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. Thanks for stopping by!
Friday, April 11, 2025
1938 GN Wenatchee Steam Power Views
Photos by William F. Gilman. Courtesy of Jena Gilman.
Great pictures! Pacific 1351 was wrecked in a collision in British Columbia in 1941: From Wikipedia - July 24 – Canada – a regular Great Northern Railway passenger train–led by Great Northern H-5 class No. 1351–collided head-on with the second section of a Canadian National Railway Transcontinental train–led by Canadian National S-1-b class No. 3254–on a single-track mainline in the Brunette Valley near New Westminster, British Columbia; two people were killed, three were severely injured, and 21 passengers and crew received minor injuries.[21]
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Steam!
The Vanderbilt tender on the 1351 is almost as big as the loco!
It might weigh more when it's full!
Great pictures! Pacific 1351 was wrecked in a collision in British Columbia in 1941: From Wikipedia - July 24 – Canada – a regular Great Northern Railway passenger train–led by Great Northern H-5 class No. 1351–collided head-on with the second section of a Canadian National Railway Transcontinental train–led by Canadian National S-1-b class No. 3254–on a single-track mainline in the Brunette Valley near New Westminster, British Columbia; two people were killed, three were severely injured, and 21 passengers and crew received minor injuries.[21]
Whoa! That's too bad.
Ouch...
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