Great Northern steam locomotive 2055 at Superior, Wisconsin on May 17, 1959. Class R-2. Norm Priebe Collection. Photograph by Vierkant. Black & white negative, 2 7/8 inch x 4 3/4 inch. Other Subject classes: Steam locomotive

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2055, Class R2, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2056 at Interbay, Washington in 1947. Steam Locomotive 2056, a Class R-2, filling oil & water. Notes by photographer Hal Will: 'The huge tender is receiving oil and water simultaneously near the Interbay roundhouse. The Great Northern goat "Rocky" first appeared on the 1923 herald design seen on this tender [HW]'. Other subject classes: Stm Loco

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2056 at Interbay, Washington in 1947. Two sand reservoirs are filled simultaneously near the Interbay roundhouse. Steam Locomotive, filling front sand boxes. Photographer Hal Will. Other subject classes: Stm Loco

Great Northern steam locomotive 2056 at Superior, Wisconsin on August 21, 1957. Class R-2. Norm Priebe Collection. Photograph by Guernsey. Black & white negative, 2 1/2 inch x 4 1/4 inch. Other Subject classes: Steam locomotive

Great Northern steam locomotive 2056 at Superior, Wisconsin on May 17, 1956. Class R-2. Norm Priebe Collection. Photograph by Vierkant. Black & white negative, 2 7/8 inch x 4 3/4 inch. Other Subject classes: Steam locomotive

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2056 between Ballard and Richmond Beach, Washington in 1947. Steam Locomotive 2056, a Class R-2, at the Carkeek Park bend with smoke. Photographer Hal Will. Other subject classes: Stm Loco

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2056, Class R2 in Washington State, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2056, a Class R-2, a 2-8-8-2, built in Hillyard Shops in 1929-1930, 28"x32" cylinders, 63" drivers, 240 psi steam pressure, 630,750 pounds weight, 153,000 pounds tractive effort, these were the highest rated tractive effort of all the steam locomotives with higher pulling power than the touted Big Boys of the Union Pacific, though not as speedy. Taken at an unknown location. A David Emerson photo, undated.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2057, Class R2 in Hillyard, Washington, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.