Northern Pacific troop train, Passenger Extra 2608 West, departs Tacoma, Washington, circa 1950. Class A Northern-type steam locomotive number 2608 leads express box cars and Pullman sleeping cars off the drawbridge line through the Tacoma tideflats. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: troop train, steam locomotive, freight car, passenger car, railroad yard

Northern Pacific passenger train 416, the East Auburn-Tacoma connection, at Tacoma-Reservation, Washington, in 1953.Class Q-4 Pacific-type steam locomotive number 2216 has led the baggage car, coach, and parlor on its roundtrip to connect with train 26 at East Auburn and returns empty to Tacoma before making another run in the evening to connect with train number 2. Employees nicknamed these connection trains the "vaudeville" for their repeated turns during the day. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, steam locomotive, passenger car