Northern Pacific passenger train number 4, the eastbound Alaskan, nears the summit of Stampede Pass and passes the station at Stampede, Washington, on a sunny, snowy day in 1949. Leading is Class A 4-8-4 Northern-type steam locomotive number 2609, built by American Locomotive Company in 1926; in the cab is engineer Louis Butt. A W-3 2-8-2 Mikado-type locomotive pushes on the rear to assist the seven-car train up the 2.2% grade. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, steam locomotive, telegraph station, railroad crew, mountains

Northern Pacific passenger train number 4, the eastbound Alaskan, nears the summit of Stampede Pass at Stampede, Washington, on a sunny, snowy day in February 1950. Leading is brand-new 4500-hp Electro-Motive Division diesel passenger diesel number 6513. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, diesel locomotive, mountains, water tank

Northern Pacific passenger train number 4, the eastbound Alaskan, rounds the curve entering Stampede, Washington, in September 1949, led by new passenger diesel unit number 6506, built by Electro-Motive Division that year. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, diesel locomotive, mountains

Northern Pacific passenger train number 4, the eastbound Alaskan, approaching New Stampede, Washington, on a snowy but sunny day in 1949. Leading is brand-new passenger diesel locomotive number 6510, three-unit 4500-hp. model F7, built that year by Electro-Motive Division of General Motors. The seven-car secondary transcontinental train consists of Railway Post Office car, baggage, coaches, cafe car. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, diesel locomotive, mountains

Northern Pacific passenger train number 4, the eastbound Alaskan, passes the station at New Stampede, Washington, in 1945. Two Q-6 Pacific-type steam locomotives are needed to haul even this modest six-car train up the 2.2% grade of Stampede Pass; at the depot the front locomotive crew picks up the staff from the telegraph operator for clearance through Stampede Tunnel, ahead. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, steam locomotive, telegraph station, mountains

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 4009 leads an eastbound freight train at New Stampede, Washington, on June 22, 1924. The Z-3 Mallet was built by the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York, in 1913, and scrapped in Brainerd, Minnesota, in 1949. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive , freight train

Northern Pacific mountain switchback right-of-way can still be seen at Stampede, Washington, circa 1925. The countryside around Stampede Pass shows signs of logging. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: mountain right-of-way, landscape

Mountains from Stampede, Washington, in 1981. Kelly Butte, foreground, Mt. Rainier behind. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: mountains

Electo-Motive Division (EMD) FT demonstrator locomotive during tests with Dynamometer car number 276 at New Stampede, Washington, in March 1940. J.M. Fredrickson collection. Other Subject Classes: dynamometer car, diesel locomotive, freight train.

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company passenger train at Stampede, Washington, in 1949. A Milwaukee Road observation car brings up the rear of a westbound detour of the Hiawatha over the Northern Pacific's Stampede Pass line. The train is lead by helper Northern Pacific 5410 and road engine Northern Pacific2250 and a Milwaukee Road electric locomotive. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, observation car, detour