It's a muggy, post-thunderstorm summer afternoon during 2008 in Seattle, Washington.
Something has scraped the cab of idling SD70M #4560. Seen here awaiting
next duties, by the intermodal site, behind Argo Yard engine facilities:
GP38-2 #560 is working local shippers along East Marginal Way South:
SD70M #3812 and SD90MAC #8556 idle at an intermodal facility just south of Argo Yard:
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SD60M #6199 departing Centralia, Washington, for Seattle (1991):
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SD40-2's #3422, 3667 nearing Centralia, Washington, heading to Portland (c.1990):
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Portland bound C30-7 #2522, SD40-2's 3342, 3385 at Twenty First Street, Tacoma, Washington. (1988):
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SD40-2 #3594 is just about to be moved for some servicing.
Late winter of 1988, this is Interbay (Seattle), Washington:
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This U28B is quite some distance away from her days on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.
Nearby to the scrap yard on a spring day in 1983, #514 rests in Tacoma, Washington:
Another ex-Rock Island U28B, UPRR #517 at Big D Salvage:
GP30 #731 also heading to her fate at Big D Salvage in Tacoma, Washington:
Note: As too commonly misindentified, this scrap yard was NOT Joseph Simon & Sons,
which was located on the west bank of the Puyallup River. This is much further east.
Note the background scenery. Those trees and the bluff were nowhere near Simon & Sons.
The old Western Farmers Association site was on the west bank of the Hylebos Waterway.
Address for that elevator was 1801 Taylor Way. So, what scrapper was just north of WFA?
Answer: Big 'D' Salvage, at 1503 Taylor Way.
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GP38-2 #2009 with sisters, readying to start the day. They will
switch their train together, and head west to Washington:
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Note the seemingly darker in color numerals on the cab side.
GP38-2 #2036 on a chilly Fall morning of 1981 in Kellogg, Idaho:
Still at Kellogg, here is closer view of the caboose seen above.
Spokane International Railroad #C20. (Union Pacific RR Class CA-3):
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GP38-2 #2035 switching at Black River (Renton), Washington:
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Fall of 1980, SD45 #36 is drifting south past Portland Union Station, Oregon:
SD40-2 #3317 is following SD45 #36 at Portland Union Station, Oregon:
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SW9 #1817 awaits duty, along with SW10's #1202, 1201. Albina Yard, Portland, Oregon:
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Very late summer of 1980, SW9 #1835 is idling in the yard at The Dalles, Oregon:
Ex-Rules Examiner's Car #205 at the museum in Snoqualmie, Washington. (Fall, 1979):
Heading south from Black River, Fall of 1979, a smoking GP38-2 #2005
has the local passing behind Andy's Diner in Tukwila, Washington:
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