Graham Buxton Wrote:
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> George Andrews Wrote:
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> > Enroute from Fife to Kelso, WA., on Interstate
> 5
> > today, I noticed banded stacks of used
> crossties
> > along the Western Washington RR ( former
> Milwaukee
> > Road ) line, between Maytown and Centralia.
> > Perhaps WW is planning some track work ???
>
> My understanding is that its no longer Western
> Washington RR, as the line was sold by the
> previous owner, City of Tacoma to Rainier Rail,
> which is part of Frontier Rail. See page 48 of
> this document:
> [
cms.cityoftacoma.org]
> rts/Annuals/RailAnn16.pdf
>
> For those not familiar with the area, here is a
> map of the area RRs:
> [
www.trpc.org]
> On that map the WW / RR tracks are identified as
> TRMD (Tacoma Rail).
They replaced some ties between the gas spur at Maytown and the sidings, and also replaced ties on the curve at Maytown next to the Freightliner dealership.