Northern Pacific diesel locomotive number 6000 in the yard at Easton, Washington, on February 08, 1945. NP 6000 is an FT built by Electro Motive Division of General Motors Company in 1944. This was the first set of road diesels obtained by the NP. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotive, freight locomotive

Northern Pacific diesel locomotive number 6000 in the engine facility at Easton, Washington, on July 1944. NP 6000 is an FT built by Electro Motive Division of General Motors Company in 1944, parked at Easton in 1944. This was the first set of road diesels received by the NP and is about six months old in this photo. Note the snow removal equipment in the background. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotive, freight locomotive

Northern Pacific diesel locomotive number 5404 in front of the station at Easton, Washington, on February 01, 1950. NP 5404 is an FT built by Electro Motive Division of General Motors Company in 1944. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotive, freight locomotive

Northern Pacific diesel locomotive number 5404 at Easton, Washington, on January 15, 1950. NP 5404 is an FT built by Electro Motive Division of General Motors Company in 1944. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotive, freight locomotive

Northern Pacific diesel locomotive number 5400 at Easton, Washington, on January 15, 1950. NP 5400 is an FT built by Electro Motive Division of General Motors Company in 1944. This four unit set was the first road diesels obtained by the NP and originally were numbered 6000A-D. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotive, freight locomotive

Northern Pacific diesel passenger unit number 6505, the third, trailing unit of the three-unit 6505 set built by Electro-Motive Division in 1947, on Northern Pacific passenger train number 1, the westbound North Coast Limited, at Easton, Washington, in 1950. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, diesel locomotive

Northern Pacific construction gang at Easton, Washington Territory, circa 1887. Workers in construction camp. J.M. Fredrickson collection. Other Subject Classes: railroad employee, construction camp

Northern Pacific passenger train number 4, the eastbound Alaskan, stops at the station at Easton, Washington, circa 1945. New 5400-hp Model FT diesel freight locomotive, built in 1944 by Electro-Motive Division of General Motors, has assisted the Pacific-type steam locomotive over Stampede Pass and will be taken off here. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, diesel locomotive, steam locomotive, station, railroad yard, mountains

Northern Pacific passenger train number 3, the westbound Alaskan, approaches Easton, Washington, circa 1943. Steam locomotive number 2250, a Q-6 Pacific-type built by the American Locomotive Company in 1923, leads the train of four mail cars, two coaches, and cafe coach. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, steam locomotive

Milwaukee Road troop train at Easton, Washington in 1945. A westbound troop train led by steam locomotive Number 684, a 4-6-2, passes a train with boxcab electric motor E-71 at the depot in Easton, Washington on February 9, 1945. A Ron V. Nixon photograph.