Union Pacific Railroad, Northwestern District, Oregon Division, Moscow Branch, April 1961. The Union Pacific covered eastern and southeastern Washington like a spider web, tapping into the richness of the Palouse country, world renown for its wheat, peas and lentil crops, and reaching into Idaho for her timber.
I attended Washington State University from 1961 through 1963. Amazingly enough, for a small college town literally in the middle of no-where, we had not one, but two Class One railroads rumbling through town! In addition to the Union Pacific, we also had the Northern Pacific Railway, Idaho Division. See “Palouse Country = NP Country” blog entry. Here is an example of a “Local Train Brief.”
In addition to the beauty of Pullman and the WSU campus, from my sixth floor dormitory window, I could watch the season’s change, as the wheat fields grew to maturity ready for harvest.
I attended Washington State University from 1961 through 1963. Amazingly enough, for a small college town literally in the middle of no-where, we had not one, but two Class One railroads rumbling through town! In addition to the Union Pacific, we also had the Northern Pacific Railway, Idaho Division. See “Palouse Country = NP Country” blog entry. Here is an example of a “Local Train Brief.”
In addition to the beauty of Pullman and the WSU campus, from my sixth floor dormitory window, I could watch the season’s change, as the wheat fields grew to maturity ready for harvest.
I captured this duet of Geeps heading northward from Pullman toward Colfax on a lazy April afternoon in 1961. A Second Class Mixed 378/379 worked the 28.1-mile Moscow Branch. Thru Time was 1 hour 20 minutes from Moscow to Colfax, with an average speed of 21.1 mph. However, From Colfax to Moscow, Thru Time was 2 hours 30 minutes, with an average speed of 11.2 mph!
I wonder why?
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