Western Railroad Discussion > An SP ghost in 2024....

I saw this the other day up at Delta Jct. right outside of Everett, Wash. I was completely blown away...because I had never noticed it before...sitting abandoned...forgotten about to time and the elements...just rotting away in a useless corner lot of some industry next to the track with junk piled up all around it. I'm pretty sure that's an old Southern Pacific "Big Hook" on wheels. The P&W had one just like it down in Oregon. 

I wonder how it got there...what they were doing with it, and when it was last used. 

Tex

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Note it has Roseville stencilled on the side below the cab.   Must have been based there at one time.   It is a long way from home up in Everett.   I wonder when they were retired from the SP/UP operations?  

so, where is this? I live nearby, I recognise the 529 bridge in the background. Is it out on the flats heading towards Marysville? Thanks in advance

 

kcmbha Wrote:
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> so, where is this? I live nearby, I recognise the
> 529 bridge in the background. Is it out on the
> flats heading towards Marysville? Thanks in
> advance
>
>  
Delta Junction…coming over from Bayside Yard…first photo you can see the signal to go either north across bridge 37…or east/southeast to go over towards Delta Yard.

The business that the old hook is located at is Pacific Cable.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/27/24 23:01 by Texican65.

now I see it, thanks

A Cline (the manufacturer) truck. Great truck for rerailing equipment etc. Every major terminal had at least one on the UP.

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