A Northern Pacific survivor in Ellensburg, WA.

A Northern Pacific survivor in Steilacoom, WA.

Here is another Baldwin Locomotive Works 4-8-4, number 2651, built for the Northern Pacific Railway. My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., who worked for Baldwin as a design engineer, would... (more)

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and would give our father different builder's cards when he would see him. Here is one Uncle Rod helped to design, a 4... (more)

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and would give our father different builder's cards when he would see him. Here is one Uncle Rod helped to design, a 4... (more)

Northern Pacific GE U28Cs numbered 2800-2811 rated at 3,000 HP, and had 3,500-gallon fuel tanks.

Action at the Butte terminal reveals a rainbow of boxcar colors behind #293.

Rolling by with 10-year old NP 298 pulling general manifest through the NP yard limits, wooden caboose #1367 brings up the markers.

During the restoration of former Northern Pacific Railway dome #549, the "Gold Creek" name will be removed from the exterior as these cars were not named by the railroad. This car finish... (more)

The restoration of former Northern Pacific Railway dome #549 (coach) is well underway! This car finished its active career Amtrak 9476.

NP 3617 and a restored wood caboose are on display next to Union Depot in Duluth for the benefit of the Northern Pacific Railway Historical Society convention. Attendees could enjoy this before cl... (more)

Northern Pacific EMD SD45 #3606 (3600-3629) Photo By Ed Kanak, from my collection.

An old Northern Pacific trestle hides in the trees on Mullan Pass. This is some of NP's original crossing over the top of the pass prior to the opening of Mullan Tunnel.

Northern Pacific's original mainline went up and over Mullan Pass to cross the Continental Divide. Evidence of the original line abounds with remnants of old trestles hiding in the trees. One can ... (more)

A pair of Alco RS-11s, nos.910 and 909, hustle a westbound freight near Coon Creek, Minnesota, on March 15, 1969. The NP purchased twelve RS-11s in 1958, and six more in 1960, numbers 900-917. T... (more)