A Northern Pacific freight train with a wood caboose head into the 11th subdivison Lake Washington Belt Line, circa 1941. A crewman grabs train orders as the train rolls through Black River, Washington. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: freight train, wood caboose

Railroad workers confer at the end of a Northern Pacific freight train with a wood caboose at Black River, Washington, circa 1941. Note the man perched on top of the refrigerator car. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: freight train, wood caboose

A Great Northern steam locomotive leads a passenger train, circa 1941. The southbound train smokes up the sky as it pounds through Black River, Washington. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train