passenger diesel unit number 6506, built by Electro-Motive Division in 1949. One of the top trains on the NP, the consist includes baggage car, heavyweight and lightweight coaches, restaurant-tavern car, parlor car, and Pullman sleeping cars forwarded off the Southern Pacific at Portland. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, diesel locomotive, signal, railroad yard

Northern Pacific passenger train number 407, Portland-Seattle, at Auburn, Washington, in 1949, led by Class A Northern-type steam locomotive number 2609, built by American Locomotive Company in 1926. Behind the locomotive is an express boxcar with priority freight shipments, followed by two baggage cars, coaches, restaurant-tavern car, parlor car, and Pullman sleeping cars forwarded off the Southern Pacific at Portland. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, steam locomotive, freight car