NP Discontinues Train To Coulee

From the "Spokane Chronicle."

February 26, 1954

Taunton Looking East

Courtesy of Gary Brown.

NP Boxcar Mystery

Photo courtesy of the USBR.

Anyone care to guess what this boxcar is doing at the Grand Coulee Dam site?

West Side Of Taunton Substation

Courtesy of Gary Brown.

The City Of Tomorrow

From the "Garfield Enterprise."

March 5, 1937

Taunton Substation-2

Views from a few years ago.

Famous Milwaukee Road book author Fred Hyde and son, as seen from the top of the signal mast at West Taunton.

Bungalow remains.

Large fill immediately west of Taunton.

Bungalow remains.

Bungalow remains.

Coulee City Roundhouse Burned

From "The Citizens Call."

July 24, 1895

Taunton Substation-1

Views from a few years ago.

Penstock Load At Dam

Note the dam early in the construction process down below.

Othello Artifacts

These two boxcars did not leave on the last Milwaukee Road train out of the state. They are now used for storage outside an Othello home.

Orphaned Boxcars Moved By Truck To NP Tracks

From the "Spokesman-Review."

August 24, 1948

Governor Martin At Dam Railroad Dedication

July 27, 1935

With Governor Clarence D. Martin at the throttle, a special train will roar over the rails to Coulee City Monday, the event marking the grand opening of the new railroad line between those two cities. The celebration will be a gala affair, with Governor Martin, attired in trainmen’s overalls, officiating at the christening of the new line.

Photos courtesy USBR.

Milwaukee Road Bucks NP Plan

From the "Spokane Chronicle."

October 23, 1948

Moses Lake Dam Breaks; Railway Track In Danger

From the "Ellensburg Record."

February 7, 1925

Milwaukee Road Proposed Branch To Mattawa

Articles on the line here and here and here.

Old Railroad Grades in Eastern Douglas County-2

I originally posted about the abandoned grades of the Central Washington Railroad and the Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern way back in July of 2008.

I finally got a chance to go back and look around a bit more, and in the meantime I discovered more information about who went where.

You can see the grade on the middle right of the photo. Chasm is Dry Falls, and you can see the Visitor Center there peeking near the edge.

Better view of the spot where a large curved trestle would have been placed. Note SR 17 behind the grade.

View looking north. Both the CW and SLSE can be seen here. This is below US 2, but above SR 17.

Stone oven remains above the grade in the area.

Older view of the new and old alignment of US2. At one time I only saw the upper railroad grade, which is quite obvious here. But notice another grade right center of the photo. That is the SLSE.

GEs Westbound At Taunton

Courtesy of Gary Brown.

Neppel City Lots and Moses Lake Tracts Open For Public Sale

From the "Spokesman-Review."

February 28, 1913

Looking West Toward Taunton

Courtesy of Gary Brown.

Concrete Plant To Cost Million

From the "Spokesman-Review."

December 29, 1950

1989 Beverly

Courtesy of Gary Brown.

7 Service Men Killed In Crash Of Two Trains

From the "Lewiston Morning Tribune."

August 5, 1943

Beverly Depot

Courtesy of Gary Brown.