Great Northern Steam Locomotive Number 2575 at Hillyard, Washington, 1939.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2554, Class S1 in Hillyard, Washington, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive Number 2553 with water tank in background, Class S-1, at Hillyard, Washington, 1935.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2553, a 2-8-4, used to pull freight to Whitefish, Montana, and Hillyard, Washington. A David Emerson photo taken in 1935.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2552, a 4-8-4, used to pull freight to Whitefish, Montana, Hillyard, Washington. A David Emerson photo taken in 1934 or 1935.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive Number 2552 at Hillyard, Washington, 1935.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive Number 2552 at Hillyard, Washington, 1935.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2551, Class S1 in Hillyard, Washington, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive Number 2551 at Hillyard, Washington, 1935.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2550, Class S1 in Hillyard, Washington, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2550, a Class S-1, a 2-8-2, built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1929, 28"x30" cylinders, 73" drivers, 250 psi steam pressure, 4720,100 pounds weight, 68,500 pounds tractive effort. This class did not work out as passenger engines so they were used on freight from Spokane, Washington to Whitefish, Montana. Taken at Hillyard, Washington by David Emerson in 1935.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive Number 2550 at Hillyard, Washington, 1935.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2519, Class P2 in Hillyard, Washington, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2508, Class P2 in Hillyard, Washington, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2508, Class P2 in Hillyard, Washington, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2508, Class P2 in Hillyard, Washington, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2508, a Class P-2, a 4-8-2, built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1923, 29"x28" cylinders, 73" drivers, 210 psi steam pressure, 365,000 pounds weight, 54,823 pounds tractive effort. These were the workhorses in the 1920's and 1930's. Along with the 25-70-80 series, the 2500-2527 Mountains inaugarated the new Empire Builder trains, as seen here pulling Number 7 eastbound past the old Great Northern depot at Hillyard, Washington. From the David Emerson Collection, a Maynard Rikerd photo taken in 1934 or 1935.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2507, Class P2 in Hillyard, Washington, undated. It is missing its front truck. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2506, Class P2 in Hillyard, Washington, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2180, Class Q2 in Hillyard, Washington, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern steam locomotive Number 2129, a 2-10-2, at Hillyard, Washington.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive Number 2129 in front of shop building, Class Q-1, at Hillyard, Washington, 1935.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2127, Class Q1 in Hillyard, Washington, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2126, Class Q1 in Hillyard, Washington, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2126, Class Q1 in Hillyard, Washington, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2124, Class Q1 in Hillyard, Washington, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2117, Class Q1 in Hillyard, Washington, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive Number 211 at Hillyard, Washington, 1924.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2102, Class Q1 in Hillyard, Washington, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 205X, Class R2 in Hillyard, Washington, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.