Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2602, a Class A Northern, thunders out of King Street Station at the head of a passenger train in Seattle, Washington, circa 1946. Harborview hospital is on the hill in the background. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2602, a Class A Northern, picks up speed as it leaves King Street Station at the head of a passenger train in Seattle, Washington, circa 1946. Union Station is in the background; Harborview hospital is barely visible on the hill. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2602, a Class A Northern, thunders out of King Street Station at the head of a passenger train in Seattle, Washington, circa 1946. Harborview hospital is on the hill in the background. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2603 leads a passenger train at Georgetown in Seattle, Washington, on June 14, 1941. The Class A Northern was built by the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York, in 1926, and scrapped in South Tacoma, Washington, in 1952. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2605 at the roundhouse in Seattle, Washington, circa 1946. Number 2605 is a class A built by Alco-Schenectady in 1926. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive in roster photo

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2605 at Seattle, Washington, in 1947. Number 2605 is a class A built by Alco-Schenectady in 1926. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, roster photo

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2608, a Class A Northern, leads a string of express cars out of King Street Station at Seattle, Washington, circa 1940. Harborview hospital is visible on the hill in the background. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, ice refrigerator car

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2608 at Seattle, Washington, on May 22, 1937. Number 2608, a class A built by Alco-Schenectady in 1926, 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 2610, a Class A Northern, leads a passenger train at Spokane Street in Seattle, Washington, circa 1946. The Puget Sound Electric trestle can be seen to the right of the locomotive. NP and GN trains sailed across Spokane Street nonstop whereas UP and Milwaukee Road trains, because of having to cross the NP's wye tracks, had to stop both ways. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2610 at Seattle, Washington, on May 23, 1936. Number 2610, a class A built by Alco-Schenectady in 1926, builds steam near the roundhouse. Photo by Herman Hunt, J.M. Fredrickson collection. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, roster photo