Union Pacific type GP9 297 at depot track at Butte with Union Pacific "Butte Special" passenger train in 1964. Photograph by Alden Raney. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Diesel.

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 4501 at Butte, Montana, on August 19, 1949. Number 4501 is a class Z-4 built by Alco-Richmond in 1923. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, roster photo

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 4501 at Butte, Montana, on August 19, 1949. Number 4501 is a class Z-4 built by Alco-Richmond in 1923. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, roster photo

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 4500 at Butte, Montana, on August 19, 1949. Number 4500 is a class Z-4 built by Alco-Richmond in 1923. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, roster photo

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 4500 at Butte, Montana, on August 19, 1949. Number 4500 is a class Z-4 built by Alco-Richmond in 1923. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, roster photo

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 402 at Butte, Montana, circa 1902. A crew member poses on Number 402, a class D-6 built by Rogers in 1899, at the engine facility. She was formerly St. Paul & Duluth Railroad No. 65. Photo by R.C. Lean, J.M. Fredrickson collection. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, roster photo

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 36 at Butte, Montana, on August 19, 1949. Number 36, a class Y built by Schenectady in 1898, poses with its rods down at the roundhouse. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, roundhouse

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 36 at Butte, Montana, on August 19, 1949. Number 36, a class Y built by Schenectady in 1898, poses with its rods down at the roundhouse. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, roundhouse

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 35 at Butte, Montana, on August 19, 1949. Number 35, a class Y built by Schenectady in 1898, is coupled to a Burlington Route stock car in the yard. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, freight yard, stock car

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 35 at Butte, Montana, on August 19, 1949. Number 35, a class Y built by Schenectady in 1898, is coupled to a Burlington Route stock car in the yard. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, freight yard, stock car