GN Wenatchee Wreck

Photos came from the collection of Otto Melton, courtesy of Dora Shirk, his granddaughter. Otto worked in the Wenatchee roundhouse for years.

March 7, 1943

Thanks to Darrin Nelson for helping pin down the date of this wreck. See his fine blog, covering the Mansfield Branch, at http://ndarrin97.blogspot.com/.

Newspaper article courtesy of the "Spokesman Review."

March 9, 1943

Bridge Model and Toy Trains Help Devise Work Program At Grand Coulee

From the "Spokane Chronicle."

June 3, 1938

Tourist Train Toots Its Own Horn

From the "Spokane Chronicle."

June 27, 1948

Train Memory Stays

From the "Spokane Chronicle."

November 28, 1979

Beet Refinery Station Name Honors Official

From the "Ellensburg Record."

October 21, 1953

GN 1940 Spokane Division Stock Circular

Mansfield Branch Snowplow Wreck

Courtesy of the Oroville Historical Association.

Darrin Nelson, who maintains the Mansfield Branch blog, adds the following:

Frederick DeForest "Fred" Kelsey was the Great Northern Railway Superintendent for the Spokane Division from Feb. 1915 to May 1917, Fred Kelsey is pictured with his hand touching the gondola.

Wharf Pilings At Wenatchee

Courtesy of Chelan County PUD.

Milwaukee 251 At Othello

Courtesy of the Othello Community Museum.

Charles Davidson, the roundhouse foreman in Othello, checks the 251 at the roundhouse.  Steam was largely used on the section of tracks from Avery, ID to Othello.  At Othello, the steam engines were switched out for electric locomotives.  The 251 was the only 4-8-4 type locomotive constructed by the railroad, others having been built by commercial builders.