Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Termicold Corporation

From a 1982 brochure produced by the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce.

This building is now run by Americold.



Monday, June 15, 2026

Carnation Processed Potato Division

From a 1982 brochure produced by the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce.

Later run by Nestle, and now run by Simplot.



Sunday, June 14, 2026

Saturday, June 13, 2026

Friday, June 12, 2026

McDonald Siding

From a 1982 brochure produced by the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce.


Wednesday, June 10, 2026

1984 View At Former Tunnel 12

Guest post by Brian Ambrose.

On 3-4-84 I followed BN's 2/198 up to Trinidad from Wenatchee behind 6634/6499 (F45/SD45) Here it is approaching Columbia River siding. That was one of the things I remembered about March skies. Very pale blue and colors rather muted. I never did like that. Give me the dark blue skies of June!



Monday, June 8, 2026

Last Train To Mansfield

Courtesy of the PNRA. Thanks to Aaron Schwarz for digging this out.

From the "Seattle Region News."

May 1985



Sunday, June 7, 2026

BN Operating Ex-Milwaukee To Royal City

Courtesy of the PNRA. Thanks to Aaron Schwarz for digging this out.

From the "Sea-Port Region News."

October 1982




Saturday, June 6, 2026

1989 Quincy View

Photo courtesy of Brian Elchlepp.

February 1989

A pair of dash 2's rolling an eastbound stack train through Quincy, WA on a chilly morning in February of 1989.



Thursday, June 4, 2026

Is This The Bassett Behind Bassett Junction?

From the "Spokesman Review."

March 3, 1904


From the "Spokesman Review."

February 9, 1908


From the "Spokesman Review."

August 17, 1908


From the "Spokesman Review."

August 10, 1924



Saturday, May 30, 2026

BN 2213 At Ephrata

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.



Sunday, May 24, 2026