Great Northern Class P-2 "Mountain" 4-8-2
Cyl Diameter: 29" x 28"
Driver Diameter: 73"
Boiler Press.: 210 (200)
Fuel:
West Coast Engines: Oil
Midwest Engines: Coal (Pictured)
Engine Wt: 365,000 lbs
Total Engine & Tender Weight: 600,000 lbs.
Weight on Drivers: 150,000 lbs.
Tractive Effort: 54,840 lbs.
2512 Baldwin Locomotive Works, Const No.: 57189, Built: 10/1923 Disposition: Sold for scrap. PC&C 10/7/1955
Role: Train One, Interbay to Wenatchee
2506 Baldwin Locomotive Works, Const No.: 57183, Built: 10/1923 Disposition: Sold for scrap. PC&C 10/7/1955
Role: Train One, Wenatchee to Hillyard (Spokane)
2505 Baldwin Locomotive Works, Const No.: 57182, Built: 10/1923 Retired 12/1957
Role: Train One and Train Two, Whitefish to Cut Bank
2521 Baldwin Locomotive Works, Const No.: 57341, Built: 10/1923 Retired 12/1957
Role: Train One, Williston to Minot
2509 Baldwin Locomotive Works, Const No.: 57186, Built: 10/1923 Disposition: Sold for scrap. PC&C 10/7/1955
Role: Train Two, Wenatchee to Hillyard (Spokane)
2519 Baldwin Locomotive Works, Const No.: 57253, Built: 10/1923 Disposition: Sold for scrap. PC&C 4/19/1956
Role: Train Two, Williston to Minot
Note: https://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&wheel=4-8-2&railroad=gn (Locobase 206)
Great Northern Class E-14 "10 Wheeler"
1013 Baldwin Locomotive Works, Const. No.: 33845, Built: 10/1909; Rebuilt H-5, 1368 at Dale Street Shops 6/17/1927
Role: Train Two, Interbay to Wenachee.
Note: https://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&wheel=4-6-0&railroad=gn (Locobase 6682)
Great Northern Class B-B Electric
Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection, Image Number: 1983.10.8963
Horse Power: 1000
Engine Wt: 227,000 lbs
Built for and used only at the original Cascade tunnel. For the Silk Trains they were run as a 4 unit MU, or consist.
5000 ALCO-GE, Const No.:45289/2895, Built: 3/1909 Retired 5/1927
5001 ALCO-GE, Const No.:45286/2892,, Built: 2/1909 Retired 5/1927
5002 ALCO-GE, Const No.:45287/2893,, Built: 2/1909 Retired 5/1927
5003 ALCO-GE, Const No.:45288/2894,, Built: 3/1909 Retired 5/1927
Role: All four units were used to pull both train one and train two through the Cascade Tunnel from Tye Staion to Cascade Tunnel Station
Great Northern Class H-4 "Pacific" 4-6-2
H-4 "Pacific" manufactured by Baldwin Locomotive Works
H-4 "Pacific" manufactured by Lima Locomotive Works
Cyl Diameter: 23.5" x 30"
Driver Diameter: 73"
Boiler Press.: 210 (185)
Engine Wt: 251,000 lbs
Total Engine & Tender Weight: 600,000 lbs.
Weight on Drivers: 242,000 lbs.
Tractive Effort: 35,690 lbs.
1442 Baldwin Locomotive Works, Const No.: 33313, Built: 5/1909 Disposition: Scrapped 1951
Role: Train One, Hillyard (Spokane), Washington to Troy, Montana
1459 Baldwin Locomotive Works, Const No.: 33380, Built: 5/1909 Disposition: Sold for scrap. PC&C 10/1/1952
Role: Train One and Train Two, Troy to Whitefish, Montana
1449 Baldwin Locomotive Works, Const No.: 33345, Built: 5/1909 Disposition: Sold for scrap. DI&M 7/16/1953
Role: Train One, Minot, North Dakota to Breckenridge
1473 Lima, Const No.: 1351, Built: 4/1914 Disposition: Sold for scrap. PC&C 10/1/1952
Role: Train One, Breckenridge to St. Paul Minnesota
1451 Baldwin Locomotive Works, Const No.: 33350 Built: 5/1909 Disposition: Sold for scrap. DI&M 1947
Role: Train Two, Hillyard (Spokane), WA to Troy, Montana
1452 Baldwin Locomotive Works, Const No.: 33351, Built: 5/1909 Disposition: Sold for scrap. DI&M 4/26/1952
Role: Train Two, Cut Bank, Montana to Havre
1446 Baldwin Locomotive Works, Const No.: 33352, Built: 5/1909 Disposition: Sold for scrap. DI&M 1951
Role: Train One and Train Two, Wolf Point, Montana, Williston, North Dakota
Note: https://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&wheel=4-6-2&railroad=gn Baldwin (Locobase 146), Lima (Locobase 3173)
Great Northern Class F-5S 2-8-0
Cyl Diameter: 20" x 32"
Driver Diameter: 55"
Boiler Press.: 210
Engine Wt: 194,000 lbs
Weight on Drivers: 179,000 lbs.
Tractive Effort: 41,540 lbs.
This locomotive was equipped with super heaters, thus the "S" in the class number
1101 Rogers Const No.: 5656, Built: 9/1801 Disposition: Scrapped 1938
Role:Train One, Helper engine from Skykomish, Washington to Tye Station
Note: https://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&wheel=2-8-0&railroad=gn (Locobase 8828)
Great Northern Class E-10 4-6-0
Image from Lines West, Charles R. Wood, 1967
Cyl Diameter: 20" x 30"
Driver Diameter: 63"
Boiler Press.: 210 (200)
Engine Wt: 2166,580 lbs
Weight on Drivers: 130,000 lbs.
Tractive Effort: 32,380 lbs.
1000 Brooks, Const No.: 2954, Built: 5/1898 Disposition: Scrapped 4/1929
Role: Trains One and Two helper, Rexford, Montana to Stryker
Note: https://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&wheel=4-6-0&railroad=gn (Locobase 2970)
Great Northern Class H-5 "Pacific" 4-6-2
Cyl Diameter: 23.5" x 30"
Driver Diameter: 73"
Boiler Press.: 210 (185)
Engine Wt: 251,000 lbs
Weight on Drivers: 242,000 lbs.
Tractive Effort: 35,690 lbs.
1491 Dale St. Shops, Const No.: 1358, Built: 12/30/1922 from E-14 1023 Lima Disposition: Sold for scrap. PC&C 9/13/1950
Role: Train One, Cut Bank, Montana to Havre
Note: https://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&wheel=4-6-2&railroad=gn (Locobase 6450)
Great Northern Class K-1S "Atlantic" 4-4-2
Cyl Diameter: 21" x 26"
Driver Diameter: 73"
Boiler Press.: 210 (200)
Engine Wt: 221,300 lbs
Weight on Drivers: 124,900 lbs.
This locomotive was equipped with super heaters, thus the "S" in the class number
1706 Baldwin Locomotive Works, Const No.: 28148, Built: 5/1906 Disposition: Sold for scrap. DI&M 9/9/1941
Role: Train One, Havre, Montana to Wolf Point
1707 Baldwin Locomotive Works, Const No.: 28162, Built: 5/1906 Disposition: Sold for scrap. PC&C 1940
Role: Train Two, Havre, Montana to Wolf Point
Note: https://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&wheel=4-4-2&railroad=gn (Locobase 6944)
Great Northern Class H-6 4-6-2
Cyl Diameter: 23.5" x 30"
Driver Diameter: 69"
Boiler Press.: 210 (200)
Engine Wt: 249,500 lbs
Weight on Drivers: 161,580 lbs.
Tractive Effort: 40,820 lbs.
1713 Dale St. Shops, Built: 5/4/1921 to 11/719/21 from 2-6-2, J-2, No. 1552, Baldwin Locomotive Works Const. No. 30094 2/07, Disposition: Sold for scrap. PC&C 4/19/1956
Role: Train One and Train Two, helper Essex, Montana to Wolf Point
Note: https://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&wheel=4-6-2&railroad=gn Class-E14 1st batch (Locobase 8815)
Great Northern Class O-5 "Mikado" (Mike) 2-8-2 (Rebuilt from L-2 2-6-6-2)
Cyl Diameter: 25" x 30"
Driver Diameter: 63"
Boiler Press.: 200
Engine Wt: 283,420 lbs
Weight on Drivers: 222,000 lbs.
Tractive Effort:50,600 lbs.
3310 Hillyard Shops 6/3/1923 to 9/8/1923 Rebuilt from L-2 1836 Disposition: Sold for scrap. PC&C 5/5/1947
Role: Train Two helper Skykomish, Washington to Tye
Note: https://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&wheel=2-8-2&railroad=gn#7448 (Locobase 7450)
Train One, Express Refrigerated Cars
While researching I found in the publication "Silk Trains of North America", by Alan Vanderpool, a reference to the August 1924 Silk train run. "In August 1924, silk loaded aboard an Admiral Oriental Line ship in Yokohama was conveyed to New York City (7,397 miles distant) in 13 days, four hours and 25 minutes. The silk was loaded on two Great Northern trains at Seattle WA. The first train was made up of 10 refrigerator cars." In the article "Silk Trains on the Great Northern Railway" by Gordon L. Iseminger, refers to the the silk train that left Seattle on August 2nd of 1924 identifying the specific express car that had a failed bearing on the trip as Car No. 2063. This car is identified in the Great Northern Historical Society Reference Sheet No. 165, June 1990 as being a refrigerated express car built by Barney & Smith and delivered to the Great Northern on June 4, 1914. So I believe it is valid to presume that Car No. 2021 pictured here is representative of the refrigerated cars used in Train One on August 13, 1924.
Car No. 2021 Barney & Smith, Delivered: 5/3/1912, Changed to: X-5029 6/1955, Retired: 7/1962
Unless otherwise noted, all images and specifications are from:
The Great Northern Railway Company: All-Time Locomotive Roster, 1861-1970 Author(s): Norman C. Keyes, Jr. and Kenneth R. Middleton Source: Railroad History, No. 143, GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY (AUTUMN 1980), pp. 20-162 Published by: Railway & Locomotive Historical Society (R&LHS) Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/43523930
The source of information concerning crews and equipment assignment:
Great Northern Railway Historical Society, Reference Sheet No, 264, September 1998, Contributor: Robert H. Shober, Assistance: Dr, Gordon L. Iseminger, Portions of text: Martin Evoy III