Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2247 ready to back to King Street Station to pick up its train in Seattle, Washington, May 11, 1935. Number 2247 is a class Q-6 built by Alco-Schenectady in 1923. Photo by Herman Hunt, J.M. Fredrickson collection. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive in roster photo

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2247 leads a passenger train under a pedestrian overpass and past a semaphore signal at Georgetown in Seattle, Washington, circa 1941. The Q-6 Pacific was built by the American Locomotive Company at Schenectady, New York, in 1923, and scrapped at South Tacoma, Washington, on September 2, 1953. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2247 produces a plume of smoke at the head of a passenger train out of Seattle, Washington, circa 1941. The Q-6 Pacific was built by the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York, in 1923, and scrapped in South Tacoma, Washington, in 1953. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2247 leads a passenger train past a semaphore signal just south of Georgetown in Seattle, Washington, circa 1941. The Q-6 Pacific was built by the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York, in 1923, and scrapped in South Tacoma, Washington, in 1953. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2246 at Seattle, Washington, circa 1925. The Q-6 Pacific was built in 1923 and scrapped at Brainerd, Minnesota, in 1959. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, roundhouse area

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2246 at the roundhouse in Seattle, Washington, circa 1925. The Q-6 Pacific was built in 1923 and scrapped at Brainerd, Minnesota, in 1959. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, roundhouse area

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2241 leads a passenger train in South Seattle, Washington, on May 18, 1938. The Q-5 Pacific was built by the American Locomotive Company at the Brooks Locomotive Works in Dunkirk, New York, in 1920, and scrapped in Brainerd, Minnesota, in 1953. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2232 steams past a billboard for a local brew at the head of a passenger train in Seattle, Washington, circa 1940. The Q-5 Pacific was built by the American Locomotive Company at the Brooks Locomotive Works in Dunkirk, New York, in 1920, and scrapped in Brainerd, Minnesota, in 1956. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Q-4 Pacific 2194 pushes Q-4 Pacific 2216 into the roundhouse at Seattle, Washington, in 1924. Both locomotives were built in 1910, the 2194 by Baldwin, and the 2216 by the American Locomotive Company. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, railroad crew

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2208 smokes up the sky at the head of a passenger train at Georgetown in Seattle, Washington, circa 1941. Airport Way is at left. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train