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| Title | Northern Pacific Railway's Tacoma connection with North Coast Limited, East Auburn, ca. 1954 |
| Photographer | Farrow, Albert E. |
| Date | ca. 1954 |
| Caption | Tacoma Connection or "Stub" train sits on Transfer Track pointed toward Auburn/Tacoma. The North Coast Limited sits on main track headed east.
The Tacoma train has brought passengers, mail and baggage from Tacoma to East Auburn where all will transfer to the NCL. |
| 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.]
On train in image: North Coast Limited.
Handwritten on verso: East Auburn Depot, c.1953. New equipment on North Coast Limited, contrasts with steam power on connecting local from Tacoma.
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.]
Photographer name supplied by White River Valley Museum.
Source of caption information: handwritten notes on verso and White River Valley Museum staff. |
| Subjects | Railroad locomotives--Washington (State)--Auburn
Railroad tracks--Washington (State)--Auburn
Railroad stations--Washington (State)--Auburn
Northern Pacific Railway Company--Equipment & supplies--Washington (State)--Auburn
Northern Pacific Railway Company--Facilities--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 | 94 |
| 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; 8 x 10 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. |
