Northern Pacific steam locomotive number 2626, Class A-1 Northern-type, leads a single coach deadheading to Portland to pick up Richard Nixon special in 1952. Special train subsequently canceled, pre-empted by Checkers speech. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger car

Northern Pacific steam locomotive number 2626, Class A-1 Northern-type, leads a single coach deadheading to Portland to pick up Richard Nixon special in 1952. Special train subsequently canceled, pre-empted by Checkers speech. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger car

Northern Pacific Class A-1 steam locomotive number 2626 gets up to track speed as it hauls a passenger train away from Georgetown in Seattle, Washington, circa 1950. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Northern Pacific Class A-1 steam locomotive number 2626 at track speed as it hauls a northbound passenger train north of the station at Black River, Washington, circa 1933. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Northern Pacific Class A-1 steam locomotive number 2626 at track speed as it hauls a northbound passenger train north of Black River, Washington, circa 1933. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Northern Pacific Class A-1 steam locomotive number 2626 moves out of the yard at Auburn, Washington, after leaving its freight train, circa 1933. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive,

Northern Pacific Class A-1 steam locomotive number 2626 as it hauls a northbound passenger train at track speed, north of Allentown, Washington, circa 1939. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Northern Pacific steam locomotive number 2608, Class A Northern-type, leads passenger train number 408, Seattle-Portland, upgrade at Tacoma-15th St. Tower, Washington, on April 13, 1949. Train is detouring over drawbridge-Prairie line due to earthquake damage on normal Point Defiance line. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train, detour

Northern Pacific steam locomotive number 2605, a Class A Northern-type built in 1926, leads the westbound North Coast Limited passenger train at Jamestown, North Dakota, on July 30, 1934. Photo by Herman Hunt, J.M. Fredrickson collection. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, steam locomotive, ice dock

Northern Pacific Class T steam locomotive number 2382 enters the 11th subdivision at Black River, Washington, with a work train, circa 1926. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, work train