Milwaukee 21 At Othello

Courtesy of Blair Kooistra.

Blair says:

"Another view of the Milwaukee Road #21 and sister parked at the Othello roundhouse in August, 1978.

For as much grief as the railroad got--and justifiably--for their worn physical plant, it's plain to see in this view that the workers at the Othello Roundhouse took great pride in the spic-and-span appearance of their workplace. The tidy servicing facility wasn't the oily swamp that, for instance, Tideflats had. This isn't to cast aspersions on the workers at Tacoma--they had a HUGE facility that had become far bitter than the space required, and upkeep of the property wasn't the top priority. But Othello didn't seem to have a weed growing where it shouldn't."

1968 Larson Air Force Base Trackage Map

August 1968

Ralston Section Crew

Guest post by Ryan Reed. 

Jay Lentzner photo.

"This picture taken by Jay Lentzner on the Marcellus Branch shows a section crew made up of (left to right) Vern Nevitt, Walt Mathews, Harold Johnson, Bob Law, Rene Guerra, and Bob Adams. So, my question is what section were they on? I understand that Bob Adams was the last one to live in the Ralston section house before he moved to Ritzville and his son worked on Divisional Gang 5525. Just trying to figure out what section gang we're looking at here."

 

I think it's just east of Moody.

 

BN Says No To City Speed Limits

From the "Grant County Journal."

July 15, 1996

Train Speed Limits Eyed

From the "Grant County Journal."

July 8, 1996

1952 Larson Air Force Base Track Diagram

 

1973 Proposed Extension To Grant County Airport

"ML Co" is "Milwaukee Land Company."

As built, the track comes into the map from the upper right toward lower center. Base housing is seen on the lower right. Main runway is seen near lower left. Building the extension, in yellow) would go to is one of the buildings used by Boeing at the time, now by Genie.