GN observation 1196, named City of Spokane brightens up a gray July day in Seattle at King St. Station. The car had come in as a charter on an Amtrak train.

GN SD9 no. 581 gets some attention at the combined washing and fueling rack in Superior, WI in late summer 1970. By now the unit is BN, but there is no indication on the unit.

Welcome to Havre, MT........ Along the Former GN's now BNSF's Hi Line across Montana is a town by the name of Havre, Home to a BNSF Yard and a Shop, along with the Amtrak station that the east and... (more)

This cab end view of GN NW3 was taken at Whitefish, MT in August 1994 when the paint was freshly applied on the unit. My last visit showed a much more faded unit with a herald missing. The unit is... (more)

Great Northern NW5 No. 192 pauses during switching at Duluth, Minnesota, at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum on June 10, 2016. Only 13 rare EMD NW5s were built between December 1946 and February ... (more)

Here's another shot of the Great Northern power awaiting their next assignment from the Kellogg Boulevard bridge. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo

Three months before the BN merger, GN class GP20 no. 2000 shows off its Big Sky Blue colors in the snow at the GN Harrison St. roundhouse. This was the first unit of two groups of GP20s delivered ... (more)

GN 181, a rare NW3 locomotive now lives on displayed at Whitefish, MT. GN owned 10 of the 13 built. This one was built in March 1942, rated at 1000 hp and could be found in switching, local freigh... (more)

GN 679 and 680 were the road's only two passenger GP9s and were delivered with boilers, torpedo tube air tanks, and larger than normal water/fuel tanks. They operated in all three of GN's color sc... (more)

This colorful wooden stock car was still in service in September 1967 spotted at the NP terminal yard.

GN SD9 no. 581 idles at the wash rack in Superior, WI adjacent to a couple of F units. The three units display both of GN's orange and green schemes as well as Big Sky Blue. This is becoming a lit... (more)

Great Northern NW3 #181, despite its paint showing signs of wear, still proudly stands guard next to the depot in Whitefish. The classic EMD was built in 3/1942, S/N 1720, and was restored and pla... (more)

Eastbound Great Northern train 88, with a hefty consist of five U25B's, leaves the Rockies behind as it crosses the plains of eastern Montana through Blackfoot on May 17, 1967. Photo taken from... (more)

Great Northern EMD GP9 687, with GP7 606 and F7A 369C painted in Big Sky Blue. No photographer listed on slide, from my slide collection.