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| Title | Oriental Limited train of Great Northern Railroad, Cascade Mountains, ca. 1910 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1910 |
| Caption | A 1912 Great Northern Railway timetable describes the Oriental Limited's daily eastbound and westbound service between Chicago and Seattle. The trip across the northern plains and through the mountains took almost exactly four days.
This postcard, made around 1910, shows the Great Northern's Oriental Limited entering Horseshoe Tunnel in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State. The large steel trestle was built around 1900. |
| Notes | Full title: Oriental Limited Great Northern R.R. entering Horseshoe Tunnel, Washington. |
| Subjects | Railroads; Trestles; Railroad tracks; Tunnels; Oriental Limited (Railroad train) |
| Places | Horseshoe Tunnel (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1976.6360.5 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Postcard Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Postcard Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 print (postcard): lithograph; 14 x 9 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original postcard using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 5. |
