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I had taking my Mom, younger sister and brother along Alaskan Way in Seattle, Had my new Pentrex camera in with slides film March 1973. I was 16 years old. BN transfer from Balmer Yard to Stacy? BN 1923 GP-9 ex NP.
My first saw a SP&S engine: BN 4368 C636. It seemed to be dead. I was only 16 so surprised. By the way, I missed getting in the railroad in 1974 even though I was a BN Explorer Scout for two years. I went into the US Navy for 20 years then finally hired on the BN/BNSF railway for 25 years and...
Summer 1971 the Double Header on the short Snoqualmie Railway Museum at the old Puget Sound Energy property near the old BN branch line near Snoqualmie Falls. It was only half a mile section. I had slides. I was 15 years old.
I saw last week watching loaders, bulldozers and cranes removing rail and ties in the Woodinville, WA area. I've seen trains on that line since 1961 when I was 5 years old! I would had pictures but I was crying so much my camera was so wetted I couldn't take any. Whew! I don't know if someone...
I had been at the BN/BNSF convention in Vancouver, WA this year. Our president wants us to show some pictures for our magazine. I got a bunch but need to get the date of these six pictures. Now I live where that accident happened in Sultan, WA. The City Hall people are too young. The Information...
Interbay’s Hook on side at Sultan, WA fell over on curve. I’m trying to remember when it happened. Maybe 1979-1983. I need the date at least which month and year. I was in the Navy during that time and had been here from Groton, CT. They had to bring the Hook from Spokane to help.
I was rode the Gorge Railroad in 2011 and got to ride from the engine! They cost a bit but I was an locomotive engineer so I didn't bother him but took a lot of photos. It was great!! My wife was with her Mom and sisters in Colorado Springs and me just watching trains. Great shots you took...
It's good to here. I had a stroke on June 22, 2019. I could not move anything on my right side. Had to quit from the BNSF and retired my locomotive number in October. Now I can walk, write checks from right sider and drive my car. It's tough not running trains and talking from my crews since I...
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