Re: BNSF Woodinville Subdivision - Lake Washington
Author: George Andrews
Date: 06-23-2009 - 20:25

The " Tacoma " Dinner Train was run by the Temple Family, same as when it was in Renton. Lack of ridership in Tacoma,("From skidrow to the meth labs !!! " ) and the cost of trucking everything ( food, employees ) from Renton were factors in its' short run in Tacoma. Oh yea, they also needed an extra locomotive to climb the Gulch on the ex - Milwaukee Road line. Any sale of the equipment took place after the end of operations in Tacoma.
Regarding current ops on the Woodinville Sub, I understood the Safeway bakery in Bellevue still received hoppers of flour; rusty rails & filled - in flangeways indicate otherwise. With regard to the Wilburton "tunnel",( man - made ) which was removed for expansion of I - 405, I drive through the area 5 - 6 times a week; NO effort has yet begun on building a replacement rail structure. I seriously doubt it will happen; WA DOT was too cheap to build a shoofly to keep the tracks open during construction, and BNSF is trying to sell the line to Port of Seattle / King Co. / Tom Payne / Microsoft / whoever. The give a $#!t factor is quite low...



Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  BNSF Woodinville Subdivision - Lake Washington Chad 06-22-2009 - 21:15
  Re: BNSF Woodinville Subdivision - Lake Washington Jim 06-22-2009 - 22:05
  Re: BNSF Woodinville Subdivision - Lake Washington Jim 06-22-2009 - 22:11
  Re: BNSF Woodinville Subdivision - Lake Washington Dmac844 06-23-2009 - 19:14
  Re: BNSF Woodinville Subdivision - Lake Washington George Andrews 06-23-2009 - 20:25
  Re: BNSF Woodinville Subdivision - Lake Washington Jim 06-23-2009 - 22:08
  Re: BNSF Woodinville Subdivision - Lake Washington TWP 06-25-2009 - 10:32
  Re: BNSF Woodinville Subdivision - Lake Washington Chad 06-24-2009 - 20:49
  Re: BNSF Woodinville Subdivision - Lake Washington PD 06-26-2009 - 10:44
  Re: BNSF Woodinville Subdivision - Lake Washington Jim 06-26-2009 - 16:03
  Re: BNSF Woodinville Subdivision - Lake Washington Chad 06-26-2009 - 19:05


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