Great Northern Railway diesel locomotive 511 at Seattle, Washington in 1948.

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US WaBuPNRA D0063-003-014-001-002-JATGDiesel_511aSeattleC1948

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Great Northern Railway diesel locomotive 511 at Seattle, Washington in 1948.

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  • 1948 (Creation)

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1 photograph

Name of creator

(1887-1951)

Biographical history

James A. Turner was a streetcar conductor in the Ballard and Fremont neighborhoods of Seattle, Washington and often photographed people and sites along his routes and railroad subjects in the Seattle area. James Turner married Kathryn Raymond on September 3, 1927.

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Great Northern Railway diesel locomotive 511 at Seattle, Washington in 1948. A view of Class EA-7 diesel locomotive 511 with passenger cars in downtown Seattle emerging from a tunnel. Visible are: a telegraph relay building, multiple track signals, several buildings in the Seattle area, and a retaining wall structure. Photograph by James Turner. Other subject classes: Locomotive-Diesel, Train-Passenger.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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Custodial history

Ownership of Great Northern Railway subjects in the Walter W. Ainsworth Collection resides in the the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive unless otherwise noted.

Immediate source of acquisition

Donated by Walter W. Ainsworth. Accrual W2013-44 received October 15, 2013.

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Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013

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