Train #900 detours on Burlington Northern, Steliacoom, WA
The apocryphal story states that Milwaukee Road crews detouring on rival Burlington Northern were unnerved, traveling on such smooth track. On March 24, 1979, a derailment at the bottom of Tacoma Hill has put Portland-Tacoma Milwaukee Road traffic onto the BN between Chehalis Junction and Tacoma, affording this view of U30B 5601, SD10 556, U25B 5056 and U33C 5700 gliiding past the ferry dock at Steliacoom.
Train #900 detours on Burlington Northern, Steliacoom, WA
The apocryphal story states that Milwaukee Road crews detouring on rival Burlington Northern were unnerved, traveling on such smooth track. On March 24, 1979, a derailment at the bottom of Tacoma Hill has put Portland-Tacoma Milwaukee Road traffic onto the BN between Chehalis Junction and Tacoma, affording this view of U30B 5601, SD10 556, U25B 5056 and U33C 5700 gliiding past the ferry dock at Steliacoom.