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    F40PHM-2

    It's highly likely that this is ballast weight, used to improve adhesion between drive wheels and the rail. I'd also concede that some of that weight could be equipment differences. But that's 22,000 pounds, 11 tons. I doubt an HEP generator weighs that much. At most a couple of tons. So...
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    A little action at Carkeek...

    Here's a few snaps from Labor Day Sunday at Carkeek Park. I'm no pro, but I think I caught some great shots. And the tail-on Warbonnet (it was the DPU) shot is definitely the best train photo I've ever taken. Three trains in like a half hour, good stuff! I apologize if they seem out of...
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    BNSF hiring at Interbay - question

    Howdy, So it looks like the BNSF is hiring at Interbay in Seattle for a Crane/Equipment Operator/Stocker. Can anybody expand on what exactly this job entails, in a little more real-world detail than the job announcement? Like, what is the work typically in a day, how are the benefits, how...
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    Northwest Spokane: street industrial tracks history/photos?

    Thanks Bruce and swcup! Great maps and information! I think swcup nailed it; that grade does look like it ends past TJ Meenach drive and would have spit the track out onto a trestle. Trying to determine now where that trestle might have ended on the other side...
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    BNSF track projects, WA State 2014

    I doubt it, personally. That line was expensive to maintain, and remote with limited access. It was prone to rockfalls and much of it had slide fencing, in and of itself expensive to maintain due to the fact one small rock through a wire could throw a red signal. Not to mention the line had...
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    Northwest Spokane: street industrial tracks history/photos?

    Thanks, Bill. I knew all of the trestles coming into town, having grown up there. I had no idea that there was ever a low-level crossing at Ft George Wright, though, that's fascinating to me. I spent time trying to trace where the street tracks (the ones that end near Maxwell) in NW Spokane...
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    Northwest Spokane: street industrial tracks history/photos?

    Cool! I'll have to see if I can track down a copy.
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    Northwest Spokane: street industrial tracks history/photos?

    I just spent the last hour tracing what's left of the ROW from the GN High Bridge across the valley on Google Maps. It's fascinating to find out where all the tracks used to be. I recall driving along Government Way toward Cheney and looking left and thinking, "that HAS to be where a train...
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    Northwest Spokane: street industrial tracks history/photos?

    By god, I think you've got it! That would make sense since I'd always heard the tracks going NW into West Spokane were GN. They must have cut them off and sold the line to the UP at some point. Fascinating map and postcard photo. I'd bet money that bridge is the railroad bridge. Thanks!
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    Northwest Spokane: street industrial tracks history/photos?

    I agree, thank you for posting those maps, Bruce. They're great, and really a huge part of what I was looking for. I thought the spur tracks past Ash were GN, not UP. And I always wondered if they crossed the river or went farther north somewhere. The .pdf that was posted seems to say that...
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    Northwest Spokane: street industrial tracks history/photos?

    Thanks for the replies everyone! I just now had time to check out the replies to my question. I'll enjoy looking through your posts. :)
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    Northwest Spokane: street industrial tracks history/photos?

    I'm curious about the railroad tracks in north/west Spokane, particularly west of Division Street that appear to have run almost all the way to the bluffs, crossing streets at grade, and sometimes running right down the center of West Spokane streets. Can anyone direct me toward historical...
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    Comment by 'BN 4246' in media 'ACe 5-set Helper'

    Those things must just make those coal trains cook up the pass.
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    Comment by 'BN 4246' in media 'UP 8571 West at Knippa!!!!'

    Is it just me or are the cardinal directions on that thing mislabeled??
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