The caboose crew of the Northern Pacific Portland time freight X335E picks up orders at the McCarver Street telegraph depot near Tacoma, Washington, on April 06, 1962. Great Northern FA number 301 is about to pass the depot on the other track. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: wood caboose, telegraph station, diesel locomotive.

The engineer of the Portland Time Freight, X335E, is the last train to pick orders at McCarver Street in Tacoma, Washington, on the last day of the station's operation on April 06, 1962. Duties were transferred to UP Junction after this point. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotive, freight train, telegraph station.

Northern Pacific 3623, an SD-45 diesel, leads eastbound detoured time freight number 606 by the Top Of The Ocean restaurant near the McCarver Street depot in Tacoma, Washington, in 1969. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotive, freight train.

Northern Pacific 5405D, an Electro-Motive Division FT, leads train number 600 by the McCarver Street station in Tacoma, Washington, on December 10, 1956. This train was rerouted due to a washout at Martin on the Stampede Pass line. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotive, freight train.

Northern Pacific 6019A leads train number 680 by McCaver Street in Tacoma, Washington, on October 30, 1969. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotive, freight train.

Northern Pacific 6502C leads the Morning Star, the Portland to Seattle connection with the Southern Pacific west coast freight traffic, east of McCarver Street in Tacoma, Washington, in May 1968. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotive, freight train.

Northern Pacific passenger train number 408, Seattle-Portland, departs Tacoma, Washington, circa 1948. Class A-1 Northern-type steam locomotive number 2626 leads the train along the waterfront. Washington. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, steam locomotive

Northern Pacific passenger train number 408, Seattle-Portland, passes McCarver Street telegraph station as it departs Tacoma, Washington, circa 1950. The train order signal on the station indicates orders waiting, and the engineer leans from the cab of diesel locomotive number 6503 to collect train orders from the train order stand. One of NP's top trains, consist includes baggage car, coaches, restaurant-tavern car, parlor car, Pullman sleeping cars for Oakland transferred at Portland to Southern Pacific. J.M. Fredrickson Collection. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, diesel locomotive, telegraph station, railroad crew, train order signal, train order stand

Northern Pacific passenger train number 408, Seattle-Portland passes McCarver St. as it departs Tacoma, Washington, in 1943, led by Class A Northern-type steam locomotive number 2603, built by American Locomotive Company in 1926. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, steam locomotive

Northern Pacific passenger train number 408, Seattle-Portland, passes wharves and industries as it departs Tacoma, Washington, on April 15, 1952, behind a three-unit 4500-hp diesel locomotive led by number 6502, a 1500-hp model F3 unit built by Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in 1947, train carries baggage car, coaches, restaurant-tavern car, parlor car, Pullman sleeping cars for Oakland transferred at Portland to Southern Pacific. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, diesel locomotive, structure