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Milwaukee Tacoma roundhouse sent this stellar lashup northward for the Bellingham-Sumas Local
one day in 1979. The experiment didn\'t work so
well as they never made another visit.
A Tacoma Roundhouse special lashup got sent up to
Bellingham one rainy dark day in 1979. The BN ran
F-Units all the time through Bellingham. This is
the only time the Milwaukee tried it (to the best
of my knowledge).
MILW 626 SW1200 waiting for orders and switching instructions at the MILW Depot(not pictured)in
downtown Bellingham WA. The shadow forming on the
626 is coming from the 2nd tallest building in
Bellingham, the Herald Building.
Mt St. Helens in 1980 provided a lot of free ballast to eastern Washington railroads. This shot
shows a couple inches of volcanic ash on MILW trackage in Moses Lake WA.
A trio of MILW units heading for the roundhouse from the lower yard at Bellingham WA in 1979. The above bridge is the old NP line that ran through downtown to South Bellingham.
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