The extensive collection of GN steam locomotive photographs was taken in the 1950s in locations such as Minneapolis/St. Paul, Duluth/Superior, St. Cloud & Willmar in Minnesota, Devils Lake & Minot in North Dakota, Spokane and Seattle in Washington State; Portland, Bend and Klamath Falls in Oregon and Beiber in California.

The locomotive types included are American (4-4-0), Mogul (2-6-0), Prairie (2-6-2), Ten-Wheeler (4-6-0),Consolidation (2-8-0), Mastodon (4-8-0), Atlantic (4-4-2), Pacific (4-6-2), Mikado (2-8-2), Santa Fe (2-10-2), Mountain (4-8-2), Northern (4-8-4), Mallet 2-6-8-0, Mallet 2-8-8-0, Mallet 2-8-8-2, 0-6-0 Switcher and 0-8-0 Switcher.

All the 380 photographs were scanned in from original black & white medium-format negatives and are presented in book form with information on the locomotives.

Prairie Works, Photo CD-ROM Book.