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!
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Little Power On The Move
Photos courtesy of the Grant County Historical Society's BPA photo archive.
1945
Locomotive moving by truck due to the track being temporarily out of service due to construction work.
Very cool pics!! The third one looks like the trackage going down near the top of the dam and the pump plant. Never seen pics of actual track on it even tho I've walked the grade many times. Love the trucks too! Guessing the dump truck was towing the main tow truck to get that heavy load up that steep grade.
Very cool pics!! The third one looks like the trackage going down near the top of the dam and the pump plant. Never seen pics of actual track on it even tho I've walked the grade many times. Love the trucks too! Guessing the dump truck was towing the main tow truck to get that heavy load up that steep grade.
ReplyDeleteNow I need to find a photo of a train on that section of track.
ReplyDeleteThat truck must've had some serious low gear ratios to haul that loco!
ReplyDeleteGranny gear!
ReplyDeleteThat would be totally cool to see a train on that grade!
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