Chris Guss
Resurrected
The Port of Royal Slope operates about 20 miles of Milwaukee Road's former Pacific Extension from Othello west to the junction of the six-mile Royal City branch. The track has only been operating for a few years and traffic is generally light and sporadic so far.
Here, a pair of SD45s lead an eastbound train past the old Milwaukee Road substation at Taunton, Washington. Othello marked the beginning of electrification on the Milwaukee Road to Tacoma and Taunton was the first of eight substations on this 216-mile segment of electrified mainline.
Resurrected
The Port of Royal Slope operates about 20 miles of Milwaukee Road's former Pacific Extension from Othello west to the junction of the six-mile Royal City branch. The track has only been operating for a few years and traffic is generally light and sporadic so far.
Here, a pair of SD45s lead an eastbound train past the old Milwaukee Road substation at Taunton, Washington. Othello marked the beginning of electrification on the Milwaukee Road to Tacoma and Taunton was the first of eight substations on this 216-mile segment of electrified mainline.