Northern Pacific passenger train 416, the East Auburn-Tacoma connection, at Tacoma-Reservation, Washington, in 1953.Class Q-4 Pacific-type steam locomotive number 2216 has led the baggage car, coach, and parlor on its roundtrip to connect with train 26 at East Auburn and returns empty to Tacoma before making another run in the evening to connect with train number 2. Employees nicknamed these connection trains the "vaudeville" for their repeated turns during the day. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, steam locomotive, passenger car

Northern Pacific troop train, Passenger Extra 2608 West, departs Tacoma, Washington, circa 1950. Class A Northern-type steam locomotive number 2608 leads express box cars and Pullman sleeping cars off the drawbridge line through the Tacoma tideflats. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: troop train, steam locomotive, freight car, passenger car, railroad yard

Southern Pacific 6387 leads Northern Pacific train number 685, a Seattle-Portland scheduled freight through Reservation in Tacoma, Washington, on October 22, 1967. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotive, freight train, trestle bridge.

Southern Pacific 6387 leads Northern Pacific train number 685, a Seattle-Portland scheduled freight by the Reservation tower in Tacoma, Washington, on October 22, 1967. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotive, freight train, telegraph station.