1978 Wenatchee Depot View

Photo by Greg Weirich.

The Wenatchee depot on 9-16-78. No Amshack at this date.

French-Fried Potatoes Go To Eastern And Southeastern Cities From Warden

From "The Northwest."

March-April 1961

Railroad Funding Illustrates Problems

Guest editorial from my late wife, from 2011. 

Hartline Difference Of Decades

In regards to yesterday's post about the grain elevators being torn down, here is a difference of decades view. 

Demolition view is from 5-26-25. Vintage view from 10-31-1945.

Tearing Down Grain Elevators At Hartline

In one of those odd situations where my post is timely, this is a current view from Hartline. This one and the concrete one are supposed to go away and be replaced with modern storage.

One More Columbia Basin Industry Put In At Bruce, WA

From "The Northwest."

July-August 1959

1936 Wenatchee Map

1936

This represents just about as far as I go into Wenatchee, to the area around the depot. 

WCRC 203 At Warden

Guest post by Lauren Scrafford. 

Washington Central Railroad, WCRC 203 has just picked a switch and is on the ground at Warden, WA on August 11, 1995. The switch had just been rebuilt and was locked but the first axle on the 203 went on the ground while going through the switch.

The WCRC 203 was an SW1200 EMD switcher built for the Missouri Pacific in April of 1966 as the MP 1148. It came to the Washington Central as the 203 and worked for the Columbia Basin also as the 203. I photographed it at Warden in 2001 and 2002. The CBRW retired it in 2014, and it went to the SMTX as the 203 before going to SVGX as the 1363 where it was also repainted.

Switching At Othello With The Road Power

Photo by Gary Brown. 

October 1979