This is one of about three single shoulder tie plates that I found while hiking between Slack Canyon and Alstown. This particular plate was manufactured by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation in 1924 and it's the only one that was in mint condition. The rest had blow torch marks.
Built by the Great Northern Railway in 1909, the 61 mile line branched off the mainline at the Columbia River and snaked its way up across Douglas County, WA to its terminus in Mansfield. In 1985 it was abandoned, thus closing the book on railroading on the Waterville Plateau. This blog is dedicated to preserving the history of the Mansfield Branch Line and Waterville Railway Co., as well as showcasing my scratch built HO scale models.
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