Leah Carrell photo. Courtesy of Allen Miller.
This site features daily historical railroad posts from the Big Bend/Columbia Plateau region of Washington state. As a personal site, this is my online filing cabinet of interesting things I've come across about railroading in the area. I know it's easy to grab an image from here and post it elsewhere, like Steve Renfrow does, but if you do, could you at least give this site a little credit? Dan Bolyard
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
1919 Corfu
Leah Carrell photo. Courtesy of Allen Miller.
Allen says, "Corfu depot, 1919. On the baggage cart, left to right: "Bux" Carrell, son of agent, Emil Rudloff, station agent from Ralston and Hurley Carrell, Corfu station agent."
Allen says, "Corfu depot, 1919. On the baggage cart, left to right: "Bux" Carrell, son of agent, Emil Rudloff, station agent from Ralston and Hurley Carrell, Corfu station agent."
Monday, October 29, 2012
Sunday, October 28, 2012
1919 Eastbound Olympian at Corfu.
Leah Carrell photo. Courtesy of Allen Miller.
Allen says, "Eastbound Olympian by Corfu, 1919. Woman nearest camera is second trick operator Elsie Rudloff, nearest the train order signal mast is Leah Carrell, relief operator and wife of agent. Man is agent Hurley Carrell and son "Bux" next to building.Just visible beyond the observation car end is the stock yard and an outhouse and the chicken house on the hillside."
Allen says, "Eastbound Olympian by Corfu, 1919. Woman nearest camera is second trick operator Elsie Rudloff, nearest the train order signal mast is Leah Carrell, relief operator and wife of agent. Man is agent Hurley Carrell and son "Bux" next to building.Just visible beyond the observation car end is the stock yard and an outhouse and the chicken house on the hillside."
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Sunday Picnic At Corfu
Leah Carrell photo. Courtesy of Allen Miller.
Allen says, "A Sunday afternoon picnic at Corfu. Left to right: Pasco Devino, section foreman; "Bux" Carrell and his mother, Leah, son and wife of the depot agent; Tom Depue, train dispatcher out of Spokane and Hazel Merrill, local school teacher."
Allen says, "A Sunday afternoon picnic at Corfu. Left to right: Pasco Devino, section foreman; "Bux" Carrell and his mother, Leah, son and wife of the depot agent; Tom Depue, train dispatcher out of Spokane and Hazel Merrill, local school teacher."
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
April 2012 Schrag
A chance stopping by found the nice folks loading cars on April 20.
End of track.
View towards Ritzville.
Looking East towards "town."
Monday, October 15, 2012
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Friday, October 12, 2012
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Beverly Bulletin Board
Courtesy of Allen Miller.
Front and back of the helper crew's bulletin board from the Beverly depot.
Front and back of the helper crew's bulletin board from the Beverly depot.
Allen says, "This is one of the items in my
collection that I can date pretty accurately. The "c/o Supt.
Moll" is referring to Alexander Henry Moll, who was
superintendent of the Columbia Division at Malden from November 1,
1909 until December, 1910. He later ended up as a chief dispatcher on
the Frisco. His father was Justus B. Moll, General Roadmaster of the
C.M.& St.P. in Chicago."
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Monday, October 8, 2012
E3 At Othello
Photo by Wade Stevenson. Courtesy of Allen Miller.
Allen says, : "Here is an interesting photo taken in
Othello by Wade Stevenson. There is a Bipolar electric on train No.
15, a wooden cupola caboose on the right, a pair of F-7 diesels in
the lightning bolt scheme, another Bipolar and another wooden, cupola
style caboose and a set of boxcab electrics at the far right."
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Friday, October 5, 2012
Milwaukee Excursion Train
Photos by Wade Stevenson. Courtesy of Allen Miller.
On Tuesday, May 6, 1913 an excursion
train known as the "Trade Extension" was run out of
Ellensburg at 8 a.m. to Othello where the crowd was served lunch. The
train then returned to Beverly and went down the new branch line to
Hanford, stopping at White Bluffs for the night. From Hanford, the
next day, the train returned to Ellensburg, arriving about 6 p.m. The
purpose being to induce business men to invest and buy lots in the
new towns and increase the revenue from the branch.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Monday, October 1, 2012
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