Northern Pacific - Image Gallery
Images of passenger service on the Main Street of the Northwest
Posted on
November 15, 2019
North Coast Limited
Seattle/Portland–Chicago North Coast Limited arriving Chicago Union Station, May 1958.
North Coast Limited
Chicago–Seattle/Portland North Coast Limited, 10 miles west of Livingston, Mont., Feb. 8, 1947.
“Sagebrush Annie”
Seattle–Spokane local train 6, nicknamed “Sagebrush Annie,” crossing Columbia River at Pasco, Wash., 1950s.
North Coast Limited
Chicago–Seattle/Portland North Coast Limited, somewhere in Montana, illustrating Northern Pacific’s practice of separating dome cars with at least one flat-roofed car.
Mainstreeter
Seattle/Portland–Chicago Mainstreeter departing Glendive, Mont., Sept. 6, 1956.
Troop train
4-6-6-4 with westbound troop train, operating as second section of train 1, the North Coast Limited, at Missoula, Mont., April 1945.
North Coast Limited
Chicago–Seattle/Portland North Coast Limited between St. Paul and Minneapolis, 1945.
North Coast Limited
Chicago–Seattle/Portland North Coast Limited at Highview, Mont., on the west side of Homestake Pass.
Mainstreeter
Seattle/Portland–Chicago Mainstreeter at Plains, Mont., mid-1964.
North Coast Limited
Publicity photo in the North Coast’s dining car showing the serving of a dinner that includes NP’s signature “Great Big Baked Potato,” 1950s.
Train 408
Seattle–Portland train 408 departing King Street Station, Seattle, in August 1949.
North Coast Limited
Chicago–Seattle/Portland North Coast Limited climbing 3 miles west of Livingston, Mont., with 4-8-4 road engine and 2-8-2 pusher.
North Coast Limited
Postcard showing stewardess with mural in Traveller’s Rest lounge car of Chicago–Seattle/Portland North Coast Limited.
Train 288
Garrison–Butte, Mont., train 288, connection to Butte for east- and westbound Mainstreeter (which ran via Helena), in Silver Bow Canyon west of Butte, late 1940s.
North Coast Limited
Chicago–Seattle/Portland North Coast Limited in St. Paul, Minn., July 1965.
Mainstreeter
Chicago–Seattle/Portland Mainstreeter crossing the Sheyenne River “High Bridge” at Valley City, N.Dak., in 1964.
North Coast Limited
Chicago–Seattle/Portland North Coast Limited departing Livingston, Mont., in 1954.
North Coast Limited
Artist Edgar Miller with his mural in one of the North Coast’s Traveller’s Rest lounge cars, 1955.
Train 139
Motor car B-21 working as Fargo–Streeter, N.Dak., train 139 at Sheldon, circa 1960.
North Coast Limited
Postcard advertising North Coast Limited, 1955.