Friday, June 19, 2026

Thursday, June 18, 2026

Columbia River View

Photographer unknown.

Date unknown.



Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Terminal Ice & Cold Storage Co

From a 1977 brochure produced by the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce.




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

Wheeler Trust Industrial Property

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



Saturday, June 13, 2026

Wheeler Industrial District

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



Friday, June 12, 2026

McDonald Siding

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


Thursday, June 11, 2026

Hiawatha Industrial Park

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.



Friday, June 5, 2026

Grant County Airport Industrial Park

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



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



Wednesday, June 3, 2026

New Railroad Rumors

From the "Spokesman Review."

December 22, 1946



Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Connell Thinks East Road Best

From the "Spokesman Review."

January 9, 1947



Monday, June 1, 2026

Short Hearing Approves Dam

From the "Spokesman Review."

August 10, 1948



Sunday, May 31, 2026

Moses Lake NP Line Pondered

From the "Spokesman Review."

October 17, 1948



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.



Friday, May 29, 2026

Open Big Tract In Grant County

From the Spokane "Chronicle."

July 5, 1913



Thursday, May 28, 2026

New Line To Coast

From the Spokane "Chronicle."

April 8, 1913



Wednesday, May 27, 2026

A Splendid Opportunity

From the Spokane "Chronicle."

February 12, 1912



Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Road Will Shorten Distance To Coast

From the Spokane "Chronicle."

November 23, 1911



Monday, May 25, 2026

Run Trains On Pasco Branch

From the Spokane "Chronicle."

October 31, 1910




Sunday, May 24, 2026

Survey New Route

From the Spokane "Chronicle."

December 28, 1909



Saturday, May 23, 2026

Friday, May 22, 2026

NP 307 At Reardan

Photographer unknown.

Date unknown.



Thursday, May 21, 2026