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.

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