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| Title | Northern Pacific Railway's Caboose Hop passing over the bridge at Auburn Way North, Auburn, 1954 |
| Photographer | Farrow, Albert E. |
| Date | 1954 |
| Caption | Westbound engine and caboose (known as 'caboose hop') passes over Northern Pacific overpass at Auburn Way South. This overpass was replaced with a steel structure in the 1990's. |
| Notes | In 1970 the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, the Great Northern Railway Company, the Pacific Coast Railroad Company, and the Northern Pacific Railway Company merged under the name Burlington Northern, Inc. [Note from the Library of Congress Name Authority File.]
Northern Pacific Railway Company also known as Northern Pacific Railroad Co. [Note from the Library of Congress Name Authority File.]
Acronyms for Northern Pacific Railway: NP, NPRR, N.P.R.R., NPRY, N.P.R.Y., NPR, N.P.R. [Cataloger's note.]
Date, caption information and photographer name supplied by White River Valley Museum staff. |
| Subjects | Railroad bridges--Washington (State)--Auburn
Streets--Washington (State)--Auburn
Railroad locomotives--Washington (State)--Auburn
Railroad cabooses--Washington (State)--Auburn
Automobiles--Washington (State)--Auburn
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| Classification | Auburn, WA/Transportation/Railroads/Farrow Coll. |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Auburn |
| Digital Collection | White River Valley Museum Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 3471 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions contact: hpittenger@auburnwa.gov. Please cite the Image Number. |
| Repository | White River Valley Museum (Auburn) |
| Repository Collection | Farrow Collection |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 3 x 4 in. |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | A photographic print was scanned as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color or 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 or 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
