Guest post by Ryan Reed.
On May 15, 1988, BN 2213 West wakes up Ephrata, Wash. with nearly quarter-century Great Northern heritage up front. The ex-GN main in eastern Washington was never on my to-do list, but a recent magazine article on the line got my buddy Carl Sonner jacked up to see it, so off we went for a two-day trip on May 14th, and 15th - to a territory off our beaten path. On this trip we photographed Trinidad Loop for the first time and was thoroughly impressed despite waiting so long for a train that Carl actually fell asleep on the hillside. We chased this train all the way across the line and with that ex-GN GP30 on the point trailed by a bunch of GP9s, we were lovin' it. It's funny, I never made big efforts to see the ex-GN, but ended up shooting all of it from Spokane to about Index on multiple two or three day trips. It just kind of happened.
Wow, this is epic! Can only imagine how many times this ex-GN loco has rolled thru here since 1963 when it was built! Great Northern 3013 rolled out of EMD in May of that year.
ReplyDeleteI wish my photos from this time period looked as good as Ryan's!
ReplyDeleteYeah, mine too!
ReplyDeleteBetween a Polaroid, and a Kodak 110 Instamatic, lol! Can barely make out what kinda' loco it is!