A Northern Pacific steam locomotive leads a freight train in the Yakima River Canyon near Ellensburg, Washington, on July 23, 1937. The route follows the Yakima River between Ellensburg and Yakima, Washington. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive , freight train

Great Western Railway 2-8-0 steam locomotive number 51 makes a station stop at Ellensburg, Washington, in October 1990, with a consist of three passenger cars. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Great Western Railway 2-8-0 steam locomotive number 51 blows out its cylinder cocks at Ellensburg, Washington, in October 1990. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 1 at Ellensburg, Washington, circa 1910. Number 1 is a class M built by Baldwin in 1886 for service on the Stampede Pass switchbacks while numbered 500. Photo by Jack McKee, J.M. Fredrickson collection. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, roster photo

Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway steam locomotive number 700 at Ellensburg, Washington, in October 1990. The conductor of the Yakima Canyon Dinner Train during a stop at the Ellensburg depot, waits to assist passengers loading the excursion led by SP&S 700 on the return trip to Yakima in 1990. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train, passenger depot.

Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway steam locomotive number 700 at Ellensburg, Washington, in October 1990. SP&S 700 stopped at the Ellensburg depot during an excursion trip, cut of from the consist and moved to take water in both its tender and auxilary tender in 1990. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train, passenger depot.

Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway steam locomotive number 700 at Ellensburg, Washington, in October 1990. People gather to watch the Yakima Canyon Dinner Train led by SP&S 700, before it departs from the Ellensburg depot in 1990. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train, passenger depot.

Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway steam locomotive number 700 at Ellensburg, Washington, in October 1990. People gather to watch the Yakima Canyon Dinner Train led by SP&S 700, before it departs from the Ellensburg depot in 1990. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train, passenger depot.