Bridge #11

1939 Douglas County Plan showing a new road revision under bridge #11 because of a big flood in 1938 that washed it out.  This trestle was located between Slack Canyon and Pegg Canyon in Douglas Creek at mile post 21.8 along the line.    

Ellensburg Daily Record: August 6, 1948

Palisades, WA

People pose for a picture at the Palisades Train Depot.  This depot was a 30' x 60' structure built by the Great Northern Railway in 1909, retired and sold in 1937.  Photo from the Fran Roth collection.

Palisades, WA

Edith Ann Allmendinger (1876-1939), on her way to Wenatchee, waits for the train at the Palisades Depot.  She is the grandmother of Fran Roth, a local Palisades resident that still resides there today.  Photo taken in 1912 with a caption that reads "Going to town".   Photo from the Fran Roth collection.   

Railroad Switch Stand

Great Northern Railway Switch Stand painted back to its original luster.  Recovered from Supplee, WA in the year 1986 when the Mansfield Branch Line was being removed. 

The picture below shows possibly the same switch stand at Supplee in the 1950's.

Railroad Switch Stand

A Great Northern Railway Switch Stand retrieved in 1986 from the northern end of the Supplee Siding when the line was being taken out. It now resides along my golf cart/ATV trail. 

GNRy Culvert Crossing Marker Sign

Great Northern Railway Culvert Marker No. 68.  Every culvert was marked with a steel marker sign to identify every crossing.  This marker was located somewhere between Douglas and Supplee according to GNRy Track Plans.  There were approximately 105 culverts that crossed under the tracks on the Mansfield Branch. 

Railroad Crossing Sign

Another crossbuck sign from the MB Line.

Railroad Mile Post Sign

Mile post 57 marker sign given to me a local Waterville man. This 2"x 8"x 18" piece of wood was nailed to a utility pole out between Touhey and Mansfield. The paint from the number “57” has protected the wood from some weather erosion which has left the numbers raised and still visible many years after the paint has weathered away.

Railroad Speed Limit Sign

A railroad speed limit sign given to me by a local Waterville man. The F-30 stands for “Freight Trains-30 MPH”.  He said he had retrieved it from a scrap pile in Douglas during the time the line was being removed in 1986. It had bullet holes in it and so he patched them then sanded it in anticipation of painting it.  I plan on finishing the painting work.

1960's Great Northern Railway standard plan detail for speed limit sign.

Weathered HO BN Hopper Cars

Weathered Tangent Pullman Standard PS-2CD 4740 Covered Hopper and an Intermountain ACF 4650 3 Bay Hopper. 

Out at Touhey

I rode the abandoned railroad grade out at Touhey between Rd 9 NE north to where bridge #43 crossed Rd C NE.  The route was a total of 3.2 miles which ended a few hundred yards east of the Rd C NE crossing.  Pictures taken on May 9, 2015.  I had permission to ride the grade by the owner.  

Zoomed out map of route taken.

Zoomed in map of route taken.

Near grade crossing at Rd 9 NE

What remains of the Touhey Elevator

Ramp of the elevator

Looking southwest down the main line track at Touhey.  Siding track was to the left.

Where bridge #42 once crossed Rd 10 NE

Looking north across bridge #42

Looking south across bridge #42

Looking east across Rd C NE where bridge #43 once crossed.

Remaining pilings from bridge #43

Looking west across Rd C NE where bridge #43 once crossed.

Cut at east end of bridge #43