NP SD45 3617 rests at BNSF's former NP Rices Point yard in Duluth while en route to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum, where Monad logos, correct numberboards and horn will be put on. The big EMD ... (more)

In August, 1973, stock cars were still in use on the BN at Livingston, Montana where these two were spotted. The NP car has had its roof walk removed, and the GN car is not lined-out, that is, co... (more)

This nose view of engine 1382 creates a sense of geometric concentric circles as the old NP S-4 stands guard over Montana Rail Link operations outside the Helena, MT station.

This nice NP caboose rests in front of the Yellowstone Gateway Museum in Livingston, a major shop town on the NP and still used to a lesser extent by MRL. The wooden cross-buck and semaphore signa... (more)

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 ... (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 mer... (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.