At this late date just a year before Amtrak, UP’s overnight “Butte Special” from Salt Lake City carried a coach and a unique “American series” sleeping car which had a small kitchen and two booths... (more)

Geeps and switchers outside Northern Pacific’s brick roundhouse at Tacoma, Wash. April 11, 1969.

Northern Pacific F units on the local perform switching at Whitehall, Mont. on April 10, 1970.

NP’s westbound flagship “North Coast Limited” No. 25 leaves Butte and zips along at speed at Rocker, Montana the evening of April 10, 1970. In this photo it is really a BN train as the merger ha... (more)

Extra 7005A-West, with four F-9's (A-A-B-A) between Livingston and Muir, Montana September 2, 1960. Photographer Ken Crist. Slide taken from my collection.

The last surviving example of an NP "Prairie" type steam locomotive is undergoing a cosmetic restoration inside the Lake Superior Railroad Museum's Draper maintenance building.

Not seeing a train since the mid 70's, this bridge is now part of the Willard Munger Trail. This bridge originally carried the Northern Pacific Railway's "Short Line" between Carlton and Duluth a... (more)

Willard Munger Trail Bridge hasn't seen a train since the mid-70's. This bridge originally carried the Northern Pacific Railway's "Short Line" between Carlton and Duluth over the St. Louis River.... (more)

Built in 8-1949, this ballast car was likely hauled over the pass in revenue service by massive Northern Pacific articulated locomotives. Designed for ballast service, this car also saw heavy u... (more)

An NP slug helps an EMD switcher push long strings of cars over the hump.

A B unit just after the BN merger but still with its NP number and paint. Kodachrome II film.

Stormy skys near Pipestone (siding) , Montana. Homestake Pass was Northern pacific's direct main into Butte, Montana. The line was built to expedite passenger and coal traffic into Butte. The coal... (more)

NP #7012A leads the second excursion of the day down the Tacoma Hill. The Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad brought #7012 and Polson #70 to Tacoma to celebrate the grand opening of the LeMay Auto Muse... (more)