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Railroad Things, Now and Then

I have worked for BNSF for the last 32 years ( Last 28 years as an Engineer) My Dad worked for NP for 43 and little brother for the last 16. Dad saw many changes on the track department over his years as have I. Everyone asks why I don't takes more photos of trains and I say , " Well , it's too much like being at work". I do now wish I would have taken a few more shots at some of the things we no longer have or use. ( Order Boards, Cabooses, F Units, Foot Boards, Nothing like grabbing Train Orders in a Hoop in a Snow Storm!!) Here are a few shots, Enjoy!!
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Clear Block ( Or Clear Order Board)
Clear Block ( Or Clear Order Board)		 Railroad Bridge over Wenatchee River
Railroad Bridge over Wenatchee River		 Burlington Northern Caboose in Wenatchee Railroad Yard
Burlington Northern Caboose in Wenatchee Railroad Yard		 Old Steam Engine in Wenatchee
Old Steam Engine in Wenatchee
Front of old Steam Locomotive
Front of old Steam Locomotive		 1951 Great Northern Caboose
1951 Great Northern Caboose		 Jordon Spreader in Skykomish
Jordon Spreader in Skykomish		 Little Mission Depot
Little Mission Depot
Me running my Old Locomotive ( GP-9 )on South Bend Line 1981
Me running my Old Locomotive ( GP-9 )on South Bend Line 1981		 Inside Mission Depot. ( Life didn't change mcuh till the last 25 years)
Inside Mission Depot. ( Life didn't change mcuh till the last 25 years)		 Centralia Depot.
Centralia Depot.		 Track Jack
Track Jack
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Guest 13-Apr-2010 05:41
Fantastic! You cover so much, and then some!
Marcus 31-Mar-2010 22:19
Monte, I just came across 2 of the hand powered rail drills you have pictured. Any idea of their value, and are there alot of them around? The only markings I could find on them were P 3. The guy that has them says they are possibly from the late 1700's?? Can you help me out?
M.P. Burgess 15-Mar-2010 01:15
My 18 year old son will be happy you think the 1600 H.P. ALCO's from 1951 were the best. Great gallery!
Craig Gillette14-Jan-2009 04:05
"I do now wish I would have taken a few more shots at some of the things we no longer have or use. ( Order Boards, Cabooses, F Units, Foot Boards" Sigh. I guess we all do. My dad was a fan all his life, a school friend of his worked during the war years for the Santa Fe in Los Angeles then went on to his family business but the two never lost the bug. Caught me too. Things are different down here around L.A. but loved the gallery!
Rob 17-May-2008 07:50
Just stumbled on your image gallery; really nice work. You are living my dream.
J are15-Mar-2008 01:32
Hey Monte...Thanks for sharing all these!
Guest 05-Jan-2008 15:34
Iam in england and love american dash 9s thankyou
Greg Burke14-Nov-2007 04:48
Thanks for the inside look into a world most of us can only wonder about. I'll feel differently next time I wave at the engineer hauling freight up the Deschutes canyon....
cjm200123-Aug-2007 05:30
Thanks for sharing your job with us Monte. Very interesting indeed!
blizzard14-Jun-2007 03:59
an excellent gallery
every on is a real gem
excellent camera work vote
Tim Dickinson 31-May-2007 21:24
Hi Monte,
I enjoyed your site very much. I'm a hogger on UP (former SP), 30 years with the railroad, last 27 in the seat. My wife and I love Wenatchee and have vacationed there the past 2 summers. I'm a serious H-O scale modeler of BN in the Pacific Northwest circa 1976. Do you have any early BN, CB&Q, NP, GN, SP&S freight car photos? Thanks for the great views, old and new.
Lion18-Apr-2007 16:46
Say awesome gallery & the comments help tell the story .Though you ejoy check out my gallery of train's

http://www.pbase.com/lion1934/saturday_march_31

http://www.pbase.com/lion1934/sunday_april_1
Walt Engler 24-Mar-2007 19:55
Hi Monte,

Just got to see all of your pictures from Wenatchee on my computer. But no picture of your engineer instructor from Centralia, evidently he wasn't good looking enough to have his picture taken! But when you get back to Centralia, you can get me a couple more buckets of honey. Aaron Schwarz is helping me with my new computer, and you can send me some more dope when you can. We now have utility men in Centralia yard. Steve and Rick. Thats all, glad you're getting along ok over there. Right me a note sometime.

Walt
Deems Burton14-Mar-2007 00:05
I love it when you add new photos to this heavy metal gallery. ^v^
Marisa Livet31-Oct-2006 15:41
But this gallery is really fascinating! Maybe it's because I adore trains and railway stations, but I find it so lively, original and full of impressions!
I wonder why so few people seem to have noticed it so far!Anyway I'm happy to come back here often!
Marisa
Bill Moss05-Oct-2006 05:39
I really enjoyed looking through this gallery, and dang if I didn't learn something too. I hate when that happens ;) Good work!
Lee G19-Sep-2006 06:39
Very interesting gallery! Nice work with the captions too!!
Raphael_E21-Aug-2006 09:02
Thank you for this very interesting gallery, from "the inside" and from outside too !
Guest 11-May-2006 15:52
I love seeing your railroad pics, Monte!!! Thanks for sharing!! How are you???
Dave Beedon12-Mar-2006 04:17
Thanks, Monte. Keep at it!
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