Quincy AFEs

This is a summary to the "Applications For Expenditures" (AFE) files which were project files for all purchases, construction or removal of facilities or equipment from Great Northern property. These files sometimes contain correspondence, invoices, blueprints and other project information, and often contain insight into events or changes in a specific area at a point in time.

As a summary, it does give a look into the changes made over the years.

From the GN-NP Archives.

1898    Cancel 470 foot extension to passing track

1899    Construct line change 2 1/2 & 4 miles west

1900    Construct 3000 foot passing track with crossover 2 1/2 miles east

1902    Construct public crossing at Douglas St.

1902    Construct 12x50 cinder passenger platform

1902    Place split switch to replace stub switches at crossover

1902    Construct public crossing

1902    Erect mail crane

1903    Install ROW fence

1904    Relocate mail crane 500 feet west

1904    Install ROW fence

1905    Construct station with industry track

1905    Construct private crossing 2 1/2 miles west

1905    Install ROW fence

1906    Install public crossing

1906    Construct depot, section house, and industry track

1907    Dig well

1908    Install ROW fence

1909    Install additional mail crane

1909    Move spur track switch 50 feet east, also move street crossing

1911    Extend passing track

1913    Construct 24 inch concrete pipe culvert under track

1914    Replace signals

1914    Install culverts

1915    Install 2750 feet of ROW fence 1/2 mile east

1915    Replace mail crane

1916    Construct stockyard

1916    Install temporary private crossing

1917    Construct 909 foot industry track between wye to warehouse and Wenatchee Apple Land Co

1919    Construct 490 foot spur for Standard Oil

1920    Install irrigation at station grounds

1920    Quincy to Crater tunnel: provide additional ties to make 20 to 33 foot rail in connection with relaying present 85# rail with new 90# rail from station 7630+10 near west switch Quincy to station 7915+65 east of Crater tunnel, a distance of 5.42 miles

1920    Install additional ties

1920    Add decking on bridge 355 and 366

1921    Relocate 16x24 bunkhouse with 10x11 leanto with 4x5 privy from Adrian and 8x28 car body from Columbia River, also relocate 8x12 hand car house to Ephrata

1921    Place track drain under Standard Oil Spur

1921    Install culvert

1921    Bunkhouses from Winchester and Trinidad

1922    Install 15 hp pump to replace worn out gasoline pump

1922    Raise water tank height 2 to 6 feet to accommodate 0-4 engines

1923    Relay all track in passing track of less than 75#

1923    Quincy to Wenatchee: Place 15000 new steel plates on renewal ties replacing 7-5-58 steel plates during season of 1924

1923    Drop pipe in well

1924    Relay track between Ephrata and Quincy with 100# rail

1924    Electric lights in depot

1924    Install car body

1925    Purchase lawn mower

1925    Place oil drums

1926    Electric lights in signal maintainer’s cottage

1927    Electric lights in section house

1929    Drill well

1930    Replace corral in stockyard

1930    Pump equipment for new well

1936    Quincy to Crater: Furnish and place 3200 rail anchors for 90# rail

1936    Retire section buildings

1937    Remove bunkhouse to Ephrata

1937    Quincy to Peshastin: Furnish and place 39500 tie plates in curves

1937    Acquire warehouse

1938    Replace water tank

1938    Extend public crossing at Douglas Street

1939    Quincy to Crater: Relay 5.26 miles of track with 112# rail

1939    Extend public crossing at Elm Street

1939    Install train annunciator

1941    Sale of warehouse

1943    Construction of buildings, etc for section

1943    Train order delivery stand

1944    Replace train order semaphore type signal with light type signal

1945    Unloading chute at stockyard

1946    Acquire property near abandoned wye

1946    Bath and toilet in signal maintainer house

1947    Motor car for signal maintainer

1947    Extend passing track (not done)

1948    Sewer lines from depot and section house

1949    Extend siding and spring switch

1949    Construct Auburn Packing Company Spur

1949    Purchase typewriter

1950    Construct loading platform

1950    Install temporary shoo-fly track

1950    Construct stock chute

1950    Construct industry track

1951    Extend Auburn Packing Spur

1951    Sale of wells and pump to city

1951    Roadway at industrial lots

1952    Relay with 115# rail

1952    Install private crossing

1952    Pave crossing

1952    Purchase land

1952    Extend Auburn Packing Spur

1953    Extend passing track and build industry tracks

1953    Install culvert at MP 1616.22

1954    Relay portion of passing track, furnish new spikes and rail anchors

1954    Construct industry track

1954    Install crossing gates at Central and Douglas Streets

1955    Construct industry tracks

1955    Sale and purchase of property

1955    Easement for irrigation

1955    Easement for highway

1956    Construct siding and storage track

1956    Extend Forney Fruit Spur

1956    Construct California Packing Spur

1956    Construct Hamilton Fruit Spurs

1956    Acquire property for future line change

1956    Construct Centennial Mills Spurs

1957    Relay with 115# rail

1957    Sale of section house

1959    Remodel and enlarge depot

1959    Easement for power line

1959    Install sewer line

1961    Sale of signal maintainer cottage

1963    Improve drainage-Quincy to Winchester

1964    Construct Utah-Idaho Spur 2650 feet

1964    Connect eastbound and westbound sidings (14380 feet)

1965    Extend spur to 1657 feet

1965    Processing plant & track for Yoshimo-Western

1965    Sell processing plant to Brown & Kelly

1965    Replace stockyard at new location

1965    Warehouse for Yoshimo-Western

1966    Capitalize 778 foot outfit car track

1966    Metal toilet building

1966    Sale of property to port district

1969    Replace rail anchors on CTC sidings