| Last updated on August 7, 2025
Officially a Burlington Northern train but looking just as it had under the Northern Pacific, the North Coast Limited pauses at Butte, Mont., on April 10, 1970, just over a month after the merger. The train retains a complete set of equipment in the paint scheme by famous industrial designer Raymond Loewy.
Steve Patterson photo
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Two of NP’s 176 EMD GP9s are also visible to the left of the “North Coast Limited” in the photo…
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