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Monday, September 30, 2013
Heavy Snow in Mansfield
Heavy snowdrifts blanket the tracks in Mansfield during the winter of 1915-16.
Waterville Railway Co. Diesel-Electric
Davenport-Bressler Diesel-Electric. 152 HP Diesel. Built for the Waterville Railway Co. at Seattle in 1946. Sold to Continental Grain Co. in Longview, WA in 1951 and then scrapped in 1956. This engine only saw service for about two years on the WRY Line when the June 1948 rains closed the line forever. Pictured here in April 1947 parked inside the engine house at Waterville Wa. Doug Nighswonger provided photo.
Friday, September 27, 2013
Waterville Railway Co. Combine Car
Waterville Railway Co. Combine Car #1 shown here on May 1941, 5 years after its offical retirement. It is pictured here resting on the wye a few city blocks north of the depot. These types of cars carried both passengers and freight. Built by the Jackson & Sharp Company (1863-1950) and purchased (used) by the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad (NYC&HR) in 1882. In 1887 it was rebuilt into a passenger and Baggage car (combine car). Great Northern operated it from 1891 to 1911 then sold to the Waterville Railway Co. It was retired in Oct. 1936 and scrapped in 1948. Picture from the Norman Keyes Jr. collection.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Waterville Steam Power #949 and #299
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Waterville Railway's Lone Rail Car
A Nash two-ton truck converted to a self-propelled rail car. Able to haul 17 passengers. Purchased on May 1920 and retired on October 1936. Scrapped in 1939. Picture from Ted Waterhouse and Helen Robbins collection.
Monday, September 23, 2013
Withrow in 1961
Withrow in October 1961. Stan F. Styles Photo.
May 2010 photo about the same location. The round steel posts for the station sign are still out there as you can see in the above photo.
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Monday, September 16, 2013
View of Moses Coulee
Chuck Strawn photo just south of tunnel about a half mile.
2009 photo about the same location.
Friday, September 13, 2013
Douglas in 1983
Sunday morning train passing through Douglas on August 1, 1983. The depot had been retired 8 years earlier in 1975. The red Ford pick-up belonged to Estil Hull (1923-1995) a long time GN-BN employee. Photo by Blair Kooistra.
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Monday, September 9, 2013
Douglas in 1986
The galvanized crib warehouse in the background next to the silos was torn down in 1995.
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Touhey, Wa
In 1909 it was named Byron. Renamed Touhey and established on May 21, 1912. Discontinued on april 30, 1914 and the mail went to Mansfield. The siding was named "Touhey", but when entered on the post office application it was misinterpreted as "Tonkey". The office never operated long enough for the error to be corrected.
Looking southwest down the tracks. Date of photo unknown.
Same view as above. 2015 photo.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
The Wenatchee Daily World: 1968
Warner Friel (1902-1990)
Edwin "Ed" Puffert (1900-1975)
Edwin "Ed" Puffert (1900-1975)
Warner Friel's brother was John Bryan "Jack" Friel. The basketball court at Pullman, WA in Beasley Coliseum is named after him. Jack was a long time basketball coach at Washington State.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
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