Pacific Coast - Seattle's Own Railroad

Pacific Coast - Seattle's Own RailroadBy Kurt E. Armbruster Early in 1872, citizens of Seattle, the leading port on Puget Sound, had high hopes that the Northern Pacific Railroad would make the city its western terminus. In July of 1872, the Northern Pacific chose a virtually undeveloped site on Commencement Bay called Tacoma. In Seattle, panic gave way to resolution as the citizens rolled up their sleeves and spent May Day 1874 building their railroad. Exhausted city leaders took two

As with the larger two-story section houses

Plug doors were introduced in the early 1950s

the contribution margin per carload on the traffic shifted from 50-ton to 70-ton cars

Fernie and Michel in the Crowsnest Field

stone arch bridges were not common on the Great Northern

some never were

Taken together these items provide the common working structures needed to support a section gang

The fact that it has two doors implies that it housed speeders for two sections

Build either version

at Skykomish an extra window was installed to the left of the front door and a porch was added

Note 4: Existing “old-style” depots continued in service after 1909

The model has riveted sides but the prototype had welded sides