Great Northern diesel locomotive 502 an Electro-Motive Division Type E7A, at Bellingham, Washington at depot with northbound passenger train; photograph sequence TRWahl0332-0331. Other subject categories: Locomotive-Diesel, Train-Passenger

Great Northern diesel locomotive 502 an Electro-Motive Division Type E7A, at Bellingham, Washington leading southbound passenger train; tank car PST X100 partially visible, photograph taken in or near the Great Northern yard. Other subject categories: Locomotive-Diesel, Train-Passenger

Great Northern Diesel Locomotive 502, undated. The photograph shows an Electro-Motive Division Type E-7, Great Northern Class E-7. The locomotive is painted in the original green and orange scheme. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Diesel

Great Northern Diesel Locomotive 503, Class E7 in King Street Station, Seattle, Washington, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Diesel Locomotive 503, Class E7 in King Street Station, Seattle, Washington, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Diesel Locomotive 503 at Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 4, 1970, diesel locomotive number 503, an Electro-Motive Division type E-7, (leading the "Badger "). Other subject classes: Passenger train

Great Northern Diesel Locomotive 503 at Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1968, an Electro-Motive Division type E-7 in the simplified orange/green paint scheme (leading a train). Other subject classes: Locomotive

Great Northern Diesel Locomotive 503, Class E7 in Washington State, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Diesel Locomotive 503 leading a Passenger Train at Interbay, Washington in 1947. Note the powerhouse smokestack, water tower, steam locomotive oil tower, and sanding tower in background from left-to-right . Diesel Locomotive 503, a Class E-7, takes out the Empire Builder at Interbay past steam engine 3216, a Class O-4. Notes by photographer Hal Will: 'The new diesel Empire Builder - this new train, headed north and east to Chicago, showed corporate pride in passenger rolling stock. The design and consistently matching paint job advertis ed a quality train. The freight steamer at right was waiting to follow the 'Builder' out. Crewman said these diesel engines were the first where a cup of coffee could rest on a shelf without spilling while the train was moving. Even the newest steam engines were soon called rib bruisers or other unpleasant names describing a rough ride. [HW] ' Other subject classes: Dsl Loco / Pass Trn

Great Northern Diesel Locomotive 503 leading a Passenger Train at Interbay, Washington in 1947. Note the powerhouse smokestack, water tower, steam locomotive oil tower, and sanding tower in background from left-to-right . Diesel Locomotive 503, a Class E-7, takes out the Empire Builder at Interbay past steam engine 3216, a Class O-4. Notes by photographer Hal Will: 'The new diesel Empire Builder - this new train, headed north and east to Chicago, showed corporate pride in passenger rolling stock. The design and consistently matching paint job advertis ed a quality train. The freight steamer at right was waiting to follow the 'Builder' out. Crewman said these diesel engines were the first where a cup of coffee could rest on a shelf without spilling while the train was moving. Even the newest steam engines were soon called rib bruisers or other unpleasant names describing a rough ride. [HW] ' Other subject classes: Dsl Loco / Pass Trn