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Date: December 1937 Location: West End, MT Photographer: Ron V. Nixon Railroad: Northern Pacific Railway Caption: "NP 5105, Class Z-6 pulling X5105E between Chestnut and West End" |
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Date: December 1937 Location: West End, MT Photographer: Ron V. Nixon Railroad: Northern Pacific Railway Caption: "NP 5105, Class Z-6 pulling X5105E up Bozeman Hill and about to enter west portal of Bozeman Tunnel." |
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Date: December 1937 Location: Muir, MT Photographer: Ron V. Nixon Railroad: Northern Pacific Railway Caption: "NP 5108, Class Z-6 with X5108E just after coming out of east end of Bozeman Tunnel" |
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Date: December 1937 Location: Hoppers, MT Photographer: Ron V. Nixon Railroad: Northern Pacific Railway Caption: NP 5105, Class Z-6 pulling X5105W up Bozeman Hill and about to enter Hoppers tunnel. Ron wrote Verne Alexander: "I found out it isn't much fun being in a tunnel with a Z-6 going up a grade." |
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Date: December 1937 Location: Livingston, MT Photographer: Ron V. Nixon Railroad: Northern Pacific Railway Caption: "NP 5107, Class Z-6 pulling 135 cars west leaving Livingston and being helped by NP Engs 4500, Class Z-4 and 1595, Class W which are partially visible in photo." |
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Date: December 1937 Location: Livingston, MT Photographer: Ron V. Nixon Railroad: Northern Pacific Railway Caption: "NP 5107, Class Z-6 pulling 135 cars west leaving Livingston. NP Engs 4500 and 1595 are reported as being on train but are not visible" |
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Date: December 1937 Location: Livingston, MT Photographer: Ron V. Nixon Railroad: Northern Pacific Railway Caption: "NP 5101, Class Z-6 pulling X5101E, approaching Yellowstone river bridge east of Livingston, MT" |
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Date: December 1937 Location: Livingston, MT Photographer: Ron V. Nixon Railroad: Northern Pacific Railway Caption: "NP 5101, Class Z-6 pulling X5101E, just east of river bridge at Livingston, MT" |
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Date: December 1937 Location: Livingston, MT Photographer: Ron V. Nixon Railroad: Northern Pacific Railway Caption: "NP 5101, Class Z-6 pulling X5101E between Livingston and Mission, MT" |
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Date: December 1937 Location: Livingston, MT Photographer: Ron V. Nixon Railroad: Northern Pacific Railway Caption: NP 2180, Class Q-4 in front of Livingston Yard Office. Ron wrote Verne Alexander: "From my office window in Livingston during a snowstorm. Ready to take out No. 4 on an extremely cold day. NP's original depot across the tracks. The 2180 made some fast runs and during the summer of 1936 was assigned to the hot-shot berry trains between Livingston and Laurel. I never got pictures as they always ran at night. I was working the 4pm-12mid telegraph shift at Livingston in 1936 and caught the berry trains every night. They were very close to No. 2's schedule but often ran as extras so as to make up time if possible. Livingston was where the Yellowstone Division ended and the Rocky Mountain began, so I worked with both dispatchers at Glendive and Missoula. Had to transfer all the information as they had no way of communicating with each other. On the night of July 17, Bob Roberts, the Glendive dispatcher, started early in putting out orders for the berry train as it was running ahead of two sections of No. 2 and was making up time. He put out a schedule order giving them right over all but first class trains, then several other orders, right over No. 3 to Laurel, run-ahead of the 2's, etc., a lot of orders. He had everything lined up and I was about to clear the train when the roundhouse called, saying 2180 had blown a cylinder head and couldn't be used. Bob just about had a fit because it would have taken an hour to tear down everything, get the 2's going ahead of the special and gosh knows how many delays to other trains. I called the roundhouse again and asked if there was any other engine that could be used. They said no, just switch engines that couldn't get out on the main. I could hear Roberts tearing his hair and he asked if there was anything I could do to dig up an engine. Dumb question!" |
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