Undated Almira Depot Postcard View

Courtesy of Aaron Schwarz and the PNRA.

No date listed.  

Note the top of the J G Wolf mill on the left above the boxcars.

BN Train Near Reardan

Courtesy of Aaron Schwarz and the PNRA.

No photographer known.

August 15, 1981

At the Tramm Rd crossing east of Reardan.

Electrifying Great Northern Railroad

Thanks to William Russ for finding this article.

From the Leavenworth "Echo."

October 27, 1916

1915 Adrian Stockyard Proposal

Courtesy of Aaron Schwarz and the PNRA.

Early Othello Roundhouse View

 

Early Hanford Mixed Train View

 

1979 Taunton View

Photo courtesy of Blair Kooistra.

1979

Milwaukee 201 At Lind

Courtesy of Blair Kooistra.

Blair says:

"Another view of the chase Chris Haaland and I made of train #201 across the west end of Milwaukee Road's "gap" in Eastern Washington on August 29, 1978.
We started the day following #200 out of Othello and stayed with it as far as Roxboro, then hung around for #201 to show up. Here's the hottest of the 2 or 3 daily westbound train crossing the big steel bridge and high earth fill over the former Northern Pacific at Lind, Washington. A nice cut of auto racks for the Kent auto yard are on the head end."

GN Power At Appleyard

Courtesy of the GNRHS. Special shout-out to Mike Hammer for reminding me of this image. I first saw it in the 1967 Charles R. Wood book "Lines West." That book was first captivating to me in the late 1970s. 

Three types of Great Northern motive power are shown at Appleyard, near Wenatchee, Wash. Left to right are GE class W-1 electric No. 5019, built in 1947; EMD FT diesel No. 416, built in 1944; and Baldwin class R-1 2-8-8-2 No. 2036.

1920s Odessa Postcard View

Thanks to Kurt Moose for finding this.

1951 Moses Lake Ice House Removal

 

1955 AFE Drawing At Warden

 

CW Snowplow Train

Guest post by Dean Ferris.

(Dan here: I've been sitting on this post for almost 7 years, at Dean's request, waiting for him to retire from the railroad.)

January 1993 saw the first use of the BN Interbay rotary snowplow in quite some time on the CW Line (now the Washington Eastern) and the P&L (now the SSP). Obviously there was no chance I was going to miss it so I called in sick to my job at Boeing. Unfortunately a Spokane TV station sent a crew out to cover the event but they seemed more intent on interviewing us than filming the rotary. So we chased the rotary and the TV crew chased us but I wasn't about to appear on TV after calling in sick (that's my wife and blue van). Steve Koberstein recorded the report on the evening news and sent me a copy. Sorry about the quality - it's from 1993 era VHS tape...

1954 Water Changes At Marcellus

 

1969 Empire Builder At Wenatchee

Courtesy of John Smoots.

June 1969

Hand-Wringing On The GN Courtesy Of The Milwaukee

Not sure if these are from Dave Sprau or another Dave.

1970s Othello View

Photo by Don Lahr.

Guessing mid 1970s. 

1955 Warden Track Extensions

 

1955 Scalley Improvments

 AFE joint with NP and Milwaukee.

Reardan Track Diagrams

Courtesy of Sheldon Perry and Aaron Schwarz.

1976 Milwaukee Letter To The Bureau Of Reclamation

Courtesy of Aaron Schwarz and the PNRA.

Hanford Track Loading At Quincy

Courtesy of Aaron Schwarz and the PNRA.

Baumgart Elevator At Lind Views

Photographer unknown.

1969 Wilson Creek Views

Courtesy of Ronald Pfeifer. 

  

Looking west.

Chuck Chuck Tavern

Depot, looking east

Bulk fuel plant

1968 Wenatchee Views

Photos by Joel Gilman. Courtesy of Jena Gilman.

1942 Dry Falls View

Photo by Gordon Nicks.

Note the Central Washington Railroad grade on the lower left.

1970s Othello View

Photo by Don Lahr.

Guessing mid 1970s. 

Donated Carload Of Wheat

From the "Grant County Journal."

April 22, 1949

1970s Othello View

Photo by Don Lahr.

Guessing mid 1970s. 

End Of The Line Ahead For Colorful Caboose

From the Wenatchee "World."

July 11, 1975

This caboose sits alongside Park Lake today.

1904 Ephrata Depot View

Photo by I.N. Mcgrath.

J.R. Hill is the agent.