Northern Pacific steam locomotive number 1096, Class L-9 0-6-0, switches passenger cars in the coach yard at Tacoma, Washington, circa 1935. Engine coupled to 1910-vintage reserved seat coach. Photo by Herman Hunt, J.M. Fredrickson collection. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger car, railroad yard

Northern Pacific steam locomotive number 2187, Class Q-4 Pacific-type locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1909, leads second engine and two coaches through Union Station at Tacoma, Washington, circa 1940. Train is probably deadheading to Portland to bring two specials north. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger station, railroad yard

Northern Pacific steam locomotive number 2261, Class Q-6 Pacific-type, switches passenger cars at Union Station in Tacoma, Washington, circa 1950. Photo by Herman Hunt, J.M. Fredrickson collection. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger cars, passenger station, railroad yard

Northern Pacific Class Q-6 Pacific-type steam locomotive number 2262 leads an East Auburn connection passenger train across the Foss Waterway drawbridge trestle, bridge 39, approaching 15th Street, in Tacoma, Washington, circa 1950. Photo by Al Harris, J.M. Fredrickson collection. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger

Northern Pacific steam locomotive number 2265 leads passenger train number 408, Seattle-Portland, at Tacoma, Washington, circa 1935. Viewed from a nearby building, the engineer in the locomotive cab accelerates his train along the Tacoma waterfront. J.M. Fredrickson Collection. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, railroad crew, passenger train

Northern Pacific steam locomotive number 2608, Class A Northern-type, leads passenger train number 408, Seattle-Portland, upgrade at Tacoma-15th St. Tower, Washington, on April 13, 1949. Train is detouring over drawbridge-Prairie line due to earthquake damage on normal Point Defiance line. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger train, detour

Northern Pacific steam locomotive number 2626, Class A-1 Northern-type, leads a single coach deadheading to Portland to pick up Richard Nixon special in 1952. Special train subsequently canceled, pre-empted by Checkers speech. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger car

Northern Pacific steam locomotive number 2626, Class A-1 Northern-type, leads a single coach deadheading to Portland to pick up Richard Nixon special in 1952. Special train subsequently canceled, pre-empted by Checkers speech. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, passenger car

Two Northern Pacific class W-3 locomotives help a freight train up the South Tacoma Hill on the Prairie Line in Tacoma, Washington, circa 1953. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, helper locomotive, freight train.

Northern Pacific telegraph operator Miriam Watson at teletype machine in dispatchers office at Tacoma, Washington, circa 1950. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson . Other Subject Classes: railroad employee, dispatchers office, communications equipment