Saturday, May 31, 2014

Friday, May 9, 2014

Mansfield Local At Palisades

© 2014 Bill Edgar, North Coast Studios.

April 1983.


BN 1792 rolls an eastbound Mansfield local past empty grain box cars as it begins its climb through the Palisades and up to the Mansfield plateau. This train typically ran once weekly handling grain traffic on the branch.


Thursday, May 8, 2014

Mansfield Local Near Palisades

Image © 2014 Bill Edgar, North Coast Studios.

April 1983.


The Mansfield local approaches the Palisades Road crossing en route to Douglas and Mansfield, WA. The train is led by an x-GN GP9 and a former NP Geep.




Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Mansfield Turn At Columbia River Bridge

Image © 2014 Bill Edgar, North Coast Studios.

April 1983.

BN 1792 and 1754 rev up after slowing to cross the Rock Island bridge over the Columbia River at Rock Island, WA, about 12 miles east of Wenatchee. The x-GN and x-NP GP9s have 40 empty 40 ft. boxcars in tow for a trip up the Palisades to grain elevators on the Mansfield branch. They will return with a similar number of loaded cars which will then move to Seattle for export.