The Northern Pacific built 200 4-wheel cabooses between 1905 and 1907. They had a 12-ft wheelbase, were 19 feet over the end sills (body length) and 24 feet 2 inches over the coupler pockets. There is

This topic moved to the NP Railway list for further discussion, but I thought I would revive it here with a brief note. I spoke with Jack Christensen, a retired NP/BNSF engineer, earlier this week. He

If you are on the NPTelltale list, ask there. It seems to have more NP vets than the other NP lists. I know Jack Christensen is on that list, and he used to run on the Sumas Line. Chuck Soule

I would suspect it is much more likely the lumber is being loaded ONTO the ship to go elsewhere. There would be little need to ship lumber TO Vancouver Island :) Chuck Soule

The Northern Pacific's Willipa Harbor Branch from Chehalis to South Bend, Washington had a flag stop way up at the top of the ridge called Pluvius. The story is that original settler said he named it

I've been doing fiddle concerts and fiddle lessons on zoom for over a year now, and the latency issue is problematic from the point of view of such things and matching bow strokes to notes - they get

I've been doing fiddle concerts and fiddle lessons on zoom for over a year now, and the latency issue is problematic from the point of view of such things and matching bow strokes to notes - they get

Not to mention some great steamboats and a fascinating bridge in the background. Chuck

Howard Garner wrote: "Caption is not correct. Bainbridge Island never had rail service." The Pacific Creosote plant on Bainbridge Island, just like many sawmills around Puget Sound, had rail service p

Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive uses Epson scanners, primarily the V800 and V850. I particularly like that the the associated computer software lets you tweak the scan parameters based on your prev

With a keg that size, you think it would go flat before it was all used!

Regarding toothpicks, I specifically remember there used to be a Diamond Toothpick factory just south of the intersection of Union and Center Street in Tacoma, right next to Nalley's. So toothpicks an

Having worked in California oil production in the 70s and early 80s, and having some familiarity with other parties besides the companies I worked for, the other respondents have it correct - Conoco d

I realize the post was primarily about the boxcars in front of the flour mills. But for those who are also interested in the mills themselves, the Tacoma Grain Co. mill, later the Centennial Mill, had

I am aware that the Northern Pacific had a Lidgerwood at their Auburn, WA engine facility, but I am not sure I could find a picture of it in our current lockdown situation. Chuck Soule

It's not uncommon to see mothballed flattops in Tacoma Tideflats air photos from the 40s, 50s, and maybe even into the 60s. They were escort carriers built by the shipbuilding company at the tip of th

It's not uncommon to see mothballed flattops in Tacoma Tideflats air photos from the 40s, 50s, and maybe even into the 60s. They were escort carriers built by the shipbuilding company at the tip of th

Tacoma's Hooker facility was actually built in the 1920s, before the Bonneville Power Administration era, because Tacoma had a very aggressive public utility dept. that built several dams for power su

The "A" on the stock yard building in the background suggests the photo is cropped from a NP Joint Facilities Book. The date of 8-28 in the lower right corner is consistent with the period the books w

Them Monad does go back to the 1890s as an NP symbol. What changed through time was the extra tags like Yellowstone Park Line, which was in being used in the 1930s. There is an NP PR brochure at the N