Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2249 at South Tacoma, Washington, on April 13, 1950. Number 2249 is a class Q-6 built by Alco-Schenectady in 1923. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive in roster photo

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2249 at Seattle, Washington, on April 13, 1935. Number 2249, a class Q-6 built by Alco-Schenectady in 1923, 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 2249 leads a passenger train past a semaphore signal two miles south of King Street Station in Seattle, Washington, circa 1940. The Q-6 Pacific was built by the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York, in 1923, and scrapped in South Tacoma, Washington, in 1954. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2249 builds its steam pressure at Seattle, Washington, circa 1940. The Q-6 Pacific, shown with a car from the North Coast Limited in the background, was built in 1923 and scrapped at South Tacoma in 1954. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, locomotive tender

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2249 leads a passenger train through a grade crossing at Airport Way in Seattle, Washington, circa 1940. The Q-6 Pacific was built by the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York, in 1923, and scrapped in South Tacoma, Washington, in 1954. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2249 leads a passenger train in South Seattle, Washington, circa 1940. The Q-6 Pacific was built by the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York, in 1923, and scrapped in South Tacoma, Washington, in 1954. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2248 leads a passenger train at Seattle, Washington, circa 1940. The Q-6 Pacific pulls a string of express and passenger cars out of King Street Station and past a semaphore signal. Smith Tower is at left. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2248 at Tacoma, Washington, on June 23, 1937. Number 2248, a class Q-6 built by Alco-Schenectady in 1923, is parked at the roundhouse. Photo by Herman Hunt, J.M. Fredrickson collection. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, roundhouse

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2248 at Tacoma, Washington, on June 23, 1937. Number 2248, a class Q-6 built by Alco-Schenectady in 1923, is parked near the Tacoma roundhouse. Photo by Herman Hunt, J.M. Fredrickson collection. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, roster photo

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2248 at Tacoma, Washington, on April 26, 1935. Number 2248, a class Q-6 built by Alco-Schenectady in 1923, is shown during a break-in run near 21st Street in Tacoma after being released from the shops. Photo by Herman Hunt, J.M. Fredrickson collection. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, roster photo