Turn off Harrison Ave. into the parking lot of the Butte Civic Center and there between the asphalt and the Town Pump gas station next door sits Northern Pacific No. 25, one of 13 2-8-0s built in 1899 ...

Few things resonate sweeter than a solid father-son relationship. That’s especially true when sons proudly follow in their father’s footsteps. For locomotive engineer Robert Burkhardt, that ...

Scott Hippert, the executive director of the Minnesota Transportation Museum in St. Paul, stands in front of Northern Pacific Locomotive No. 328, a steam locomotive owned by the city of Stillwater.

PAUL, Minn. - For the first time in decades, it's possible to see three Northern Pacific steam locomotives gathered in a roundhouse, thanks to the efforts of the Minnesota Transportation Museum (MTM).

This article was originally published with the title “Locomotive for the Northern Pacific Railroad” inSA Supplements Vol. 28 No. 727supp(December 1889), p. 11611doi:10.1038 ...

150 years ago the Northern Pacific Railroad snubbed Seattle and selected Tacoma as the terminus for its transcontinental line. #k5evening Author: Saint Bryan Published: 7:30 PM PDT July 13, 2023 ...