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

Great Northern Railway steam locomotive 1014 at Black River, Washington in 1925. A view of steam locomotive 1014, Class E-14, with passenger cars. Visible overhead are electrical wires on an adjacent track. Photograph by James Turner. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Steam, Train-Passenger.

Great Northern Railway steam locomotive 1028 at Black River, Washington in 1925. A 3/4 view of steam locomotive 1028, Class E-14, with freight cars. Photograph by James Turner. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Steam, .

Great Northern Railway steam locomotive 1714 at Black River, Washington in 1938. A view of steam locomotive 1714, Class H-6, with passenger cars. Visible in the background is a semaphore and a sign adjacent to the tracks with text: RR CROSSING / ONE MILE. Mile marker posted on semaphore: 11 Photograph by James Turner. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Steam, Train-Passenger.

Great Northern Railway steam locomotive 2105 at Black River, Washington, undated. A view of steam locomotive 2105, Class Q-1, with freight cars. The locomotive is displaying white flags. Visible overhead are electrical wires on adjacent tracks. Photograph by James Turner. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Steam, Train-Freight.

Great Northern Railway steam locomotive 2122 at Black River, Washington, undated. A view of steam locomotive 2122, Class Q-1, with freight cars. The locomotive is displaying white flags. Visible overhead are electrical wires on adjacent tracks. Photograph by James Turner. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Steam, Train-Freight.

Great Northern Railway steam locomotive 2124 at Black River, Washington, undated. A view of steam locomotive 2124, Class Q-1, with freight cars. The locomotive is displaying white flags. A crew member is leaning out of the window of the locomotive?s cab. Visible overhead are electrical wires on adjacent tracks and on a siding is a freight car at a warehouse building. Photograph by James Turner. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Steam, Train-Freight.

Great Northern Railway steam locomotive 2129 at Black River, Washington, undated. A view of steam locomotive 2129, Class Q-1, with freight cars. The locomotive is displaying white flags. Overhead are electrical wires on adjacent tracks. Photograph by James Turner. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Steam, Train-Freight.

Great Northern Railway steam locomotive 2179 at Black River, Washington, undated. A view of steam locomotive 2179, Class Q-2, with freight cars. The locomotive is displaying white flags. Visible overhead are electrical wires on adjacent tracks. Photograph by James Turner. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Steam, Train-Freight.

Great Northern Railway steam locomotive 2185 at Black River, Washington in 1953. A view of steam locomotive 2185, Class Q-2, with freight cars. Photograph by James Turner. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Steam, Train-Freight.

Great Northern Railway steam locomotive 2500 at Black River, Washington, undated. A view of steam locomotive 2500, Class P-2, with passenger cars. Also in the picture are a train order signal, the Black River depot, and a switch stand in front of the depot. Photograph by James Turner. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Steam, Train-Passenger.

Great Northern Railway steam locomotive 2501 at Black River, Washington in 1934. A view of steam locomotive 2501, Class P-2, with passenger cars. In the background is a semaphore with mile marker 11 and a sign adjacent to the tracks with text: RR CROSSING / ONE MILE. Photograph by James Turner. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Steam, Train-Passenger.

Great Northern Railway steam locomotive 2501 at Black River, Washington in 1937. A view of steam locomotive 2501, Class P-2, with passenger cars. Photograph by James Turner. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Steam, Train-Passenger.

Great Northern Railway steam locomotive 2501 at Black River, Washington, undated. A view of steam locomotive 2501, Class P-2, with a single passenger car. The locomotive is displaying white flags. Overhead are electrical wires on adjacent tracks. A crew member is leaning out of the window of the locomotive?s cab. Photograph by James Turner. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Steam, Train-Passenger.

Great Northern Railway steam locomotive 2501 at Black River, Washington, undated. A view of steam locomotive 2501, Class P-2, with passenger cars. Overhead are electrical wires on adjacent tracks. Photograph by James Turner. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Steam, Train-Passenger.

Great Northern Railway steam locomotive 2503 at Black River, Washington in 1934. A view of steam locomotive 2503, Class P-2, with passenger cars. Photograph by James Turner. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Steam, Train-Passenger.

Great Northern Railway steam locomotive 2504 at Black River, Washington in 1935. A view of steam locomotive 2504, Class P-2, with passenger cars. Overhead are electrical wires on adjacent tracks. In the background are a semaphore and numerous signal lights on both sides of the tracks. Photograph by James Turner. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Steam, Train-Passenger.

Great Northern Railway steam locomotive 2504 at Black River, Washington in 1940. A view of steam locomotive 2504, Class P-2, with passenger cars. Overhead are electrical wires on adjacent tracks. Photograph by James Turner. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Steam, Train-Passenger.

Great Northern Railway steam locomotive 2504 at Black River, Washington in 1941. A view of steam locomotive 2504, Class P-2, with passenger cars. Overhead are electrical wires on adjacent tracks. Photograph by James Turner. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Steam, Train-Passenger.

Great Northern Railway steam locomotive 2504 at Black River, Washington in Undated. A view of steam locomotive 2504, Class P-2, with passenger cars. Overhead are electrical wires on adjacent tracks. Photograph by James Turner. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Steam, Train-Passenger.

Great Northern Railway steam locomotive 2504 at Black River, Washington, undated. A view of steam locomotive 2504, Class P-2, with passenger cars. Overhead are electrical wires on adjacent tracks. A crew member is visible in the cab of the locomotive. Photograph by James Turner. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Steam, Train-Passenger.

Great Northern Railway steam locomotive 2504 at Black River, Washington, undated. A view of steam locomotive 2504, Class P-2, with passenger cars. Overhead are electrical wires on adjacent tracks. Photograph by James Turner. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Steam, Train-Passenger.

Great Northern Railway steam locomotive 2504 at Black River, Washington, undated. A view of steam locomotive 2504, Class P-2, with passenger cars. Overhead are electrical wires on adjacent tracks. Photograph by James Turner. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Steam, Train-Passenger.

Great Northern Railway steam locomotive 3210 at Black River, Washington in 1948. A view of steam locomotive 3210, Class O-4, with freight cars. Overhead is an electrical wire on an adjacent track. In the background is a signal light board. Photograph by James Turner. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Steam, Train-Freight.

Great Northern Railway steam locomotive number 2119 at Black River, Washington, in 1947. Great Northern Railway 2119, a 2-10-2, blasts by Black River with a freight train in 1947. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, freight train.

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 1682 leads a freight train past a semaphore signal near Black River, Washington, circa 1925. The W-1 Mikado was built in 1910. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive , freight train

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 1672 leads a freight train at Black River, Washington, on August 28, 1938. The W-1 Mikado was built in 1910. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive , freight train

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 1685 leads a log train near Black River, Washington, circa 1940. The W-1 Mikado was built in 1910 and scrapped at Brainerd, Minnesota, in 1959. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive , freight train

Northern Pacific passenger train number 407, Portland-Seattle, at Black River, Washington, circa 1947. Class A Northern-type steam locomotive number 2602 leads the long train, which includes three new streamlined coaches, past Longacres Racetrack at left. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, steam locomotive, passenger car

Northern Pacific passenger train number 407, Portland-Seattle, at Black River, Washington, in 1947, led by Class A Northern-type steam locomotive number 2610, built by American Locomotive Company in 1926. One of NP's top trains, consist includes two baggage cars, coaches, restaurant-tavern car, parlor car, and Pullman sleeping cars forwarded off the Southern Pacific at Portland. At right is the joint Milwaukee Road - Union Pacific mainline between Black River Jct. and Tacoma Jct. J.M. Fredrickson Collection. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, steam locomotive, catenary