This site features daily postings about historical information on the railroad lines of the Big Bend/Columbia Plateau region of Washington state.
Saturday, February 29, 2020
Friday, February 28, 2020
Thursday, February 27, 2020
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Monday, February 24, 2020
Sunday, February 23, 2020
1901 Wilson Creek View
Courtesy of the Grant County Historical Society.
Note the large coaling dock in use, as this was an intermediate terminal, located about half way between Hillyard and Leavenworth. Just behind the lower part of the ramp to the dock is the backside of the roundhouse.
Note the large coaling dock in use, as this was an intermediate terminal, located about half way between Hillyard and Leavenworth. Just behind the lower part of the ramp to the dock is the backside of the roundhouse.
Saturday, February 22, 2020
Friday, February 21, 2020
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Monday, February 17, 2020
Sunday, February 16, 2020
Saturday, February 15, 2020
“Knock, Knock…”
Guest post by Frederick Manfred Simon.
February 26, 2017
February 26, 2017
It’s 02:45 and BNSF ‘70ACe 9211 and
mates wait for a fresh crew to bring its loaded unit grain train
through the load/unload shed of Highline Grain at Four Lakes and back
down to the BNSF main some seven mile poles south in Cheney.
Labels:
CW,
Four Lakes,
HighLine
Friday, February 14, 2020
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Monday, February 10, 2020
Sunday, February 9, 2020
Saturday, February 8, 2020
Friday, February 7, 2020
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Dam Tourist Train
Courtesy of the Coulee Pioneer Museum.
August 31, 1947
Telephoto view of the west parking lot showing the crowded conditions of the parking lot over the Labor day weekend, in which about 12,000 people visited the dam. Much of the afternoon found the lot so full that a guard was posted to turn the traffic away from the lot for lack of additional parking space. Many cars were parked along the streets in "engineers town." Additional guards aided in handling the parking and movement of cars in the parking lot.
August 31, 1947
Telephoto view of the west parking lot showing the crowded conditions of the parking lot over the Labor day weekend, in which about 12,000 people visited the dam. Much of the afternoon found the lot so full that a guard was posted to turn the traffic away from the lot for lack of additional parking space. Many cars were parked along the streets in "engineers town." Additional guards aided in handling the parking and movement of cars in the parking lot.
Monday, February 3, 2020
Here Come The Waters Of The Equalizing Reservoir
On September 30, 1951, this image was captured as water was being pumped out of the Columbia River at Grand Coulee Dam. It flowed through the feeder canal into the upper section of the Grand Coulee that had been dammed off at both ends. The water was going to be used to prime the irrigation system that had been constructed as part of the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project.
The Equalizing Reservoir would go on to be renamed Banks Lake, in honor of Frank Banks, the construction engineer behind the building of the dam.
In the photo below, the rising waters will cover most everything in the coulee. The old railroad grade and a portion of the Speedball highway are beginning to disappear under the water. Seep lakes will disappear, as well as old homestead sites, farms, and orchards.
The Equalizing Reservoir would go on to be renamed Banks Lake, in honor of Frank Banks, the construction engineer behind the building of the dam.
In the photo below, the rising waters will cover most everything in the coulee. The old railroad grade and a portion of the Speedball highway are beginning to disappear under the water. Seep lakes will disappear, as well as old homestead sites, farms, and orchards.
Sunday, February 2, 2020
1930s Ephrata View
Courtesy of the Grant PUD Archives.
Note the depot in the center, with the outfit cars, painted white, on the industry track. There are 3 wheat loading warehouses along the same track. The water tank is slightly away from the tracks, but there is a standpipe that can be accessed by trains on the main or the siding track.
Note the depot in the center, with the outfit cars, painted white, on the industry track. There are 3 wheat loading warehouses along the same track. The water tank is slightly away from the tracks, but there is a standpipe that can be accessed by trains on the main or the siding track.
Saturday, February 1, 2020
1987 Mansfield Branch Bridge 41
Courtesy of Darrin Nelson
Photo by Henry Tupling.
Photo by Henry Tupling.
Bridge #41 on the Mansfield Branch Line
shown here just before it was torn down. This bridge spanned the
Dutch Henry Draw east of Withrow, Wash. for almost 80 years. A
company named Asset Recovery Group was responsible for the removal of
the line.
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