Nostalgia & History > Old BN Power Tacoma

Crossing a street I no longer remember the name for, here's a cross-section of first generation power on the BN in Tacoma in August of 1979.

Enjoy.

Don Hall
Yreka, CA

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Good old train 139!! That brings back some memories. Tacoma sure doesn't look like that anymore.

Great stuff, thanks for sharing!

odub Wrote:
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> Crossing a street I no longer remember the name
> for, here's a cross-section of first generation
> power on the BN in Tacoma in August of 1979.
>
> Enjoy.
>
> Don Hall
> Yreka, CA

I'm not sure,,, but is that D St?

Butch,,,,,just guessing

That is at Dock Street Crossing.

Tom

Dock Street now stays on the N side of the tracks over to D Street. The crossing now is A street if I recall correctly. In the first pix the right foundation for the signal bridge is still in place..probably will be removed for the new track work tho.
Roger Beckett

Not the best of photos, but here's 139 with some real old power. Taken at UP Junct. in the winter of 1970/1971. Have a number of shots of Quincy/SP&S/WP power on 138/139 taken around the Dock Street/UP Junct. areas. Will have to scan them one of these days.

Martin Burwash

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MartinBurwash Wrote:
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> Not the best of photos, but here's 139 with some
> real old power. Taken at UP Junct. in the winter
> of 1970/1971. Have a number of shots of
> Quincy/SP&S/WP power on 138/139 taken around the
> Dock Street/UP Junct. areas. Will have to scan
> them one of these days.
>
> Martin Burwash



Wow, Mr. Burwash,
I had heard that you were an old-timer, but there's some confurmation of that right there in that photograph. Amazing stuff. Too bad you didn't shoot that in color (g).