Date illegible, but either 1891 or 1892,
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!
Monday, May 11, 2015
Sunday, May 10, 2015
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Lured By A Mirage While Thirsting On The Desert Sands
From the "San Francisco Call."
October 11, 1896
October 11, 1896
Friday, May 8, 2015
Thursday, May 7, 2015
1922 Trinidad Area Topo Map
Haven't come across too many maps showing where Vulcan was. Today it is the site of the proposed Spanish Castle Resort.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
2007 EWG Lease And Operation Exemption
Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad Company--Lease and Operation Exemption--Washington State Department of Transportation
Transportation Department Documents and Publications. (Jun 1, 2007).
Surface Transportation Board
Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad Company (EWGR), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire by lease and to operate approximately 107.8 miles of rail line that are in the process of being acquired by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) from Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad, Inc. (PCC). /1/ The line to be leased and operated, known as the CW Branch, extends from a connection with BNSF Railway Company at milepost 1.0 near Cheney, WA, to the end of track at milepost 108.8, in Coulee City, WA.
FOOTNOTE 1 A related notice of exemption was filed on May 21, 2007 in STB Finance Docket No. 35024, Washington State Department of Transportation--Acquisition Exemption--Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad, Inc., wherein WSDOT seeks to acquire the line involved in this proceeding and other lines from PCC. END FOOTNOTE
This transaction is related to STB Finance Docket No. 35030, U.S. Rail Partners, Ltd.--Continuance in Control Exemption--Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad Company, wherein U.S. Rail Partners, Ltd. (USRP), seeks to continue in control of EWGR upon its becoming a Class III rail carrier.
EWGR certifies that its projected revenues as a result of this transaction will not exceed those that would qualify it as a Class III rail carrier and will not exceed $5 million.
The earliest this transaction may be consummated is the June 15, 2007 effective date of the exemption (30 days after the exemption was filed). /2/
FOOTNOTE 2 On May 18, 2007, EWGR and USRP filed a joint petition requesting that the Board partially revoke the class exemptions as necessary to allow the exemptions in this proceeding and in STB Finance Docket No. 35030 to become effective on June 4, 2007, instead of on June 15. That request will be addressed in a separate Board decision. END FOOTNOTE
If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed at any time. The filing of a petition to revoke will not automatically stay the transaction. Petitions for stay must be filed no later than June 8, 2007, unless the Board grants the joint petition of EWGR and USRP to make their exemptions effective sooner, in which case the due date for stays will be established in the Board's decision acting on the joint petition.
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB Finance Docket No. 35029, must be filed with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be served on William C. Sippel, 29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, IL 60606-2832.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: May 24, 2007.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-10636 Filed 5-31-07; 8:45 am]
Transportation Department Documents and Publications. (Jun 1, 2007).
Surface Transportation Board
Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad Company (EWGR), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire by lease and to operate approximately 107.8 miles of rail line that are in the process of being acquired by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) from Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad, Inc. (PCC). /1/ The line to be leased and operated, known as the CW Branch, extends from a connection with BNSF Railway Company at milepost 1.0 near Cheney, WA, to the end of track at milepost 108.8, in Coulee City, WA.
FOOTNOTE 1 A related notice of exemption was filed on May 21, 2007 in STB Finance Docket No. 35024, Washington State Department of Transportation--Acquisition Exemption--Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad, Inc., wherein WSDOT seeks to acquire the line involved in this proceeding and other lines from PCC. END FOOTNOTE
This transaction is related to STB Finance Docket No. 35030, U.S. Rail Partners, Ltd.--Continuance in Control Exemption--Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad Company, wherein U.S. Rail Partners, Ltd. (USRP), seeks to continue in control of EWGR upon its becoming a Class III rail carrier.
EWGR certifies that its projected revenues as a result of this transaction will not exceed those that would qualify it as a Class III rail carrier and will not exceed $5 million.
The earliest this transaction may be consummated is the June 15, 2007 effective date of the exemption (30 days after the exemption was filed). /2/
FOOTNOTE 2 On May 18, 2007, EWGR and USRP filed a joint petition requesting that the Board partially revoke the class exemptions as necessary to allow the exemptions in this proceeding and in STB Finance Docket No. 35030 to become effective on June 4, 2007, instead of on June 15. That request will be addressed in a separate Board decision. END FOOTNOTE
If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed at any time. The filing of a petition to revoke will not automatically stay the transaction. Petitions for stay must be filed no later than June 8, 2007, unless the Board grants the joint petition of EWGR and USRP to make their exemptions effective sooner, in which case the due date for stays will be established in the Board's decision acting on the joint petition.
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB Finance Docket No. 35029, must be filed with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be served on William C. Sippel, 29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, IL 60606-2832.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: May 24, 2007.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-10636 Filed 5-31-07; 8:45 am]
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Mid-Train Pusher On The EWG
October 4, 2010
Ben Teeters at the controls.
The EWG used pushers from 2010 to 2011. Mostly during the winter, due to air brake issues and keeping the train line pumped up in 110 car trains. Also, the pushers would have dry rail.
Slack action was the biggest complaint Ben had with this operation.
Ben Teeters at the controls.
The EWG used pushers from 2010 to 2011. Mostly during the winter, due to air brake issues and keeping the train line pumped up in 110 car trains. Also, the pushers would have dry rail.
Slack action was the biggest complaint Ben had with this operation.
Monday, May 4, 2015
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Spuds Being Shipped In Bulk
From the "Quincy Valley Post-Register."
March 10, 1977
The car is an ACF Conditionaire. It is an insulated and refrigerated hopper car. Here is a better image of one of these cars.
The car was a specially modified standard hopper car which was blanketed with a layer of insulation, equipped with roof hatches for loading, and had centerflow openings along the bottom for fast discharge. A mechanical refrigeration unit was installed with sheet metal ducting forcing cool air into the cargo compartments.
March 10, 1977
The car is an ACF Conditionaire. It is an insulated and refrigerated hopper car. Here is a better image of one of these cars.
The car was a specially modified standard hopper car which was blanketed with a layer of insulation, equipped with roof hatches for loading, and had centerflow openings along the bottom for fast discharge. A mechanical refrigeration unit was installed with sheet metal ducting forcing cool air into the cargo compartments.
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