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Here is the former GN dome car #1329 now named Dorthea Mae and operating on the Conway Scenic Railroad in New Hampshire. Photo by Jim Lundeen.
See America First! - From this 1915 postcard comes a color-tinted view of GN's crack train, The Oriental Limited. From the collection of Lindsay Korst.
Ex-GN 1196 "Port of Vancouver" from the GN Internationals of the 1950's and 1960's has been reborn as the City of Spokane (reporting marks PPCX 800362) seen here at Spokane, WA depot on September 25, 2002. Photo by Lindsay Korst.
Update: September 2005 - Courtesy of Guy Baxter are these
splendid images of GN 1196 "The City of Spokane" at Portland's Union
Station in her newly-repainted EB livery.
1947 edition of the Empire Builder along Puget Sound. From a Vanishing Vistas postcard. Collection of Lindsay Korst.
North Coast Limited, Empire Builder and Twin Cities Zephyr line up in Chicago. From a Vanishing Vistas postcard. Collection of Lindsay Korst.
1947 Empire Builder near Glacier National Park in Montana. From a Vanishing Vistas postcard. Collection of Lindsay Korst.
1947 Empire Builder on display near the Twin Cities. From a Vanishing Vistas postcard. Collection of Lindsay Korst.
Another view of 1947 Builder between the Twin Cities. From a Vanishing Vistas postcard. Collection of Lindsay Korst.
A linen postcard of the 1947 edition of the Empire Builder (behind EMD E-7s) along Puget Sound.
GN 1294 "Trempealeau Mountain", formerly located at Andy's Tukwila Station, is now located "somewhere in Washington State" (the owner requested I not give exact location due to recent vandalism). The owner said he planned to place this car back on its trucks, move to a different location, and repaint. Photos taken in June 2003 by Lindsay Korst.
PNWC 600 (Pacific Northwest Chapter of NRHS) named the Mount Hood is a former SP&S sleeper painted for and used on the Portland to Spokane section of the Great Northern's Empire Builder. The car is now owned by the PNWC and this photo was taken at its home base of SP's Brooklyn Yard, Portland, OR in December 1988. Photo by Lindsay Korst. Additional photo taken October 2002, Tigard, OR by Robert Ulberg.
Update: Thanks to Robert Ulberg, I was finally able to locate and photograph the Mount Hood at its home base of Tigard, OR. Photos taken in November 2002 by Lindsay Korst.
Ex-GN Dome 1326 now in service on the Grand Canyon Railway as the first class car "Kokopelli". Exterior and interior views (Pacific Northwest Indian art is still intact!!!) taken October 2002 by Lindsay Korst. Click Here for additional information on the GN 1326 dome car.
GN 1124 "John G. Melonas" at Beaverton, OR. Photo taken April 2001 by Robert Ulberg.
GN 1127 at Beaverton, OR. Photo taken April 2001 by Robert Ulberg.
GN 1130 "Ice Lake" at Beaverton, OR. Photo taken April 2001 by Robert Ulberg.
Update: Another view of GN 1130 "Ice Lake" at Tigard, OR. Photo taken March 2004 by Robert Ulberg.
GN 1210 "Plum Creek" at Roy, OR. Photo taken June 2001 by Robert Ulberg.
Ex-GN full-length dome "Glacier View" on a BNSF director's train at East Glacier, MT. August 2001 photo by Lindsay Korst.
GN's A-3 is a former heavyweight business car located in Nevada City, Montana. Photo taken by Leo Harker.
GN O3336 is a maintenance of way heavyweight which appears to be an former observation Pullman. Photo taken in Nevada City, Montana by Leo Harker. Note from Ken Middleton: "O3336 was originally built in March 1898 as the official car A-4 (1st). It was one of the few GN official cars that was never renumbered in official service. It was sent to maintenance service in 1936 as O3336, an outfit car for the Stores Department."
GN 270 baggage car at Spokane, WA fairgrounds display. Photo by Lindsay Korst in February 2001.
GN 319 baggage car at Spokane, WA fairgrounds display. Photo by Lindsay Korst in February 2001.
Unmarked GN RPO/Baggage car at Pasco, WA (Empire Builder lettering is clearly visible on letterboard). Photo by Lindsay Korst in October 2003.
GN 1096 ex-CNW coach on 261 steam fan trip, Carlton, MN. Photo taken by Lindsay Korst in July 2001.
Update: GN 1096 at Osceola, WI. Photo taken by Lindsay Korst in August 2003.
GN 1097 at Osceola, WI. Photo taken by Lindsay Korst in August 2003.
GN 1213 at Osceola, WI. Photo taken by Lindsay Korst in August 2003.
GN Business Car A11 at Osceola, WI. Photo taken by Lindsay Korst in August 2003.
Old GN heavyweight car. No markings on car except G N P 1 0 9 9 cast onto each truck (So I assume this is GN Passenger car 1099). Located at museum in Cashmere, WA. Photo taken in September 2001 by Lindsay Korst.
GN 1395 (actually CB&Q-owned "River View") full length dome lounge comes from a September 1955 magazine ad.
Amtrak
Dome Lounge #10031, former GN #1391 "Ocean View" on the Leavenworth
Snow Train at Edmonds, WA.
Additional photos of ex-GN 1391 "Ocean View" by Bill Sornsin.
ex-SP&S Empire Builder car used in a movie and now stored, SP Brooklyn roundhouse, Portland, OR. Photo taken by Lindsay Korst in July 2002.
A Hedrich photograph of the Empire Builder nearing the summit of Marias Pass (from a postcard). From the collection of Lindsay Korst.
GN combine #585 near Fort Peck Dam, MT. Photos taken by Lindsay Korst in July 2003.
The Western Star at Glacier Park station in Montana. Color postcard from a color photo by Hedrich. Collection of Lindsay Korst.
Unknown GN heavyweight car now used as a bookstore in
Sandpoint, ID.
Ex-GN work train car 03392 at Brainerd, MN. Photos taken by Todd Driver.
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