Classic Northern Pacific passenger colors passing the tower at Marshall, WA near Spokane. This is probably the Mainstreeter eastbound in the morning after departing Seattle the afternoon before. ... (more)

Shortly after the merger of GN, NP, SP&S and CB&Q there were many examples of mixed running and mixed consists. Witness this meet at Scribner, WA on the former SP&S with a GN U25B and a NP SD45.

GN 312A is westbound with an iron ore train and is passing a manifest in the siding at Floodwood, MN during the summer of 1969.

NP GP9 313 waits for SP&S FA2 862 to complete their moves before heading west out of Yardley in Spokane, WA. 862 was in transfer service from Yardley - the NP yard to Hillyard - the GN yard. Aft... (more)

Class unit NP 3600 westbound passes Marshall Tower just west of Spokane in the early morning with a pair of U28Cs trailing. Note the open autoracks and the passenger baggage car in the consist.

GN westbound freight with F7s 454D, 462C and 462D cross a bridge near Newport, Idaho on their way to Hillyard in Spokane.

UP turbine set #15 resting at Cheyenne, WY on June 1, 1968

BN F45 #6600 and SPS C424 #4240 rest at Hillyard shops in Spokane shortly after the merger.

SP&S's only E7, #750 waits at Hillyard in Spokane, WA for the night train connection from the GN Empire builder to Portland, OR.

The Empire Builder (train #31) is westbound in glorious late afternoon light with an interesting consist of GN orange and Big Sky Blue colors, seen here near Eureka, Montana shortly after departin... (more)

CP 8917 and 8903 are westbound on the Laggan Sub between Calgary and the yard of Keith, about 10 miles west of the city. They are taking loads of sulphur to Keith to be weighed before heading wes... (more)

SD40 #5557 was CP's first SD40 used for Robot (DPU) experimentation as seen here in Revelstoke in May 1968. This shot was near the beginning of the program and the railroad wanted the unit to look... (more)

This pair of CLC CFA 16-4s were in their declining years when captured at Cranbrook, BC in April 1968. The 4104 survives in a historic locomotive collection in Alberta.

With 8444 removed from the Denver-bound fan trip, a pair of UP E units takes over for the last leg of the trip south from Cheyenne.

UP 8444 leads a runpast for photographers on the Yoder Branch on June 1, 1968