Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2608, a Class A Northern, leads a string of express cars out of King Street Station at Seattle, Washington, circa 1940. Harborview hospital is visible on the hill in the background. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, ice refrigerator car

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2608 at Seattle, Washington, on May 22, 1937. Number 2608, a class A built by Alco-Schenectady in 1926, 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 2608 at Tacoma, Washington, on September 22, 1938. The view of the boiler head for number 2608, a class A built by Alco-Schenectady in 1926, shows the gauges, valves and piping. Photo by Herman Hunt, J.M. Fredrickson collection. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, boiler head

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2608 at Tacoma, Washington, on September 22, 1938. Number 2608, a class A built by Alco-Schenectady in 1926, is parked at Tacoma. Photo by Herman Hunt, J.M. Fredrickson collection. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, roster photo

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2609 at Missoula, Montana, in August 1943. Number 2609 is a class A built by Alco-Schenectady in 1927. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive in roster photo

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2609 at Portland, Oregon, in June 1947. Number 2609, class A built by Alco-Schenectady in 1927, is parked next to Great Northern 2129. Photo by Jerry Hanson, J.M. Fredrickson collection. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, roster photo

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2609 at South Tacoma, Washington, on August 11, 1950. Number 2609 is a class A built by Alco-Schenectady in 1927. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive in roster photo

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2610 on the ready track at Pasco, Washington, circa 1946. Number 2610 is a class A built by Alco-Schenectady in 1926. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive in roster photo

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2610, a Class A Northern, leads a passenger train at Spokane Street in Seattle, Washington, circa 1946. The Puget Sound Electric trestle can be seen to the right of the locomotive. NP and GN trains sailed across Spokane Street nonstop whereas UP and Milwaukee Road trains, because of having to cross the NP's wye tracks, had to stop both ways. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train

Northern Pacific steam locomotive 2610 at Seattle, Washington, on May 23, 1936. Number 2610, a class A built by Alco-Schenectady in 1926, builds steam near the roundhouse. Photo by Herman Hunt, J.M. Fredrickson collection. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, roster photo