Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2552, Class S1, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive Number 2552, Class S-1, undated.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive Number 2552, Class S-1, undated.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive Number 2552, Class S-1, without tender, undated.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2553, a 2-8-4, used to pull freight to Whitefish, Montana, and Hillyard, Washington. A David Emerson photo taken in 1935.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive Number 2553 with water tank in background, Class S-1, at Hillyard, Washington, 1935.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive Number 2553, Class S-1, with passenger train leaving Saint Paul Union Depot, May 30, 1947.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2553, a Class S-1, a 4-8-4, built by Baldwin in 1929, 28"x30" cylinders, 73" drivers, 250 psi steam pressure, 472,000 pounds weight, 68,500 pounds tractive effort, these were originally purchased for passenger train in the Rocky Mountains but were hard on track and used on freight between Spokane, Washington and Troy, Montana and then sold to Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, at an unknown location. From the David Emerson Collection, a Maynard Rikerd photo, undated.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 2554, Class S1 in Hillyard, Washington, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive Number 2554, Class S-1 at Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1948. Photo by Felstead.