Lake Wenatchee and Pend O’Reille River in their newly completed Great Northern colors
The Lake Shore Railway Museum’s Great Northern cars, the dining car “Lake Wenatchee” and the sleeper “Pend O’Reille River,” have been completely repainted in their Great Northern Empire Builder color scheme. The new paint job makes you wonder what an entire train would look like, locomotives and all, it must have been quite a sight.
Lake Wenatchee and Pend O’Reille River showing off their colorful profile, much as you might have seen them years ago, passing by at speed, filled with passengers on their way to destinations far away.
Well, a little while back, I came across an old advertising image showing a Great Northern train and it looks pretty impressive. The colors are off, with black in place of the dark green, but you get the idea. After seeing so many trains go by with an endless string of shipping containers, it makes you think a few of these colorful GN passenger trains would be pretty easy on the eyes right about now, don’t you think?
Great Northern advertising from many decades ago showing what a gorgeous sight the Empire Builders were.