| 1894 Profile Maps of Stevens Pass | | | | | |
| GNDispatcherOrderBook12-10-56 | Transcribed Cascade Division Dispatcher's Train Order log book for Monday, December 10, 1956. A day when both the North Coast Limited and Milwaukee's Olympian Hiawathas detoured over GN rails. Transcription and commentary by Dave Sprau. | 103 KB | | | doc |
| 1935-interlockings | Map of interlockings on the GN circa 1935, showing location, type, number of levers, and ownership. From JSRH collection courtesy Stuart Holmquist. | 804 KB | 2800
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| 1910doubleheaderApproachingSeattle | | 27 KB | 459
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| 1951 CD 1st Sub Timetable | Just a sample... | 68 KB | 672
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| Dean Hausle | Courtesy of the late Dean Hausle (at left in photo) | 61 KB | 480
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| DSC00456 | Salmon Bay drawbridge control panel. | 559 KB | 1280
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| DSC00460 | South Portal (UD) electric interlocking board | 580 KB | 1280
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| DSC00919 | UD interlocking board note - last used by Karol Beach 5/83 | 60 KB | 640
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| DSC00922 | UD interlocking board closeup | 60 KB | 640
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| Ed Carter and tower | | 50 KB | 480
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| EverettJunction | Looking north towards Weyerhauser mill (smokestack). Coast Line to Vancouver to left; mainline at right climbs to upper level of Everett depot then curves east through downtown tunnel. | 60 KB | 640
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| GN O-4 3216 | Somewhere on the Cascade Division - date and photographer unknown. | 60 KB | 640
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| GN Vets Lunch 2 | Old Country Buffet, Shoreline, WA - 4/14/2005 | 543 KB | 1280
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| GN Vets Lunch | The late Frank Parker at far left, Jack Christensen enjoying his ice cream in foreground. Old Country Buffet, Shoreline, WA - 4/14/2005 | 586 KB | 1280
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| GN1246 | Now rotting in the weeds of southern Oregon. Lindsay Korst photo. | 50 KB | 640
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| GN1246Interbay1953 | Back in 1953, after a thorough cleanup and painting by proud Interbay shop forces, in preparation for move to display at Woodland Park in Seattle. | 75 KB | 852
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| GN1450in1948NPbridge | GN 1450 detouring on the NP bridge over the Seattle ship channel, account GN Bridge 4 drawbridge out of service, 1948. Photographer unknown. | 41 KB | 640
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| GN1458in1949 Interbay fuel area | | 48 KB | 640
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| GN2040Interbay1940 | | 45 KB | 640
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| GN2501 with Train 459 at Woodland | Class P-2 Mountain #2501 at Woodland, WA with train 459. | 137 KB | 1200
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| Greenhouse 1920s | Greenhouse at Monroe, WA | 328 KB | 1014
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| I.E. Clary | Cascade Division Superintendent Ira E. Clary. A serious man. | 60 KB | 480
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| IMG_0429 | Surveyor's transit, circa early 1890's, used by GN Railway | 5182 KB | 4272
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| InterbayWreck | Accident on Interbay yard south lead tracks, at "NP Crossing", NP tracks cross GN from left-to-right to access industries and Navy docks. Small NP yard at left in front of barracks; NP semaphore visible at right. "G yard" in distance. Likely mid-60's. | 274 KB | 1430
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| King St 1951 refsheet 285 | King Street photos circa 1951 and 1915, from GNRHS Reference Sheet 285 (available at gnrhs.org) | 2594 KB | 2550
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| KingStInteriorEHMitchell | From an E.H. Mitchell Company (San Francisco) postcard, courtesy GNRHS member Walt Grecula | 511 KB | 2040
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| KSS North end singleslip refsheet 281 | View of UD (South Portal) "tower" and single-slip switch circa 1969, located at north end of King Street Station, Seattle, WA. From GNRHS Reference Sheet 281 (available at gnrhs.org) | 2707 KB | 2825
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| KSS South Portal track replacement 7-48 from PI | South Portal track replacement 1948, from Seattle Post-Intelligencer collection at MOHAI. | 196 KB | 640
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| Monroe Depot 7-31-55 | Monroe Depot 7-31-55 | 292 KB | 1480
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| MonroeEastEnd | East switch, Monroe siding. Note spring switch signals, and semaphores in distance. Milwaukee Road Everett Branch curves off to the right, on its way to the Milwaukee mainline at Cedar Falls. Dave Sprau photo. | 40 KB | 800
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| NPInterbayDepot | Depot/yard office. Per Jack Christensen, "I don’t think there was a yardmaster. Switch jobs went to Fremont and the university- switching limits extended to Keith. Others served Terry Ave, 3 shifts. Generally 2 engines tied up at Interbay in 50s/60s." | 937 KB | 5390
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| RVN16958 6-19-51 | | 59 KB | 650
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| SeattleSituationSep3_1964 | 6am Situation Report from Seattle. Shows delays to trains, loads-empties-tonnage, various other interesting information. This is a sample of one day - a PDF file of entire month of September is below. | 335 KB | 1275
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| SouthPortalUDTowerWaltGrecula | BN-era photo of the GN interlocking "tower" outside the south portal of the downtown Seattle tunnel, just north of King St. Station, Seattle, WA. Telegraph code "UD". Photo by GNRHS member Walt Grecula. | 1075 KB | 2912
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| Spokane1961 | | 252 KB | 1857
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| SpokaneWAeastca1957Downing | Railroad map of Spokane (EAST) circa 1957, distributed at GNRHS Spokane convention by Bob Downing. | 2919 KB | 3326
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| SpokaneWAwestca1957Downing | Railroad map of Spokane (WEST) circa 1957, distributed at GNRHS Spokane convention by Bob Downing. | 3267 KB | 3693
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| WenatcheeSub1978WaltGrecula | 1978 photo of the GN substation in downtown Wenatchee, originally built to serve the Wenatchee-Skykomish electrified district from 1929 to 1956. Photo by GNRHS member Walt Grecula. | 1237 KB | 3080
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| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-02-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1325 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-03-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1352 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-04-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1293 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-05-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1149 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-06-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1299 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-07-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1318 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-08-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1405 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-09-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1388 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-10-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1369 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-11-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1335 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-12-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1212 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-13-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1320 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-14-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1398 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-15-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1473 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-16-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1438 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-17-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1393 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-18-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1291 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-19-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1236 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-20-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1307 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-21-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1362 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-22-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1356 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-23-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1435 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-24-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1376 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-25-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1312 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-26-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1227 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-27-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1304 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-28-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1326 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-30-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1323 KB | | | pdf |
| Cascade Div 2nd Sub 03-31-1961 | Dispatchers Record of Movement of Trains - aka trainsheet. From the Dave Sprau Collection. | 1161 KB | | | pdf |
| CascadeDivTT103_4-23-65 | 15 pages of employee timetables, special instructions, business tracks, and condensed profile. Useful to understand the "Seattle Situation" telegrams from same year. Large .pdf file. | 9844 KB | | | pdf |
| ICCTongaDerailment | ICC report on fatal accident at Foss River Bridge, Tonga, WA on March 7, 1945 | 381 KB | | | pdf |
| KingSt1940 | Blueprint of King Street Station and coachyard area, circa 1940. Large .pdf file. | 14777 KB | | | pdf |
| KingSt1950s | Blueprint of King Street Station and coachyard area circa 1950's. Exact date unknown. Large .pdf file. | 8885 KB | | | pdf |
| SeattleSituationJun65 | Daily 6am Situation Reports from Seattle for June 1965. Shows delays to trains, loads-empties-tonnage, various other info. Some pages harder to read than others. Courtesy former GN employee Michael McLaughlin. Large .pdf file. | 7851 KB | | | pdf |
| SeattleSituationOct64 | Daily 6am Situation Reports from Seattle for October 1964. Shows delays to trains, loads-empties-tonnage, various other info. Some pages harder to read than others. Courtesy former GN employee Michael McLaughlin. Large .pdf file. | 9251 KB | | | pdf |
| SeattleSituationOct65 | Daily 6am Situation Reports from Seattle for October 1965. Shows delays to trains, loads-empties-tonnage, various other info. Some pages harder to read than others. Courtesy former GN employee Michael McLaughlin. Large .pdf file. | 10117 KB | | | pdf |
| SeattleSituationSep64 | Daily 6am Situation Reports from Seattle for September 3-29, 1964 Shows delays to trains, loads-empties-tonnage, various other info Some pages harder to read than others. Courtesy former GN employee Michael McLaughlin. Large .pdf file. | 8006 KB | | | pdf |
| SeattleSituationSep65 | Daily 6am Situation Reports from Seattle for September 1965. Shows delays to trains, loads-empties-tonnage, various other info. Some pages harder to read than others. Courtesy former GN employee Michael McLaughlin. Large .pdf file. | 5547 KB | | | pdf |
| SeattleTelegramEphrataFireJun65 | Telegrams relating to a fire in contents of mail car at Ephrata, WA, June 1965. | 158 KB | | | pdf |
| SeattleTelegramMisc1965 | Telegrams on miscellaneous subjects, including tour arrangements, from Seattle during 1965. | 844 KB | | | pdf |
| SeattleTelegramSkyDerailJun65 | Telegrams related to a derailment 4 miles east of Skykomish, WA (old Tonga) in June 1965. Includes contents of derailed cars, interesting for modelers. | 1273 KB | | | pdf |
| SeattleTelegramTitlowDerailJun65 | Telegrams related to a derailment at Titlow, WA (just south of Tacoma on NP Seattle-Portland double track) in June 1965. | 563 KB | | | pdf |
| GN_1953_CabRide | | 3055 KB | | | ppt |