1950s.

06/18/1950 : Great Northern Railway's The International passenger train service from Seattle, WA to Vancouver, B.C. begins.

11/16/1950 : Northern Pacific Railway begins interchange with Spokane Portland & Seattle Railway at Pasco, Washington.

01/01/1951 : Robert Mc Farlane is elected president of the Northern Pacific Railway.

06/03/1951 : Great Northern Railway's Western Star passenger train begins service.

04/15/1952 : Spokane Portland & Seattle Railway's Scribner Turn is put into service.

11/15/1952 : Last run for the Northern Pacific Railway's passenger train, The Alaskan.

03/23/1953 : Great Northern Railway's last steam train to run in the Cascades Mts. of Washington.

07/14/1853 : Great Northern Railway's last passenger & mail run on the Wenatchee to Oroville, Washington branch.

08/29/1953 : Winold Reiss famed artist for the Great Northern Railway dies.

06/26/1954 : Northern Pacific Railway locomotive # 1364 is donated to the city of Tacoma, Washington.

08/16/1954 : Northern Pacific Railway's new Vista Dome passenger cars are put into service.

09/01/1954 : Northern Pacific Railway's first piggy-back flat car service begins.

11/28/1954 : Northern Pacific Railway's first Budd dome cars enter service on the North Coast Limited passenger train.

05/29/1955 : New Budd dome cars are put into service on the Great Northern Railway's Empire Builder passenger train.

06/21/1955 : Northern Pacific Railway's first push-button hump-yards opens at Pasco, Washington.

10/20/1955 : Spokane Portland & Seattle Railway's last steam locomotive, leaves Hillyard, Washington.

04/20/1956 : Spokane Portland & Seattle Railway locomotive # 700 makes its last run.

06/02/1956 : Great Northern Railway steam locomotive # 1147 is placed on display at Wenanchee, Washington.

07/31/1956 : Great Northern Railway's last day of electrified operation in Washington State.

08/04/1957 : Northern Pacific Railway's first Timken steam locomotive # 2626, makes its last run.

02/17/1958 : Northern Pacific Railway's first Pig-palace car goes into service.

06/22/1959 : Spokane Portland & Seattle Railway's last regular steam run leaves Yardley, Washington on the Scribner Turn.

08/17/1959 : Great Northern Railway's Cascadian passenger service train makes its last run.

12/01/1959 : Northern Pacific Railway begins Slumber-coach service on all of its passenger trains.

1950s !