Orders for the Beverly Helper to return to Beverly from Boylston:
An "Air Gap" order due to ongoing trolley work:
Fourth of July Holiday order:
Black River (Renton): (Union Pacific Railroad office)
The new "Joint Line" CTC system placed into service this day:
Kent train order signal retired & removed:
BN Crossing (Spokane):
Train Number "937", Spokane to Metaline Falls freight:
Carnation (Crew copied):
Cedar Falls:
Locomotive Crane working at Keechelus Snowsheds:
Depot platform removed at Snohomish, Everett Line:
Reported problem with Trolley:
Train Number 16, "The Olympian":
Concerning the Ebey Slough Bridge, Everett Line:
Train Number 8, "The Washington". Daily Seattle to Spokane passenger:
Inspection Car #2, Everett Line:
Train Number 591, Everett Line freight:
An "Air Gap" order due to ongoing trolley work:
Northern Pacific Railway Scarifier working on the Enumclaw Line:
Trolley Car T-1 working on Snoqualmie Pass:
Round trip set for the Cedar Falls Helper Boxcab set:
A Class N3-s Mallet on the Enumclaw Line:
Noted SD7 #511 on the Everett Line:
Snoqualmie Falls Local (Train "947"):
Amtrak Train #7, "The Empire Builder", detouring- washout on Stampede Pass:
Chehalis:
Train Number 864, Longview to Tacoma Junction freight:
Portland to Tacoma, (Train "900"), running as an Extra:
Chehalis Junction:
This is actually a Northern Pacific Railway order. But it is
copied on a Milwaukee Road form, for reasons unknown.
Tacoma Junction to Longview freight train running as an Extra:
Cle Elum (South Cle Elum);
Train Number 15, "The Olympian Hiawatha":
President George Washington's Birthday Holiday order:
Dishman:
(Union Pacific Railroad office)
Train Number 291, Spokane to Metaline Falls freight:
East Spokane:
Easton:
(Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad office)
Burlington Northern Railroad office:
Amtrak Train #7, "The Empire Builder", detouring- washout on Stampede Pass:
Burlington Northern Railroad work train which had been working on
repairing the east side of the Stampede Pass washouts, returning to Auburn:
Eatonville:
Train Number 791, Tacoma Junction to Park Junction-Ashford freight
Elbe:
Ellensburg:
Enumclaw: (Northern Pacific Railway office)
Train Number 696, Enumclaw to Cedar Falls freight:
Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific Railroad office- New depot:
SW1200 #617, "The CW Local":
Everett:
Train Number 592, Everett to Cedar Falls freight:
Memorial Day Holiday order:
Last order copied for operations on the Everett Line:
Ewan:
Message concerning Extra West F7ABA set #88:
Frederickson:
Train Number 864, Longview to Tacoma Junction freight
Hoquiam:
(Union Pacific Railroad office)
Train Number 954, Hoquiam to Maytown freight:
Hyak:
Passenger Extra Bipolar #E2 with a Ski Train:
Heavy traffic due to World War II:
Kanaskat: (Northern Pacific Railway office)
Just an interesting little memory- D.M. Currie.
He was the last Agent at Issaquah. Attended school with one of his sons.
A detour? Possibly a Korean War Troop train? Or?:
Kent:
Merry Christmas!
Kittitas:
Lind:
Lynden:
Train Number 98, Bellingham to Glacier freight
Malden:
Thanksgiving Holiday order in this set:
Manito:
Train Number 16, "The Olympian Hiawatha":
Maple Valley: (Pacific Coast Railroad office)
All kinds of activity in this set. Two Mallets plowing snow. Train Number 15,
the "Olympian Hiawatha" in two sections. Train Number 17, the "Columbian".
Two Boxcab powered freights. E33, the Cedar Falls Helper set.
Northern Pacific Railway freights detouring via The Milwaukee Road:
Burlington Northern Railroad office:
The "Snoqualmie Falls Local"
Post-Embargo. The last set of orders. The very last train departing Tacoma, Eastward:
Order number 564 Annuls all remaining standing orders
west of Othello. All annulled were slow orders. Last order
ever copied on the Washington Division, west of Othello.
Marengo: (Union Pacific Railroad office)
Second Train Number 15, "The Olympian":
(Heavy traffic, World War II)
Train Number 15, "The Olympian Hiawatha":
Maytown:
Two Sections Train 854, Longview to Maytown freight:
Metaline Falls:
Mineral:
A Class N3-s Mallet, possibly a Logger:
Monroe: (Great Northern Railway office)
Morton:
Moses Lake:
Newport:
Othello:
"The Mosey Local"
Labor Day Holiday order:
Last order ever copied on the Washington Division. After finishing
cleaning up Othello area, engine ran light on this order to Marengo.
Picked up by Union Pacific RR for trasport back to the "Core System".
Port Angeles:
Raymond:
Renton: (Pacific Coast Railroad office)
A Class N3-s Mallet with a Ski Train. Also an error on the
Milwaukee clearance, which was brought to official attention:
Addressed to Train Number 15, "The Olympian Hiawatha,
and also to Train Number 17, "The Columbian":
Snoqualmie Falls:
Spokane: (Burlington Northern Railroad office)
Sumas:
"The BM Local"
Sumner:
Tacoma (Old Passenger Station):
Tacoma (Relay Office, Freight House):
Tacoma Junction (Fife):
Slow orders unavailable, this appears to have been a test:
Tide Flats Yard (Yard Office):
Warden:
"The Mosey Local"
Western Junction (Skookumchuck):
Many interesting things here. A Tacoma to Longview train.
Chehalis Western Railroad ALCo C-415 #684 and FM H10-44 #492.
For some reason the use of a Northern Pacific Railway form.
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