Colored postcard of Tacoma Hotel and Northern Pacific trains on a moonlit night in Tacoma, Washington, circa 1900. Passenger train and switch engine with passenger cars move through the yard below the hotel. J.M. Fredrickson Collection. Other Subject Classes: structure, passenger train

Port Townsend Railroad diesel locomotive number 11 switches grain cars at Tacoma, Washington, in August 1975, soon after the railroad ceased operation in Port Townsend. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotive , covered hopper car.

Port Townsend Railroad diesel locomotive number 11 switches grain cars at Tacoma, Washington, in August 1975, soon after the railroad ceased operation in Port Townsend. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotive , covered hopper car.

Port of Tacoma flatcar number 209 being loaded from a cargo ship dockside at Tacoma, Washington, in August 1980. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: flatcar, ship, dock.

Port of Tacoma Alco C415 diesel locomotive number 705 parked at Tacoma, Washington dock, in August 1980. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotive, switching locomotive.

Point Defiance Tacoma and Edison Railway streetcar with passengers and crew posing for a photograph at Tacoma, Washington, circa 1894. J.M. Fredrickson collection. Other Subject Classes: streetcar

Point Defiance Tacoma and Edison Railway streetcar number 16 pulled by a steam powered locomotive number 3 in the heavily wooded Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, Washington, circa 1891. J.M. Fredrickson collection. Other Subject Classes: streetcar, steam locomotive

Point Defiance Tacoma and Edison Railway streetcar number 16 pulled by a steam powered locomotive number 3 in the heavily wooded Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, Washington, circa 1891. J.M. Fredrickson collection. Other Subject Classes: streetcar, steam locomotive

Plat Map of Northern Pacific facilities at Tacoma, Washington, undated, Sheet Number 1, Line Segment 608, showing the Tideflats Yard, industry spurs.

Plat Map of Northern Pacific facilities at Tacoma, Washington, undated, Sheet Number 2, Line Segment 608, showing the Tideflats Yard, industry spurs.