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By:Rick Morgan
Dates:1/1/1983 - 12/31/1989
Album Info:Washington State 1983-1989
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Heading To North Bend.
Title:  Heading To North Bend.
Description:  Two sequentially numbered BN "GP10s" take the local up Maple Valley on their way to North Bend. This is the former NP branch, which was the Milwaukee Road's line over the Cascades.
Photo Date:  9/1/1983  Upload Date: 5/25/2011 7:29:21 PM
Location:  Maple Valley, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 1422(GP10) BN 1421(GP10)
Views:  950   Comments: 1
Mount Baker and the Anacortes Local
Title:  Mount Baker and the Anacortes Local
Description:  BN caboose 10388, the former GN X-28, brings up the rear of the Anacortes Local on a Friday in January 1984.
Photo Date:  1/13/1984  Upload Date: 10/5/2012 4:14:49 PM
Location:  Whitney, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
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Views:  302   Comments: 0
Annie Local at Whitney
Title:  Annie Local at Whitney
Description:  BN GP39-2 2704 runs long-hood forward as it brings the Anacortes Local through Whitney Wa early in 1974. In the '80s it was frequently a 1 or 2-unit train; since then several more industries have popped up on the line and it now typically uses 3 or 4 locomotives for its Monday through Saturday work. I've always liked this shot; with the low light and engineer in the cab window.
Photo Date:  1/13/1984  Upload Date: 10/5/2012 4:14:33 PM
Location:  Whitney, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2704(GP39-2)
Views:  338   Comments: 0
Local power in Bellingham
Title:  Local power in Bellingham
Description:  BN 1426 was one of 28 GP7s the road rebuilt into a "GP10" in its shops. The unit is the former BN 1625 and NP 551. It's shown here at Belllingham with GP39-2 2704.
Photo Date:  1/14/1984  Upload Date: 5/18/2008 9:20:15 PM
Location:  Bellingham, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 1426(GP10)
Views:  727   Comments: 0
Leaving town, enjoying the weather
Title:  Leaving town, enjoying the weather
Description:  The rear-end crew of the BN Lynden WA local enjoys the view from former GN caboose 11393 as the train pulls out of the Dutch-influenced town on a beautiful July day in 1984. In about an hour they'll be home in Sumas.
Photo Date:  7/23/1984  Upload Date: 2/28/2008 9:39:36 PM
Location:  Lynden, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
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Views:  764   Comments: 1
Working the feed mill
Title:  Working the feed mill
Description:  BN GP38-2 2082 works the Lynden Feed mill in July 1984. This is a former Milwaukee Road branch; Robert Olmsted has a picture a MILW U36C at this same location on page 195 in his book "Milwaukee Rails".
Photo Date:  7/23/1984  Upload Date: 2/28/2008 9:40:07 PM
Location:  Lynden, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2082(GP38-2)
Views:  1228   Comments: 0
Sea of Grass
Title:  Sea of Grass
Description:  It's work done on the former Milwaukee Road branch to Lynden, BN GP38-2 2082 seems to be levitating on grass as it returns to Sumas in July 1984.
Photo Date:  7/23/1984  Upload Date: 2/28/2008 9:40:18 PM
Location:  Hampton, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2082(GP38-2)
Views:  893   Comments: 1
MVT's Baldwin
Title:  MVT's Baldwin
Description:  Mount Vernon Terminal operates a short strech of former interurban track in downtown Mt.Vernon. Their power in 1985 was an ex-Navy VO1000, which had replaced a pair of Plymouths. It was later replaced itself by an SW9 and scrapped.
Photo Date:  8/25/1985  Upload Date: 7/5/2011 9:37:43 PM
Location:  Mount Vernon, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MVT 505(VO-1000)
Views:  727   Comments: 2
Tied Down at Centralia
Title:  Tied Down at Centralia
Description:  BN GP38-2 2085 sits with a caboose at Centralia WA in Sept 1985.
Photo Date:  9/5/1985  Upload Date: 7/31/2009 9:01:07 PM
Location:  Centralia, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
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Views:  319   Comments: 0
UP Local in Seattle
Title:  UP Local in Seattle
Description:  UP GP38-2 2035 sits with four boxcars and a caboose prior to leaving Argo Yard in Seattle
Photo Date:  9/10/1985  Upload Date: 11/10/2012 10:27:26 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2035(GP38-2)
Views:  340   Comments: 0
Blue Flags at Seattle
Title:  Blue Flags at Seattle
Description:  A pair of UP SD40-2s wait with a short train at the south end of Argo Yard
Photo Date:  9/10/1985  Upload Date: 11/10/2012 10:27:46 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3381(SD40-2) UP 3132(SD40-2)
Views:  413   Comments: 0
BN Transfer in South Seattle
Title:  BN Transfer in South Seattle
Description:  Four BN units run a transfer north by the UP yard in Seattle; GP9 1799, a former GN unit, is followed by 1792, 1419 and SW1000 432.
Photo Date:  9/10/1985  Upload Date: 11/10/2012 10:27:57 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 1799(GP9)
Views:  332   Comments: 0
On The Seattle Waterfront
Title:  On The Seattle Waterfront
Description:  Seattle and North Coast RR halted operations in 1984. Two of their units, F7A 101 and SW1 52 sat by their ferry dock for some time afterwards.
Photo Date:  9/10/1985  Upload Date: 7/31/2009 9:01:28 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SNCT 101(F7A)
Views:  847   Comments: 1
Seattle & North Coast in Seattle
Title:  Seattle & North Coast in Seattle
Description:  The Seattle & North Coast RR tried to make a go of the Milwaukee Road trackage on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. It started up in 1980 and operated for four years before bankruptcy put it out of business. Here an ex BN/GN F7A and former MILW SW1 sit at their ferry slip and yard on the Seattle waterfront well after the shutdown.
Photo Date:  9/10/1985  Upload Date: 1/25/2008 8:24:11 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SNCT 101(F7A) SNCT 52(SW1)
Views:  2410   Comments: 2
South of the Border
Title:  South of the Border
Description:  BN GP38-2 2079 is the duty switcher at the road's border town of Sumas, WA. The tan prefab is the BN depot; the white one beyond is the Canadian Pacfic's and in Huntingdon BC. The mountains in the background are pure Canada.
Photo Date:  1/26/1986  Upload Date: 5/10/2009 6:09:39 PM
Location:  Sumas, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2079(GP38-2)
Views:  933   Comments: 0
Burlington Yard
Title:  Burlington Yard
Description:  One of three towns named Burlington the BN served; Burlington WA was where the GN's old Seattle to Vancouver main crossed its Anacortes to Hamilton branch. As of mid-1986 there was still a brick building and engine fueling facilites at this point.
Photo Date:  6/21/1986  Upload Date: 2/17/2013 10:50:06 AM
Location:  Burlington, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2178(GP38)
Views:  310   Comments: 1
Crossing the Swinomish Swing Bridge, 1986
Title:  Crossing the Swinomish Swing Bridge, 1986
Description:  A pair of former Frisco GP35s, 2572 and 2580, lead the BN's Anacortes local westsbound over the Swinomish Swing Bridge in the summer of 1986. Later pictures posted from this location show that BN/BNSF later removed the power lines from the center tower, the bridge's original motor system apparently being replaced with something more modern.
Photo Date:  7/5/1986  Upload Date: 2/17/2013 10:49:47 AM
Location:  Whitney, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2572(GP35) BN 2580(GP35)
Views:  599   Comments: 0
Above the Weeds
Title:  Above the Weeds
Description:  BN GP35 2572 leads the Anacortes Local westbound and off the Swinomish Channel Bridge on a gorgeous Saturday. This one is a former Frisco unit.
Photo Date:  7/5/1986  Upload Date: 6/13/2012 3:40:23 PM
Location:  Whitney, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2572(GP35)
Views:  397   Comments: 1
BN GP9 1783
Title:  BN GP9 1783
Description:  BN GP9 1783, a GN original, sits at the freight station in Bellingham WA
Photo Date:  7/13/1986  Upload Date: 3/22/2013 6:56:42 PM
Location:  Bellingham, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 1783(GP9)
Views:  423   Comments: 0
Local Power at Bellingham
Title:  Local Power at Bellingham
Description:  BN local power at Bellingham on a July day; GP38 2076 and GP38-2 2078.
Photo Date:  7/13/1986  Upload Date: 3/22/2013 6:56:15 PM
Location:  Bellingham, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2076(GP38)
Views:  430   Comments: 0
BN 4073 at Sky
Title:  BN 4073 at Sky
Description:  BN B30-7AB 4073 at Skykomish WA
Photo Date:  8/9/1986  Upload Date: 6/9/2013 8:16:07 AM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BN 4073(B30-7AB)
Views:  494   Comments: 1
Pulling into Sky
Title:  Pulling into Sky
Description:  Four units pull a BN freight into Skykomish on a sunny August day. SD40-2 7172 is followed by sister 7865, B30-7AB 4073 and SD45 6671.
Photo Date:  8/9/1986  Upload Date: 7/28/2013 9:28:19 AM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 7172(SD40-2)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
BN 2524
Title:  BN 2524
Description:  BN operated the Issaquah local until 1999, when the line was abandoned back to Redmond. Here GP35 2524 and GP38 2080 work the local on the former NP branch.
Photo Date:  12/15/1986  Upload Date: 2/2/2008 7:21:30 PM
Location:  Issaquah, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2524(GP35)
Views:  1287   Comments: 0
Tacoma SW9
Title:  Tacoma SW9
Description:  TMBL SW9 1200 works the yard in Dec 1986. This unit later moved on to Mt Vernon (WA) Terminal Ry.
Photo Date:  12/15/1986  Upload Date: 9/22/2009 7:34:44 AM
Location:  Tacoma, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TMBL 1200(SW9)
Views:  535   Comments: 3
Smokin up Tacoma
Title:  Smokin up Tacoma
Description:  Tacoma Municipal Belt Line (TMBL) 1200 was a former UP SW9 (1842) that came to the Belt Line in 1977. They subsequently sold it to Mt Vernon (WA) Terminal in 1993.
Photo Date:  12/15/1986  Upload Date: 2/21/2008 11:51:51 PM
Location:  Tacoma, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TMBL 1200(SW9)
Views:  566   Comments: 1
On the Darrington Branch
Title:  On the Darrington Branch
Description:  BN 2078 leads a work train across Deer Creek at Oso on the old NP Darrington Branch. The line was abandoned in 1993.
Photo Date:  12/17/1986  Upload Date: 7/28/2013 9:29:02 AM
Location:  Oso, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2078(GP38-2)
Views:  679   Comments: 0
BN Deep in the Woods
Title:  BN Deep in the Woods
Description:  A pair of BN GP38s out of Everett bring a short train of rip-rap up the Stillaguamish Valley in Washington on a day that proves that even the Evergreen State turns brown during the winter. This is the Darrington Branch; which was abondoned above Arlington in 1993.
Photo Date:  12/17/1986  Upload Date: 11/5/2008 9:38:50 PM
Location:  Oso, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Views:  415   Comments: 0
BN GP35 2501
Title:  BN GP35 2501
Description:  BN GP35 2501 sits at Bellingham.
Photo Date:  1/11/1987  Upload Date: 10/27/2012 9:24:47 AM
Location:  Bellingham, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2501(GP35)
Views:  349   Comments: 0
BN Local Power at Bellingham
Title:  BN Local Power at Bellingham
Description:  BN GP38 2180, GP30 2203 and a caboose at Bellingham to work one of the several area locals. 2180 is ex Conrail/Penn Central.
Photo Date:  1/22/1987  Upload Date: 10/27/2012 9:25:01 AM
Location:  Bellingham, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2180(GP38) BN 2203(GP30)
Views:  569   Comments: 0
BN Power at Mt Vernon
Title:  BN Power at Mt Vernon
Description:  BN GP9 1791 and GP38 2076 running light at Mt Vernon WA. 1791 is ex-GN, 2076 was ordered by SP&S and became the first new order BN received after the merger.
Photo Date:  1/25/1987  Upload Date: 10/27/2012 9:24:24 AM
Location:  Mount Vernon, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 1791(GP9) BN 2076(GP38)
Views:  582   Comments: 0
Border Towns
Title:  Border Towns
Description:  The BN depot at Sumas WA; the white structure is the CP across the border at Huntingdon BC.
Photo Date:  2/12/1987  Upload Date: 5/19/2012 3:26:40 PM
Location:  Sumas, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
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Views:  293   Comments: 2
MP C36-7 9015
Title:  MP C36-7 9015
Description:  A matched pair of MP C36-7s sit in the UP's Argo yard in 1988 on a gloomy day.
Photo Date:  8/12/1987  Upload Date: 3/26/2011 6:52:33 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 9015(C36-7)
Views:  394   Comments: 1
BN in Bellingham
Title:  BN in Bellingham
Description:  A soutbound BN freight behind a trio of GP35s crosses Cornwall Avenue in Bellingham WA in 1987 while what appears to be a '67 or '68 Firebird looks on. 2537 is followed by 2570 and 2504.
Photo Date:  8/12/1987  Upload Date: 5/19/2012 3:26:51 PM
Location:  Bellingham, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2537(GP35)
Views:  382   Comments: 0
EMD Blue on the Annie Local
Title:  EMD Blue on the Annie Local
Description:  A pair of EMD GP38-2s leased to BN bring the Anacortes Local into Burlington late in the afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/17/1987  Upload Date: 4/11/2013 7:29:44 PM
Location:  Burlington, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EMDX 763(GP38-2)
Views:  349   Comments: 1
Out of the Cascade Tunnel
Title:  Out of the Cascade Tunnel
Description:  BN SD40-2 6360 brings a westbound freight out of Cascade Tunnel in October 1987; Oakway SD60 9008 assists.
Photo Date:  10/17/1987  Upload Date: 5/19/2012 3:26:27 PM
Location:  Scenic, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 6360(SD40-2)
Views:  323   Comments: 1
Nothing goin' on here
Title:  Nothing goin' on here
Description:  So what was your first clue that this diamond doesn't see much use? This is the former crossing of the NP and GN at Sedro Wooley WA
Photo Date:  11/28/1987  Upload Date: 5/15/2009 8:53:34 PM
Location:  Sedro-Woolley, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
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Views:  390   Comments: 0
UP GP40X 91 at Argo
Title:  UP GP40X 91 at Argo
Description:  UP GP40X at Argo Yard/Seattle in 1987
Photo Date:  2/6/1988  Upload Date: 5/19/2012 3:26:02 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 91(GP40X)
Views:  534   Comments: 0
MVB Depot
Title:  MVB Depot
Description:  BN's Mount Vernon/Burlington (MVB) deuot was a GN structure used for years to serve the Seattle/to Vancouver Internationals. By 1988 it was being used by BN maintenance forces. The GP35/EMDX GP38-2 team are cut off from the Sumas Turn to deal with a mechanical mroblem.
Photo Date:  2/13/1988  Upload Date: 5/17/2008 8:32:25 AM
Location:  Mount Vernon, WA
Author:  Rick 3organ
Categories: 
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Views:  503   Comments: 0
Idling at Everett
Title:  Idling at Everett
Description:  Four units; a pair of EMDX GP38-2s (761 and 759) and BN SD40-2s (8155, 8152) idle at Delta Yard in Everett WA
Photo Date:  4/9/1988  Upload Date: 4/11/2013 7:30:20 PM
Location:  Everett, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EMDX 761(GP38-2)
Views:  389   Comments: 1
MVT In Transition
Title:  MVT In Transition
Description:  The Mt Vernon Terminal RR operates a small portion of former Interurban trackage in its named town. It power for several years was a pair of four-wheeled Plymouths, which were replaced with a single former Navy Baldwin. Here the VO1000 and Plymouth ML-type no.4, both seen by the road's critter-sized enginehouse under Interstate 5.
Photo Date:  4/9/1988  Upload Date: 5/25/2012 9:09:03 PM
Location:  Mount Vernon, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MVT 505(VO-1000) MVT 4(ML)
Views:  765   Comments: 0
Behold the MVT empire
Title:  Behold the MVT empire
Description:  Mt Vernon Terminal RR operates a very small section of track left from an Interurban operation that used to run north to Bellingham. This is its self-described 'roundhouse' located under Interstate 5 in its namesake town. Ex-Navy Baldwin V01000 505 was the normal power at this time and the Plymouth was a backup. The engine shed has since been replaced with another structure at the same location that holds the road's current power, an EMD SW9.
Photo Date:  4/9/1988  Upload Date: 2/10/2008 3:35:12 PM
Location:  Mount Vernon, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MVT 505(VO-1000)
Views:  917   Comments: 1
Working Ellensburg
Title:  Working Ellensburg
Description:  Washington Central GP9 301 switches cars on industrial trackage in Ellensburg WA
Photo Date:  4/22/1988  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 9:06:00 PM
Location:  Ellensburg, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WCRC 301(GP9)
Views:  430   Comments: 0
Working in the Rain
Title:  Working in the Rain
Description:  The brakeman keeps a keen eye out as WCRC GP9 301 pushes a CN cylindrical hopper on industrial trackage in Ellensburg WA during a light drizzle.
Photo Date:  4/22/1988  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 9:06:29 PM
Location:  Ellensburg, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WCRC 301(GP9)
Views:  524   Comments: 0
Washington Central at Ellensburg
Title:  Washington Central at Ellensburg
Description:  WCRC GP9 301 sits by the depot at Ellensburg WA in a light drizzle.
Photo Date:  4/22/1988  Upload Date: 7/3/2013 9:05:54 PM
Location:  Ellensburg, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WCRC 301(GP9)
Views:  296   Comments: 0
WCRC local
Title:  WCRC local
Description:  A Washington Central local halts traffic in downtown Ellensburg WA on a dark day in March 1988 with GP9 301 doing the work. The train is out of Yakima and will return home when work is complete.
Photo Date:  4/22/1988  Upload Date: 2/22/2008 7:29:57 PM
Location:  Ellensburg, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  WCRC 301(GP9)
Views:  656   Comments: 0
Washington Central CF7 401
Title:  Washington Central CF7 401
Description:  Washington Central CF7 401 at the Yakima yard, not long after its arrival from the Santa Fe
Photo Date:  4/24/1988  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 9:05:40 PM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WCRC 401(CF7)
Views:  628   Comments: 0
WCRC 302
Title:  WCRC 302
Description:  Washington Central GP9 302
Photo Date:  4/24/1988  Upload Date: 3/26/2011 8:54:35 AM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WCRC 302(GP9)
Views:  461   Comments: 0
Three For the Hill
Title:  Three For the Hill
Description:  A long BN stack train departs Wenatchee behind a trio of LMX units (8553, 8544, 8590) with a fuel tender (BNFT28) tucked behind the power. An assault on Steven's Pass lays ahead.
Photo Date:  4/24/1988  Upload Date: 7/3/2013 9:06:24 PM
Location:  Wenatchee, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LMX 8590(B39-8E)
Views:  364   Comments: 0
Dark Day at Sky
Title:  Dark Day at Sky
Description:  A pair of BN SD40-2s idle in Skykomish on a drab day, awaiting the next eastbound they're going to help up the 2.2% grade to Cascade Tunnel. The transformer building in the background survived from the end of electric operations through the late '80s.
Photo Date:  4/24/1988  Upload Date: 7/3/2013 9:06:37 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 7035(SD40-2)
Views:  318   Comments: 0
Just another GP38-2
Title:  Just another GP38-2
Description:  During the late '80s EMDX GP38-2s were common throughout the BN in the northwest as local power. 759, a former PC unit, is shown here in Everett's Delta Yard with BN 2097.
Photo Date:  4/24/1988  Upload Date: 2/3/2009 8:49:31 PM
Location:  Everett, WA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EMDX 759(GP38-2)
Views:  617   Comments: 0


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