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The Ron V. Nixon Collection
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Click Image to Enlarge	Image Record Data - RVN10732
	Date: August 4, 1940  Location: Livingston, MT Photographer: Ron V. Nixon Railroad: Northern Pacific Railway Caption: "NP 2nd No. 1 (Troop train) west of Livingston, climbing Bozeman Hill with NP 2650, Class A-2 handling train. "

Click Image to Enlarge	Image Record Data - RVN10969
	Date: January 18, 1941  Location: West End, MT Photographer: Ron V. Nixon Railroad: Northern Pacific Railway Caption: "Q-5 2239, WithTrain No2-1 west Navy special leaving west portal of Bozeman tunnel West End MT. 1-18-41"

Click Image to Enlarge	Image Record Data - RVN11038
	Date: March 06, 1941  Location: Mission, MT Photographer: Ron V. Nixon Railroad: Northern Pacific Railway Caption: NP locomotives No.2180-Q4 and 2234 Q5 4-6-2 type with Troop Train between Elton and Mission Mont.

Click Image to Enlarge	Image Record Data - RVN32913
	Date: May 23, 1942  Location: Bonner, MT Photographer: Ron V. Nixon Railroad: Northern Pacific Railway Caption: "16 heavyweight sleepers and a baggage car follow an A-4 Northern west. The boxcar-life troop sleepers that will become a fact of military life for millions of GI's are not yet in use, and the 1941 Baldwin Northern is powering what could be mistaken for a conventional passenger train."

Click Image to Enlarge	Image Record Data - RVN09394
	Date: September 27, 1945  Location: Missoula, MT Photographer: Ron V. Nixon Railroad: Northern Pacific Railway Caption: "An NP troop train, powered by Class Z-7 4-6-6-4 no. 5123, is operating as Third No. 2 at Missoula, Montana. Engineer R. B. Christy is handling this train."

Click Image to Enlarge	Image Record Data - RVN09396
	Date: September 27, 1945  Location: Missoula, MT Photographer: Ron V. Nixon Railroad: Northern Pacific Railway Caption: "An NP troop train, powered by Class Z-7 4-6-6-4 no. 5123, is operating as Third No. 2 and has just left Missoula, Montana. The train is about one mile east of the depot. Engineer R. B. Christy is handling this train."

Click Image to Enlarge	Image Record Data - RVN09573
	Date: March 01, 1946  Location: Spring Gulch, MT Photographer: Ron V. Nixon Railroad: Northern Pacific Railway Caption: "Passenger Extra 2193 East passes the west siding switch at Spring Gulch, Montana. Extra 5141 West is in the siding. The passenger extra is bringing troops home in the months after the end of World War II. Engine 2193 is a Class Q-4 4-6-2 built by Baldwin in October 1909. "

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Image Record Data - RVN09596

Date: March 05, 1946  Location: Missoula, MT Photographer: Ron V. Nixon Railroad: Northern Pacific Railway Caption: "NP Passenger Extra 2235 East on Miwaulkee Road track leaves Missoula. The reason for the detour is the derailment on the NP, east of Missoula, of wrecker no. 47. (See RVN 09581-09595). Engineer Marcellus "Jumbo" McClain is handling Class Q-5 no. 2235. His fireman's date is February 23, 1906, and he was promoted to engineer on June 6, 1913. Alco built no. 2235 in November 1920, and the NP scrapped it at Brainerd in October 1952. The 4-6-2 type locomotive is handling a heavy troop train, but ahead lies a fairly easy river grade run along the Clark Fork."

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Image Record Data - RVN09731

Date: April 24, 1946  Location: Missoula, MT Photographer: Ron V. Nixon Railroad: Northern Pacific Railway Caption: "NP Passenger Extra 5115 East is stopped at the Missoula depot on April 24, 1946. Engine 5115 is a Class Z-6 4-6-6-4 type locomotive. Its 69-inch drivers and large boiler allow this engine to handle freight trains or passengers trains. These were fairly versatile engines. This is a troop train, likely hauling troops who are very happy to return home from the Pacific Theater of operations in World War II, several months after the war ended."

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Image Record Data - RVN09733

Date: April 25, 1946  Location: Missoula, MT Photographer: Ron V. Nixon Railroad: Northern Pacific Railway Caption: "NP Passenger Extra 2682 West arrives Missoula, Montana, on April 25, 1946. Engine 2682 is a Class A-5 4-8-4 type locomotive, equipped with 77-inch drivers. This is a troop train likely carrying troops returning from the European Theater of Operations in World War II, nearly a year after the war in Europe ended. For many months after the end of the war, there a long draw-down period while some American military personnel remained behind to help restore law and order in Europe. The yard engine in the background is likely an Alco S-2 in the 700 series. Engine 709 was one of the S-2s assigned to Missoula Yard at this time."

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Ron V. Nixon Collection - Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University - Bozeman

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