Photo courtesy of James Belmont.
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe train No. 3, the "Pacific Zip", rushes its Chicago - Seattle container traffic past the Great Northern depot at Quincy, Washington the afternoon of Sept. 13, 1996.
This site features daily historical railroad posts from the Big Bend/Columbia Plateau region of Washington state. As a personal site, this is my online filing cabinet of interesting things I've come across about railroading in the area. Thanks for stopping by! --Dan Bolyard
Photo courtesy of James Belmont.
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe train No. 3, the "Pacific Zip", rushes its Chicago - Seattle container traffic past the Great Northern depot at Quincy, Washington the afternoon of Sept. 13, 1996.
Thanks to John Taubeneck for finding this.
October 26, 1915.
The Dam Brothers Ranch, Priest Rapids. The Milwaukee depot and water tank are just right of center. Note the steam shovel to the right of the water tank.
Courtesy of Tom Carver.
"Into the teeth of the 1% climb out of the Columbia River valley in the background, this eastbound is now heading east and west simultaneously as it ascends onto the Columbia Plateau. This loop is actually a full horseshoe up a side coulee of the Columbia valley. After leaving Wenatchee, WA., BN's ex-GN line crosses from the west to east side of the Columbia River and initiates this 20-mile climb to Quincy on its way to Ephrata and eventually Spokane."