Milwaukee Road electric locomotive Number E-4, at Renton, Washington in 1948. Number E-4, a bipolar electric locomotive, leads the Olympian Hiawatha through Renton, Washington in May, 1948. Photograph by Al Farrow.

Milwaukee Road electric locomotive Number E23A at Renton, Washington in 1953.

Milwaukee Road electric locomotive Number E23A at Renton, Washington in 1953. Number E23A, part of a class EP-1A two-unit passenger motor, leads the westbound Olympian Hiawatha through Renton, Washington in 1953.

May Creek Logging Company freight train near Renton, Washington, in 1912. Flat cars loaded with logs led by Climax-type steam locomotive number 2 passing beneath Pacific Coast Railroad trestle over May Creek en route to Lake Washington, locomotive and train crews. Other Subject Classes: freight cars, steam locomotives, railroad employees, railroad bridges.

Interurban railroad electrical substation at Renton, Washington, circa 1910. View west along Third Street toward Walla Walla Avenue, later Houser Way, with interurban substation, Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad mainline on Walla Walla. Other Subject Classes: railroad electrification, railroad mainline, miscellanea.

Great Northern Railway diesel locomotive number 77 at Renton, Washington, circa 1953. Front of Electro-Motive model SW1 diesel locomotive in service on Pacific Coast Railroad leading caboose west near Cedar River bridge after delivering cars to industries, joining shared Pacific Coast/Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad mainline, Milwaukee trolley wire overhead. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotives, railroad mainline, railroad bridges, railroad electrification.

Great Northern Railway diesel locomotive number 77 at Renton, Washington, circa 1953. Front of Electro-Motive model SW1 diesel locomotive in service on Pacific Coast Railroad standing, with engineer Fritz Soderback. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotives, railroad employees.

Great Northern Railway diesel locomotive number 77 at Renton, Washington, circa 1952. Left front of Electro-Motive Division model SW1 diesel locomotive in Pacific Coast Railroad service, engineer Fritz Soderback, caboose, at east Renton junction. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotives, railroad employees, cabooses.

Great Northern Railway diesel locomotive number 77 at Renton, Washington, circa 1952. Left front of Electro-Motive Division model SW1 diesel locomotive in Pacific Coast Railroad service, engineer Fritz Soderback, caboose, at east Renton junction. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotives, railroad employees, cabooses.