July 28, 2007
Terrific, it's Northern Pacific!
This week appears to have operated off of a distinctly Northern Pacific Railway---the good NPR---flavor. Earlier in the week, I was browsing through an antiques store when the following popped up:
Well pleased with my good fortune, I then stumbled across this once I got home:
A good week for the Northern Pacific fan, no? But wait, there's more! I was at another antique store today, when this showed up:
Apologies for image quality; I'm terrible at using the digital camera that I own. The lighting's bad and I couldn't find the tripod I thought I had. Darn it Jim, I'm a rail history type, not a photographer!
The ad was dated '1956', which would be two years after the NPR re-equipped the North Coast Limited with streamlined equipment from Budd. Famed industrial designer Raymond Loewy and his staff were retained to provide the train's two-tone green livery and its Lewis & Clark-inspired interior design.
Yeah, so my world's been two shades of green this week. I'm not even really an NP die-hard. I just like the NCL, their herald, and their passenger livery. Go figure.
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For more information, see The Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association and Terrific! It's Northern Pacific!. Animated consist data can be found here.
Posted by Country Pundit at July 28, 2007 05:22 PM