Great Northern steam locomotive 3251, a Baldwin Class O-4, at South Bellingham, Washington leading a train; photograph sequence TRWahl0547-0546 Other subject categories: Locomotive-Steam, Train-Freight

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 3251, Class O4 in Washington State, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 3251, Class O4 in Washington State, undated. Photograph by Wade Stevenson.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive 3251, a Class O-4, a 2-8-2, built by Baldwin in 1920, 28"x32" cylinders, 63" drivers, 210 psi steam pressure, 319,700 pounds weight, 64,313 pounds tractive effort. Believed to have been ordered by the Texas Pacific but canceled and purchased by the Great Northern, several of this series worked out of Spokane to Wenatchee after the 2000 series Mallets were taken in away in the late 1920s. Next came the Class 2100 2-10-2's. Photo taken at Hillyard, Washington by David Emerson photo in 1935.

Great Northern Steam Locomotive Number 3251 at Hillyard, Washington, 1935.

Great Northern steam locomotive 3251 at Grand Forks, North Dakota on September 30, 1955. Class O-4. Stored, out of service. Norm Priebe Collection. Photograph by F.G. Zahn. Black & white negative, 35mm. Other Subject classes: Steam locomotive

Great Northern steam locomotive 3250 at Willmar, Minnesota on October 7, 1960. Class O-4. Photograph by Norm Priebe, 'Sunset on Steam'. Black & white negative, 2 1/4 inch x 3 1/4 inch. Other subject classes: Steam Locomotive

Great Northern steam locomotive 3250 at Willmar, Minnesota on October 7, 1960. Class O-4. Photograph by Norm Priebe. Black & white negative, 2 1/4 inch x 3 1/4 inch. Other subject classes: Steam Locomotive

Great Northern steam locomotive 3250 at Willmar, Minnesota on August 3, 1958. Class O-4. 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 3250 leading the "Goodman Wonder Shows" train at Minot, North Dakota on July 6, 1941.