Tacoma Municipal Belt Line Railway

A few photos of this operation, going back to about forty years ago.

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ALCo S1 #905 has reached the end of the line. Here awaiting her fate,
in the scrap yard of Joseph Simon & Sons, by the Puyallup River:

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ALCo S4 #921 rests in the TMBL yard, during a soggy winter day:

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On a brighter day, her crew has tied up and gone to beans:

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ALCo S4 #944 swings around the curve heading over to get a cut of cars
from the Port of Tacoma. It is a chilly winter day, but I received a warm wave:

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#944 is switching at the east end of the TMBL yard:

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Then she drags a cut of cars eastward toward the Hylebos Waterway
industries. UP #731 is headed for scrapping over at Big D Salvage:

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It's pouring rain and SW1200 #1200 has a cut of chemical tank cars in tow:

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A sunny Spring day and #1200 is switching in the old Milwaukee Road log yard:

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A year or two later #1200 has an interesting set of spark arrestors installed:

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TMBL caboose #200 rests by the log yard at the south end of the Hylebos Waterway.
I have never explored her history, but she sure matches Northern Pacific RY lines:

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