1934 MWAK Lease Of Track Material From The NP

Courtesy of the MHS.

November 28, 1934

Low Bidder On Removal Of US Construction Railroad Press Release

Courtesy of the MHS.

August 30, 1950

Removing Construction Railroad And Miscellaneous Structures

Courtesy of the MHS.

August 17 and 24, 1950

1950 Consideration Of The Removal Of The US Construction Railroad

Courtesy of the MHS.

July 21, 1950

Sorry, it's a bit hard to read. 

Dealing With Rail Used By MWAK

Courtesy of the MHS.

December 5, 1939

MWAK Request For Rail For Construction Trestle

Courtesy of the MHS.

October 2 and 3, 1936

Requisitions-Grand Coulee Line

Courtesy of the MHS.

Ryan Laying A Mile Of Track A Day

Courtesy of the MHS.

NP Memo For Rail For Grand Coulee Dam

Courtesy of the MHS.

MWAK 2673 At Grand Coulee

Courtesy of the PNRA George Frost collection. Thanks to Aaron Schwarz for digging this one out.

October 24, 1937

Looks to be somewhere adjacent to the yard at Electric City.

CBI 802 At Electric City

Courtesy of the PNRA, George Frost collection. Thanks to Aaron Schwarz for digging this out.

September 15, 1940

CBI 801 at Grand Coulee

Courtesy of the PNRA, George Frost collection. Thanks to Aaron Schwarz for digging this out.

June 2, 1940

MWAK 251 At Grand Coulee

Courtesy of the PNRA, George Frost collection. Thanks to Aaron Schwarz for digging this out.

October 24, 1937

Serial number 909

Constructed on 09-21-04 3 truck Shay 75 tons 13½x15

California Northwestern Ry Co. #32 San Francisco, CA; For:

Northwestern Redwood Co. (California & Northwestern Ry) #1, Willits, CA

Northwestern Pacific RR Co. #32>251 Willits, CA

Hutchinson Lumber Co. (leased) Feather Falls, CA 05-01-22)

Portland, Eugene & Eastern RR #251 (leased) Eugene, OR

For sale: Repaired to make more salable at Tiburon, CA 09-26-25

Mason-Walsh-Atkinson-Kier Co. #251>802 Grand Coulee Dam, WA 04-24-35

Consolidated Builders, Inc. #802 Grand Coulee Dam, WA 03-14-38

M. Bloch & Co. Mason City, WA for scrap 01-12-45

Scrapped 01-45

MWAK 200 At Grand Coulee Dam

Courtesy of the PNRA George Frost collection. Thanks to Aaron Schwarz for sharing this.

October 24, 1937

Serial number 3295

Constructed on 05-27-26. 3 truck Shay 70 tons 12x15

Charles R. McCormick Lumber Co. #200 Quilcene, WA

Clyde Equipment Co. (D) Seattle, WA 04-13-35

Mason-Walsh-Atkinson-Kier #200 Grand Coulee Dam, WA 01-28-36

Consolidated Builders Inc. #200 Grand Coulee Dam, WA 03-14-38

Potlatch Forest Inc. #200 Headquarters, ID 06-13-44

Potlatch Forest Inc. (Washington Idaho & Montana Ry #200) Bovill, ID

Scrapped 1949

first Shay used on five miles from Electric City to dam 5% grade

Northwestern Pacific 251 At Coulee City

Courtesy of the PNRA, George Frost collection. Thanks to Aaron Schwarz for digging this out.

1935

Serial number 909

Constructed on 09-21-04 3 truck Shay 75 tons 13½x15

California Northwestern Ry Co. #32 San Francisco, CA; For:

Northwestern Redwood Co. (California & Northwestern Ry) #1, Willits, CA

Northwestern Pacific RR Co. #32>251 Willits, CA

Hutchinson Lumber Co. (leased) Feather Falls, CA 05-01-22)

Portland, Eugene & Eastern RR #251 (leased) Eugene, OR

For sale: Repaired to make more salable at Tiburon, CA 09-26-25

Mason-Walsh-Atkinson-Kier Co. #251>802 Grand Coulee Dam, WA 04-24-35

Consolidated Builders, Inc. #802 Grand Coulee Dam, WA 03-14-38

M. Bloch & Co. Mason City, WA for scrap 01-12-45

Scrapped 01-45

I suspect this is a photo of the freshly delivered 251 by the Northern Pacific at Coulee City, and it will soon be forwarded to to the dam shortly.

Tunnel Construction Scene

Courtesy of the NMAC.

1935-36 timeframe. 

This tunnel was built on a 5% grade, It's located adjacent to the Coulee Dam city hall.

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.

1935 Tunnel Construction Scene

Courtesy of the NMAC.

1935

View looks over what will become the town of Coulee Dam at the granite bluff the tunnel was built through. It featured a 5% grade from end to end. It wasn't actually used, though track led to it, as part of a tail track of a switchback leading to a lower level.

NP Cement Boxcar Unloading At Grand Coulee

Courtesy of the Bonneville Power Administration. 

No date.

Note the fellow with the Fuller-Kinyon vacuum in the doorway, sucking out all the cement powder into the tanks in the background. This car was formerly used for lumber loading, stick by stick, as the small door on the right end shows. After being used for cement service, I doubt it was used for anything else. 

Note one of the fellows on the right is pointing at the photographer.

1938 Queen Of The Columbia Views

Courtesy of the NMAC. 

December 8, 1934

Recently named Queen Lou Turner is seen posing with King David H. Ryan, the contractor who built the railroad. Group scene is inside the Roosevelt Theater.