Great Northern electric locomotive 5025, a General Electric demonstration locomotive later returned to General Electric and sold to the Pennsylvania Railroad in Skykomish, Washington, 1952. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern electric locomotive 5019, Class W1 in Skykomish, Washington, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern electric locomotive 5019, Class W1 in Washington State, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern electric locomotive 5019, Class W1 in Washington State, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Electric Locomotive 5018 at Skykomish, Washington, undated, freshly washed, in orange and green paint scheme. Other subject classes: Locomotive

Great Northern electric locomotive 5018, Class W1 in Skykomish, Washington, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Electric Locomotive 5018 at Skykomish, Washington, undated, in orange and green paint scheme. Other subject classes: Locomotive

A photograph of the last run on the Great Northern powered by an electric lomotive, eastward from Skykomish to Wenatchee, Washington. Andy Strom was the engineer, Ted Cleveland, the fireman. George Leu Collection, Great Northern Railway Historical Society Archives

Great Northern electric locomotive 5017, Class Y1 in Skykomish, Washington, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern electric locomotive 5017, Class Y1 in Skykomish, Washington, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.