Northern Pacific diesel locomotive number 6513C leads two other diesel locomotive units as it heads passenger train number 408, Seattle-Portland, at Tacoma, Washington, in May 1969. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotive

Northern Pacific passenger train number 408, Seattle-Portland, departs Tacoma, Washington, in May 1968. diesel locomotive unit number 6507C passes an old mill crane on the waterfront east of McCarver Street. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, diesel locomotive

Northern Pacific passenger train number 408, Seattle-Portland, departs Tacoma, Washington, on May 13, 1965. Led by diesel locomotive unit number 6503A, train is just east of McCarver Street, carries baggage car, coaches, dining car, parlor-lounge car, and Pullman sleeping car for Oakland, transferred to Southern Pacific at Portland. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, diesel locomotive

Northern Pacific passenger train number 408, Seattle-Portland, departs Tacoma, Washington, on May 13, 1965, approaching McCarver Street. On the rear of the train is Union Pacific 10-roomette, 6-double bedroom sleeping car "Pacific Beach," through Seattle sleeper to be transferred at Portland to Southern Pacific train number 11, the Cascade, to Oakland, California, a service soon to be discontinued. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, passenger car

Northern Pacific passenger train number 408, Seattle-Portland, passes wharves and industries as it departs Tacoma, Washington, on April 15, 1952, behind a three-unit 4500-hp diesel locomotive led by number 6502, a 1500-hp model F3 unit built by Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in 1947, train carries baggage car, coaches, restaurant-tavern car, parlor car, Pullman sleeping cars for Oakland transferred at Portland to Southern Pacific. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, diesel locomotive, structure

Northern Pacific passenger train number 408, Seattle-Portland passes McCarver St. as it departs Tacoma, Washington, in 1943, led by Class A Northern-type steam locomotive number 2603, built by American Locomotive Company in 1926. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, steam locomotive

Northern Pacific passenger train number 408, Seattle-Portland, passes McCarver Street telegraph station as it departs Tacoma, Washington, circa 1950. The train order signal on the station indicates orders waiting, and the engineer leans from the cab of diesel locomotive number 6503 to collect train orders from the train order stand. One of NP's top trains, consist includes baggage car, coaches, restaurant-tavern car, parlor car, Pullman sleeping cars for Oakland transferred at Portland to Southern Pacific. J.M. Fredrickson Collection. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, diesel locomotive, telegraph station, railroad crew, train order signal, train order stand

Northern Pacific passenger train number 408, Seattle-Portland, departs Tacoma, Washington, circa 1948. Class A-1 Northern-type steam locomotive number 2626 leads the train along the waterfront. Washington. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: passenger train, steam locomotive

Northern Pacific 6502C leads the Morning Star, the Portland to Seattle connection with the Southern Pacific west coast freight traffic, east of McCarver Street in Tacoma, Washington, in May 1968. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotive, freight train.

Northern Pacific 6019A leads train number 680 by McCaver Street in Tacoma, Washington, on October 30, 1969. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: diesel locomotive, freight train.