This site features daily historical railroad posts from the Big Bend/Columbia Plateau region of Washington state. As a personal site, this is my online filing cabinet of interesting things I've come across about railroading in the area. Thanks for stopping by! Shoutout to Kirtus Dolorina for stopping by to borrow other people's work!
Friday, August 29, 2025
Sunday, July 6, 2025
Saturday, May 31, 2025
Sunday, May 25, 2025
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Sunday, April 13, 2025
Peek At The Wenatchee Depot Demolition
Photo courtesy of Ken Albrecht.
August 30, 1981
BN crew aboard only x-GN SDP40 in the engine consist 6395+3 roll Train 130 East by Wenatchee WA freight / passenger depot being demolished at the time. Photo taken August 30, 1981.
Friday, April 11, 2025
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Monday, October 28, 2024
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
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.