BN GP9 in Moses Coulee near Palisades in 1983

 Burlington Northern GP9 #1792 crossing over bridge #3 in Moses Coulee three miles south of Palisades.  

1983 Bill Edgar photo.

Moses Coulee in 1983

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April 1983 photo of Mansfield local approaching bridge #3 and the Palisades Rd. crossing.  Palisades is 3 miles ahead, and then after that its steep grades for these GP9's until Douglas.  One an ex-Great Northern GP9 and the other an ex-Northern Pacific.

Bridges #3, 4, 5 and 6

Superimposed image showing where bridge #3 and #4 used to lay along the line.  These structures were at mile post 12.5 where the tracks crossed Palisades Rd.  Picture of a train crossing bridge #3 just before it will cross Palisades Rd heading north up Moses Coulee.

Bridges #5 and #6 were located about mile post 14.  Palisades Siding was at mile post 15.5.  You can tell how much the creek has changed course from when the drawings were made over 100 years ago.  The creek used to meander east under Palisades Rd and then cross back west again.  Now the creek only goes on the west side of the road.  Here is a train passing over bridge #6 for the last time in 1985.

Bridge Drawings Plan/Profile

These bridges fell between Appledale and Palisades along the MB Line.

Plan/Profile drawing of Bridge #3 and #4.

Plan/Profile drawing of Bridge #5 and #6.


Drawings provided by Bob Kelly of the Skykomish Historical Society

June 14, 1981 in Moses Coulee

Train crossing bridge #3 between Appledale and Palisades.  Picture by Tim Repp

'48 flooding in Moses Coulee

This photographter was standing on bridge #3 when he snapped these pictures while the water was still high. My grandma told me in the summer of 1948, Douglas county received a couple inches of rain in a couple of hours causing a massive flood. Everyone refers it as the '48 flood. Must have been a sight to see.

The heart of Moses Coulee

Looking down the tracks with bridge #3 in view. 1983 photo

Bridge #3 near Appledale after the flood of 1938