Fruit Growers Of Peach Unite

From the "Spokesman Review."

February 3, 1917

GN To Mend Branch Roadbed

From the "Spokesman Review."

December 19, 1914

Loosing Business At Wenatchee

 From an April 1954 edition of "The Rocket" magazine.

Train 200 At Othello

Photo by Philip Mason.

1978 timeframe.

Milwaukee Road Ice Reefer At Beverly

Photographer unknown.

June 14, 1965

1901 NP AFE Wilbur House Track Extension

Courtesy of the NPRHA.

1911 NP AFE Wheeler And Bruce Sand Fence

Courtesy of the NPRHA.

1915 NP AFE Govan ROW Fence

Courtesy of the NPRHA.

BN AFE Index Card-Davenport

Courtesy of the PNRA and Aaron Schwarz.

BN AFE Index Card-Olds

Courtesy of the PNRA and Aaron Schwarz.

BN AFE Index Card-Rock Island

Courtesy of the PNRA and Aaron Schwarz.

BN AFE Index Card-Trinidad

Courtesy of the PNRA and Aaron Schwarz.

BN AFE Index Card-Crater

Courtesy of the PNRA and Aaron Schwarz.

BN AFE Index Card-Canby

Courtesy of the PNRA and Aaron Schwarz.

1913 NP AFE Davenport ROW Fence

Courtesy of the NPRHA.

“Leavin’ Hite ~ 45’s on the Move”

Guest post by Frederick Manfred Simon.

March 1, 2017

About an hour before sunset and the refraction of light within and through a veil of cloud cover makes for a surreal winter scene. Engineer Jerry Miller is poised to swing his butted 45’s down and ‘round the bend westward. He and his conductor have just spotted five covered hoppers under the Hite spout. With everything buttoned up, handbrakes spun on the spot, Fred hung, a quick set and release, the conductor gives Miller the highball to proceed into a boreal martianscape. 

BN AFE Index Card-Bruce

Courtesy of the PNRA and Aaron Schwarz.

BN AFE Index Card-Bassett Jct

Courtesy of the PNRA and Aaron Schwarz.

BN AFE Index Card-Cheney

Courtesy of the PNRA and Aaron Schwarz.

Various listings mentioning the CW branch.

BN AFE Index Card-Quincy

Courtesy of the PNRA and Aaron Schwarz.

1921 NP AFE Wilbur Pipeline

Courtesy of the NPRHA.

“Force Majeure”

Guest post by Frederick Manfred Simon.

December 30, 2016

Hartline, Washington: before breakfast-o’clock in the midst of temperatures tumbling into inhumane depths; when one can scarcely feel his digits ditch lights reach into the darkness and find Conductor Gary Durr wading through drifted and drifting snow to hold a job briefing with Dave Reagan, his Engineer, where Durr will briefly escape the inclemency in the relative warmth of the cab as they assess the situation and plan their next few moves. Railroaders have been at war with the elements for generations, hence there is nothing extraordinary about this scene. Yet, it is a glimpse into one such campaign in that perpetual conflict between man; his machines; his – a la Nietzsche – indomitable Will to Power and what is Force Majeure. To-wit: the crew confronts myriad complications: frozen switch locks; compacted, snowed in switches and “throwing” them means throwing your back – all your living and dead might – into bending frozen steel to one’s will; bad, if not non-existent footing; air hoses and the air that passes through them frozen, unbendable and impassable; not to mention the overarching mental and physical fatigue all while ensuring that each move is orchestrated according to a detailed, sequential plan: switches lined, handbrakes set, derails dropped, cars properly spotted, working in between unaired cars and 200-plus-ton locomotives. These men; this Band of Brothers, they have each other’s six every-single-step of the way for any lapse or deviation from said maneuver or miscommunication is consequential. The demand for unflagging concentration is nothing short of supreme as the wind mercilessly knifes its icy blades into any exposed skin and through as many layers of clothing, and any romantic notion of railroading leaves you as quickly as the boreal vacuum sucks the warmth from your body.

BN AFE Index Card-Coulee City

Courtesy of the PNRA and Aaron Schwarz.

BN AFE Index Card-Wilson Creek

Courtesy of the PNRA and Aaron Schwarz.

BN AFE Index Card-Basin City

Courtesy of the PNRA and Aaron Schwarz.

BN AFE Index Card- Appleyard

Courtesy of the PNRA and Aaron Schwarz.

BN AFE Index Card-Wenatchee

Courtesy of the PNRA and Aaron Schwarz.

BN AFE Index Card-Adrian

Courtesy of the PNRA and Aaron Schwarz.

Notice the one card with a listing for North Dakota has a listing for our local Adrian.

Also, next to the station name is an "N" or a "G" which defines the original railroad.

BN AFE Index Card-Alstown

Courtesy of the PNRA and Aaron Schwarz.

BN AFE Index Card-Almira

Courtesy of the PNRA and Aaron Schwarz.

BN AFE Index Card-Adco

Courtesy of the PNRA and Aaron Schwarz.

BN AFE Index Card--Rocklyn

Courtesy of the PNRA and Aaron Schwarz.