SP&S FA2 862 has just received a signal at Marshall Tower, just west of Spokane, to proceed westward on the NP track to the connection with the SP&S track at Scribner, WA.
Classic Northern Pacific passenger colors passing the tower at Marshall, WA near Spokane. This is probably the Mainstreeter eastbound in the morning after departing Seattle the afternoon before. ... (more)
Class unit NP 3600 westbound passes Marshall Tower just west of Spokane in the early morning with a pair of U28Cs trailing. Note the open autoracks and the passenger baggage car in the consist.
Made famous by photographers like Phil Hastings and Ron Nixon, Marshall Canyon, south of Spokane, Wash., is still a location that makes for a good photo. Such is the case on the afternoon of Janua... (more)