1950's look at Alstown.  The structure in the middle of the picture is a pump house.  In the distance just to the right of the pump house you can see the station sign.   Photo provided by Bob Kelly. 

BN crewman walks the tops of the boxcars and does one last check before the train departs out of Douglas.  "Last Train" resting just a little south of US 2.  In just a few hours time, the sights and sounds of railroad activity will just be a distant memory on the plateau.
March 2, 1985 photo by Tim Repp.

These rusty 40' boxcars getting ready to depart Douglas, WA. These are some of the last pictures showing boxcars being used to haul wheat in the entire United States.  Boxcars became out of fashion once hoppers came in to use.  "Last Train" leaving Douglas for the last time on March 2, 1985.  Tim Repp photo.

Picture taken from above the tunnel's south portal entrance.  The track alignment used to run straight through where the curved section is seen in this photo.  A short little 68' structure, bridge #8 once crossed a small gully about where the speeder is parked.  The bridge was removed during the 1920's according to GNHS archives.  March 8, 1986 photo by Ryan Reed.  1988 article about the tunnel being sealed up.

  

Bridge #15

Looking at the north end of bridge #15.  This bridge spanned 165.5' across the creek. 

  Early 1980's.

Alstown Siding drawings dated 1933

South end of siding (sheet 1 of 2)

Northern end of siding (sheet 2 of 2)

2009 photos

Pictures taken on September 2009 of the abandoned grade between Palisades and the Tunnel.  All pictures looking on the up grade near milepost 18.

Bridge #26 looking on the up grade.  This bridge was 248' in length.  Date of photo unknown.  Here is a picture of this bridge looking on the down grade from the other side of the creek bed. 

Touhey just a memory

This grainy July 16, 2012 photo shows the last moments of the Touhey Elevator before a wall of fire engulfed the structure.  A large fire swept the area, thus erasing the last remaining sign that any railroad activity ever took place in Touhey.  Touhey Elevator before the fire.  Photo was taken south of the elevator.

Bridge #18

1948 flood damage to the 170' trestle #18

Nov 2007 photo of same location and view as above.  After '48 flood the tracks were located to the west side of the creek as seen in this photo.  Bridge #18 eliminated.  Looking on the down grade.  1949 aerial of this location.

About a half mile down the tracks from the tunnel, this speeder and its rider, pose for a picture taken by Ryan Reed.  March 8, 1986.

"Last Train" in Douglas.  March 2, 1985.  Anita Sprauer photo.

Bonneville Power Spur added in 1952

Plan view drawing showing the addition of the Bonneville Power Spur (Bon Spur).  On the opposite side of the tracks across from the spur was the Moses Coulee Siding.  That siding was taken out in 1938.  This drawing is dated 1952.  This line would serve the Bonneville Power Station up until the 1980's.

2011 Aerial

Back end of "Last Train" in Douglas.  Photo by Tim Repp.
 March 2, 1985.

Mansfield Depot and Water Tank

c. 1910

Mansfield Depot Blueprints

Built in 1909, retired in 1944, sold and removed in 1961.  This is a revised blueprint drawing showing a proposed installation of an "Express Locker" in the ticket office.  Date 1917.

 

1948 flood damage at Mile Post 22.  Looking on the down grade.  This spot is one mile up the line from McCue.

Location on aerial photo

Bridge #28

GNRY officials inspect the damaged remains of bridge #28 during the summer of 1948.  Looking on the down grade.  Picture provided by the Skykomish Historical Society.

June 2012 photo showing approximate location of bridge #28.  The bridge crossed the creek just out of view if this picture to the right.  You can see where the line used to run prior to the 1948 flood on the right.   GN relocated the line to the left and eliminated this bridge completely.  I'm standing on the revised grade location looking on the up grade approximately where the basalt rock face is in the above photo.

Train entering the north tunnel portal at Douglas Creek Falls on the down grade.  Picture taken on October 28, 1983 by the late John P. Henderson.  Here is a picture of the train earlier that morning on the
 way up.

Mansfield in the 1950's

Looking southwest with the pump-house and depot on the left and grain elevators on the right.  Photo taken in the 1950's during the month of August.   The depot was retired in 1944 along with the water tower.  In 1961 the depot was sold and removed.  Picture of this depot in 1947.

Looking northeast towards the end of the rails.  On the left is the water crane and depot.  1950's photo.

The Wenatchee Daily World: May 13, 1909

Withrow, WA Then and Now

Early 1980's photo

2010 photo

Alstown in 1984  Bridge #37.5 in view.  More photos from a previous post.  Photo by Alan Loebsack.  

The Wenatchee Daily World: October 9, 1909

September 2009 photo of same location 28 years later

Train entering the south tunnel portal entrance on the up grade.  Photos by Tim Repp taken on June 14, 1981.  From a previous post. 

South portal tunnel entrance at Douglas Creek Falls with speeder car in view.  March 8, 1986 photo by Ryan Reed.

Mansfield Oct. 1983

Standing at the end of the line looking southwest down the tracks.  Leg of the wye just to the left up ahead.

Looking southwest at the grain elevators in Mansfield.

Photos by John P. Henderson

Bridge #22

June 1948 flood damage.

Bridge repaired

Fall 2007 photo of same view as above

Bridge photos provide by the Skykomish Historical Society.  2011 aerial photo of bridge location. 

The Wenatchee Daily World: May 1, 1909

Early morning train headed eastbound on the mainline about 5 miles from the start of the Mansfield Branch.  Once this train hits the mouth of Moses Coulee, nothing but steep grades and sharp curves will be awaiting them.  These GP-9's will be working overtime trying to reach Mansfield in 4 hours time.  Oct. 1983 photo by John P. Henderson.  Picture of the same train later that day ready to merge back on the mainline.

Ol' timers pose for a picture on BN GP39-2 Locomotive  #2730.  The two men on the left and center are unknown and the man on the right is Oliver Ruud (1899-1994).  Both the year and the men are long gone.  Anita Sprauer photo taken on March 2, 1985.  "Last Train" out of Douglas.   

North portal entrance.  March 8, 1986 photo by Ryan Reed.

1970's look at Central Washington Grain Growers' facilities in Douglas.  This image was taken from a company brochure.