May 12, 1950.
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!
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Hand Picked Crew Handled Truman's Train During Visit
Thanks to Ted Curphey for digging this one out as well.
May 12, 1950.
May 12, 1950.
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Monday, August 17, 2020
Sunday, August 16, 2020
Aerial View Of Cement Unloading At Cement
Courtesy of the Bureau of Reclamation.
April 3, 1972
Views show the unloading of cement powder at Cement. It was unloaded here and trucked up to Grand Coulee Dam during the building of the third powerhouse.
April 3, 1972
Views show the unloading of cement powder at Cement. It was unloaded here and trucked up to Grand Coulee Dam during the building of the third powerhouse.
Saturday, August 15, 2020
Friday, August 14, 2020
BN Train At Rock Island
Courtesy of Brian Ambrose.
October 4, 1980
BN westbound #97 with SD40-2's 7223-6911-8114-C&S 6362 cross the Columbia River bridge east of Wenatchee, WA on 10-4-80. In the summertime this area would be stifling hot but in early October I would imagine it was quite pleasant.
October 4, 1980
BN westbound #97 with SD40-2's 7223-6911-8114-C&S 6362 cross the Columbia River bridge east of Wenatchee, WA on 10-4-80. In the summertime this area would be stifling hot but in early October I would imagine it was quite pleasant.
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Train Dispatcher's Graph
Courtesy of Dave Sprau.
June 1987
Dave says:
"Train dispatchers "graph" of movements in CTC installed mostly on Great Northern days, between Edmonds and Harrington. Way too much to document here except to say this graph rolled along slowly, sort of like a window shade, from one roller to another, and the time of day is shown at the left. The time of day on the graph is 5.40 PM. Amtrak 1008 went by Edmonds and cleared the double track at east end at 528 pm; then Pacific Zip No 3 went thru the single track at Edmonds one minute afterward. The Kirkland Turn ran from Snohomish to Lowell 20 minutes ago and then No 600 occupied the switch at Lowell to make his pick up and is still there. Advance 12 just went by Gold Bar. 103 left Skykomish 7 minutes ago so obviously they are going to meet at Baring. The identity of trains is inked in by hand, as you see. Some identities cant be seen, because they are written on a portion of the graph not photographed here. Part of dispatchers duties when we had this old equipment was to take a pen and "connect the dots" - the "dots" being those little jogs of an automatic pen on this graph paper each time a train goes past a control point, -usually the siding switches at a station. Then when you connect all the dots you get a nice little "picture" of the operation. Technology and procedure consigned to the garbage can about 30 years ago."
June 1987
Dave says:
"Train dispatchers "graph" of movements in CTC installed mostly on Great Northern days, between Edmonds and Harrington. Way too much to document here except to say this graph rolled along slowly, sort of like a window shade, from one roller to another, and the time of day is shown at the left. The time of day on the graph is 5.40 PM. Amtrak 1008 went by Edmonds and cleared the double track at east end at 528 pm; then Pacific Zip No 3 went thru the single track at Edmonds one minute afterward. The Kirkland Turn ran from Snohomish to Lowell 20 minutes ago and then No 600 occupied the switch at Lowell to make his pick up and is still there. Advance 12 just went by Gold Bar. 103 left Skykomish 7 minutes ago so obviously they are going to meet at Baring. The identity of trains is inked in by hand, as you see. Some identities cant be seen, because they are written on a portion of the graph not photographed here. Part of dispatchers duties when we had this old equipment was to take a pen and "connect the dots" - the "dots" being those little jogs of an automatic pen on this graph paper each time a train goes past a control point, -usually the siding switches at a station. Then when you connect all the dots you get a nice little "picture" of the operation. Technology and procedure consigned to the garbage can about 30 years ago."
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
More 1947 Odessa Views
Courtesy of Jack Dayley.
Jack says:
"Here’s a couple more photos from my dad taken in Odessa. The engine and the engine crew! Sorry about the poor quality."
Jack says:
"Here’s a couple more photos from my dad taken in Odessa. The engine and the engine crew! Sorry about the poor quality."
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
1947 Odessa Views
Courtesy of Jack Dayley.
Jack says:
"Here's a few more photos of my Dad, Chuck Dayley, at Odessa in 1947. I don't remember the name of the gentleman standing next to him on the platform."
Jack says:
"Here's a few more photos of my Dad, Chuck Dayley, at Odessa in 1947. I don't remember the name of the gentleman standing next to him on the platform."
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