Disaster! Tank Car Blast Rips Railyard

From the Wenatchee "World."

August 6, 1974

GN 5018 At Wenatchee

 

GN Power At Appleyard

Courtesy of the GNRHS. Special shout-out to Mike Hammer for reminding me of this image. I first saw it in the 1967 Charles R. Wood book "Lines West." That book was first captivating to me in the late 1970s. 

Three types of Great Northern motive power are shown at Appleyard, near Wenatchee, Wash. Left to right are GE class W-1 electric No. 5019, built in 1947; EMD FT diesel No. 416, built in 1944; and Baldwin class R-1 2-8-8-2 No. 2036.

BN 6599 Making A Guest Appearance, But Look Closer

Photo courtesy of Dean Ferris.

Former SDP45 #6599 is showing off it's experimentally applied rear BB truck as it enters Appleyard at Wenatchee, WA in May 1985.

GN 135 View

Photographer and date unknown.

Note the steam era facilities still standing in the background.

GN W-1 At Wenatchee

Photo by Michael B. Carver.

No date.

1974 Appleyard Electric Shop Views

Photos courtesy of Jonathan Fischer.

April 8, 1974.

1974 Appleyard Electric Shop

Photo courtesy of Johnathan Fischer.

April 8, 1974

View is not too long before the big explosion at the yard.

Appleyard Turntable

Photo courtesy of Johnathan Fischer.

April 8, 1974

Appleyard Shop Crew View

Great Northern Railway motor repair crew in Appleyard neighborhood of Wenatchee, Washington. 

1929 timeframe.

BN AFE Index Card- Appleyard

Courtesy of the PNRA and Aaron Schwarz.

Wenatchee Turntable Views

Photos from the Cordell Newby collection of the GNRHS.

1974 timeframe.

The turntable was moved from Hope, BC to Wenatchee in 1921. 

Organizing these photos came about from a request for views of this structure from a Wenatchee area Facebook page..

Various Wenatchee Views

Thanks to Mark Penny. From the Brian Schuff collection.

Exact dates unknown.

GN Z-1 Appleyard View

Photo by Gayle Christenson.

No date. 

GN Passenger F Units At Appleyard

1953

GN 5010 At Appleyard

Photographer and date unknown.

The 5010 was built in August 1927 and is shown in it's original paint. It would soon be painted in the Empire Builder colors like the trailing engine behind it. 

Y1a At Appleyard

Courtesy of Gary Dowler.

1954

W1 At Appleyard

Courtesy of Gary Dowler.

1954

 

Y1s At Wenatchee

Courtesy of Gary Dowler. 

1954

GN Electrics At Wenatchee Views

Photos by Frederick A. Bonke.