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A friend of mine just put out a book on all the logging lines in Washington state.. It is produced thru Morning Sun books..
SP&SFan
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I saw the BNSF 9175 & 5735 come through in Cheney, Washington on June 17th.. BNSF must have swapped power somewhere between Cheney & Everett. It was on that GATX coke train too!!!
SP&SFan
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Lee,
I have heard rumors that 2014's Gorgerail happens to be on the day Mt. Rainier Scenic planned a triple-header... Bob can confirm the date as I don't have it off hand..
SP&SFan
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Yes, hiball is correct.. That is a correct symbol for what you saw Bill..
SP&SFan
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Bill K.,
You might have caught an AC4400 instead of a C44-9W.. UP still has a few unpatched AC's, but I believe the -9W's have been all repainted and are in service in the Texas mainline trains/locals...
SP&SFan
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Dave and others,
Amtrak #164 hit a tree between Seattle & Auburn yesterday leading the southbound Coast Starlight.. It was removed at Auburn Yard and continued to Portland with the second unit.. A UP freight unit (UP #7644) at Portland for the journey south out of Portland.
SP&SFan
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Hello new user,
It would be the Eastern Washington Gateway that runs thru Davenport, Creston, Almira, and Hartline... The western terminus of the line is Coulee City, Wash.
FYI - The line does not connect to Pasco, Wash. currently.. Do you have a full screen of the 1928 NP map??
SP&SFan
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Very nice photos Bruce!!!! Glad you were able to catch it...
Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd is the company who overhauled the passenger cars. It is a subsidary of the Washington Companies..
SP&SFan
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With a great sadness and all due respect, I must announce that Mike Denuty has taken a final boarding call for that train to the great railway in the sky. This a great loss of a good friend to all us railroad historians. He had been in poor health recently, and was found deceased by friends. His...
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Happy Holidays.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for all of your great photos. :D:D
SP&SFan
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Blue Heron Paper in Oregon City..
Dave,
Blue Heron Paper in Oregon City closed last year and they were auctioning off the property and assets earlier this year.. :mad:
SP&SFan
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Seattle wye issues - 10.17.2012
Bill,
Seattle Amtrak folks did not wye today's Coast Starlight either.. Believe I heard that their was a water main issue by the Coach wye.. ;) The Coast Starlight had two engines pointing in a northward direction, so they added one to the south end of the...
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U EPPFTE0 01T (Epping, ND to Fidalgo, WA)
Passed Cut Bank, MT 9/2/12 at 10:41AM
BNSF 4518
BNSF 4955
DPU:
BNSF 5312
BNSF 681
101 cars, 13596 tons and 6208 feet.
SP&SFan
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Ballard Beaver, I believe that would have been saturday's night Z out of Portland.. Like Seattle, I don't think that Portland originated a Z sunday morning..
SP&SFan
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Sounds like Amtrak 28 is stuck in a mud slide/flooded track between Roosevelt and Patterson, WA. Hwy 14 is closed due to a washout.
SP&SFan
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