Re: GN Spokane Hillyard Yard Photo

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Bill Keene #159197 Bob, Thanks for sharing this photo. I wonder what was the cause of the weathering displayed on the NKP double sheathed box car. Cheers, Bill Keene Irvine, CA toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Oct 16, 2018, at 7:31 PM, Bob Chaparro <chiefbobbb@...> wrote: With a little photo editing this becomes a nice period photo of a lot of freight cars: https://media.spokesman.com/photos/2016/10/24/spa68298.JPG_t1170.jpg?e2225bc5c1a75a1036ca3021fecba2b47792abfe Caption: "Spokane yards of the Great Northern at Hillyard in 1946 showed immediately the effects of a nationwide rail strike. Thousands of empty and idle boxcars, oil tankers, gondolas and cattle cars stood on the tracks shortly after the strike was called." The photo is from a news article titled "Getting There: Hillyard oil contamination puts roadblock in plans for North Spokane Corridor". Here is a link to the article: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/oct/24/getting-there-hillyard-oil-contamination-puts-road/ Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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