Great Northern had a well maintained depot at Sandpoint, Idaho in the summer of 1968 as shown in this night view. Rex Cauble, the operator, has the order board clear for westbound trains.
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.
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)