Re: Tacoma Rail Mountain Division -- Trail?
Author: George Andrews
Date: 01-27-2023 - 07:34
Western Junction Wanderer Wrote:
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> TR Engineer Wrote:
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> > Tacoma Rail does NOT have plans to interchange.
> > Rainier Rail has an interchange with UP at
> > Chehalis and BNSF in Centralia.
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> Was this the old route of the Hiawatha?
NO. Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha / Olympian Hiawatha terminated in Tacoma. No regular passenger service existed on this former Tacoma Eastern trackage in modern times, though Tacoma Rail did run a few public excursions a few years ago. I sure am glad I rode their trips to Wolf Haven & NW Trek.