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Northern Pacific 2626 last run from Seattle's King St. Station
Author: Larry Haynes
Date: 08-25-2018 - 19:04

I was eleven years of age and often made the walk down to Seattle's King Street Station to watch trains come and go. On this day stood the largest steam engine that I'd ever seen and at first, it was somewhat intimidating to get too close to it. But I decided to stand my ground. Its' whistle startled me but I continued stand near the tracks as it started out of the station.
I did not know then that this engine would never run again after that day. I am now 71 years of age and that event has been sixty years hence. I have a brass model of Northern Pacific's famous Timken "Four Aces" loco and I'm proud to say "I was there!"

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