Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2248 leads a passenger train at Seattle, Washington, circa 1940. The Q-6 Pacific pulls a string of express and passenger cars out of King Street Station and past a semaphore signal. Smith Tower is at left. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2249 leads a passenger train in South Seattle, Washington, circa 1940. The Q-6 Pacific was built by the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York, in 1923, and scrapped in South Tacoma, Washington, in 1954. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2249 leads a passenger train past a semaphore signal two miles south of King Street Station in Seattle, Washington, circa 1940. The Q-6 Pacific was built by the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York, in 1923, and scrapped in South Tacoma, Washington, in 1954. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2249 leads a passenger train through a grade crossing at Airport Way in Seattle, Washington, circa 1940. The Q-6 Pacific was built by the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York, in 1923, and scrapped in South Tacoma, Washington, in 1954. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2249 builds its steam pressure at Seattle, Washington, circa 1940. The Q-6 Pacific, shown with a car from the North Coast Limited in the background, was built in 1923 and scrapped at South Tacoma in 1954. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, locomotive tender

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2249 at Seattle, Washington, on April 13, 1935. Number 2249, a class Q-6 built by Alco-Schenectady in 1923, is parked near the Seattle roundhouse. Photo by Herman Hunt, J.M. Fredrickson collection. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, roster photo

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2249 leads a passenger train at King Street Station in Seattle, Washington, circa 1940. The Q-6 Pacific was built by the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York, in 1923, and scrapped in South Tacoma, Washington, in 1954. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2249 leads a passenger train at Seattle, Washington, circa 1940. The Q-6 Pacific pulls a string of express and passenger cars out of King Street Station. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2250 at Seattle, Washington, on May 23, 1936. Number 2250, a class Q-6 built by Alco-Schenectady in 1923, backs from the Seattle Roundhouse toward King Street Station to pick up a train. Photo by Herman Hunt, J.M. Fredrickson collection. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, roster photo

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2250 steams under a highway overpass at the head of a passenger train in Seattle, Washington, on September 18, 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 1954. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train