The Wenatchee Daily World: May 23, 1910

The Wenatchee Daily World: May 10, 1910

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.

  

The Wenatchee Daily World: March 3, 1910

The Wenatchee Daily World: October 6, 1909

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.

The Wenatchee Daily World: November 27, 1909

The Wenatchee Daily World

Withrow in 1977

My dad and brother next to a box car in Withrow, WA.  July 1977.

Withrow in 1915

Great Northern Railway Track Plans of the depot and part of the grain facilities. 

View of Moses Coulee

Chuck Strawn photo just south of tunnel about a half mile.

2009 photo about the same location.

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.

    

Waterville Railway Co.

Train ready to pass under the SR 28 overpass on August 1, 1983.  Photo by Blair Kooistra.  Here are some more pictures of trains at the same spot.  Picture 1,  Picture 2,   Picture 3

Tunnel

Looking out the North Tunnel enterance.  Chuck Strawn collection.

Washout at Milepost 27

Douglas County Empire Press: December 2, 2004

Adelbert A. Jacobsen  "Del"  (1922-2010)

Supplee, WA

Looking northeast.  Date of photo unknown

Douglas in 1986

The galvanized crib warehouse in the background next to the silos was torn down in 1995.  

  

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.

  

The Wenatchee Daily World: 1968

Warner Friel (1902-1990)
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.

    

The Wenatchee World: July 1, 1975

Reinhardt W. Dahlke (1915-1993)

The Wenatchee World: December 3, 1993

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Back on Mainline

October 28, 1983 photos showing train on the mainline headed back to Wenatchee.  John P. Henderson photos.

Train back at Wenatchee Yard

Columbia River Siding

Mansfield Branch Line train passing through the Columbia River Siding on its way to Wenatchee.  This afternoon picture was taken on October 28, 1983 by John P. Henderson.

2009 photos

Looking on the up grade about 1/2 mile south of the tunnel entrance.

Looking on the up grade about 0.4 of a mile south of the entrance.

Looking on the down grade about 1/4 mile from the south entrance.

Looking on the up grade with south portal entrance in the distance.

Looking on the down grade a few hundred yards from the south portal entrance.

Mansfield 1916

1916 Great Northern track plans of the engine wye at Mansfield.  Plans show locations of stock yards, coal platform, Engine House and Standard Oil Co. Spur. 

Palisades 1936

Track plans of Palisades siding from 1936.  Depot retired at that time.