Sherman Wrote:
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> Looking at Drew’s picture it is obvious SP
> abandoned the spur shown long before 1986. The
> spur dead-ends at a light pole in an empty lot. Do
> you have any pictures of active spurs on Walker
> St. from 1986?


Well, its not obvious to me that that spur was abandoned at the time of Drew's photo. While it may not run alongside a building with a loading dock/door, any number of commodities can be unloaded from the pavement with a forklift. Until just a few years ago, Ballard Terminal Railroad (Seattle) handled reefers that their customer loaded frozen fish into for shipment, out in the middle of the street. Lumber and wallboard are often unloaded in a parking lot.