GN "Hustle Muscle" sits outside the museum as a BNSF coal train passes.

EMD's first production SD45, Great Northern "Hustle Muscle" No. 400, greets former EMD FP7 demonstrator Soo Line 2500A. The f-unit had just been restored and was being positioned for pho... (more)

Recreating a scene that could have been found in the woods of Washington state in the late 50s or 60s, NP 7012A switches the yard in Mineral on a typical foggy October morning.

GN 1196 lettered City of Spokane brings up the rear markers on Amtrak's Empire Builder as it leaves Seattle on a sunny spring evening.

A warm and sunny spring greets this new shortline locomotive to its new operation... This short line operated on the former Northern Pacific Yacolt branch from Vancouver, Washington's Rye Jct to Y... (more)

Dressed in a short-lived sky-blue paint scheme, it is fitting that GN’s EMD switcher is under the big skies of Montana at Whitefish yard with Big Sky Montana ski slope in the background.

Great Northern’s 4-car Train No. 323 leaves CN and GN’s depot at Vancouver, B.C., headed for Seattle on April 10, 1969. Even though one of GN’s boiler-equipped SDP-40’s leads the train, a... (more)

No HEP (head-end power 480-v.) here in GN’s Seattle coach yard where the cars are hooked to ground steam on rainy April 9, 1970 The Big Sky Blue didn’t last long as the merger creating Burlin... (more)

Holiday decorations still line Central Avenue in downtown Whitefish as the town prepares for their big Winter Carnival. A rare GN NW3 (originally bought for Duluth-Grand Forks passenger trains) si... (more)

Hoar frost has attached itself to cold metal and ground surfaces overnight in the former service and crew change point town of Skykomish. This railhead bears evidence of its Great Northern herita... (more)

GN SD7 558 and GN passenger GP9 have been freshly washed and await their next assignment at Superior, Wis. in the final summer of Great Northern's existence. Most of GN's SD7 and SD9 fleet spent t... (more)

I'm pretty sure GN didn't have this in mind when they received their unique NW-5s with steam generators, although this streamlined train sure looks nice. The Lake Superior Railroad Museum's restor... (more)

BN 602 still in its GN scheme at Vancouver. Slide is in my collection, no photographer listed.

One of the most famous locomotives in the LSRM's collection (on permanent loan from the MHS) the William Crooks was James J. Hill's crown jewel. Because of his love for the engine it was saved fro... (more)

GN "Hustle Muscle" shines after having been repainted by BN at their Grand Forks, ND facility. The first production SD45 (owned by the GN Historical Society) now resides at the Minnesota Transport... (more)