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Milton and Freewater were still
two separate towns back on June 6, 1946, when WWV motor 19 switched the Milton
Elevator at the south end of the railroad in Milton, Oregon. The railroad is in
the middle of Main Street, an Oregon highway and major thoroughfare. Harold A.
Hill photograph, John Henderson collection.
Electric Era Photo Gallery
Interurban and trolley service began on the WWV
with a flourish of new equipment . Seemingly not content to discard equipment,
WWV converted many of its freight motors from interurban cars as the carload
business grew; it purchased used locomotives as well when available and Northern
Pacific ownership permitted. Here's a handful of photographs of how the WWV
looked before dieselizing in 1950.
| Walla Walla
City streetcar #5 poses outside the WWVT carbarn early in its career.
Henderson collection. |
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| Conductor Chet
Harrison, left, poses with trolley 106 at the Walla Walla carbarn. Trolley
service ended in 1926. (check out
www.wallawalla.com)
Jody Harrison collection. |
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| WWVT 22 was one
of 8 interurban cars constructed by American Car Company. It pauses at Walla
Walla before beginning its 45-minute trip to Milton-Freewater. The 22
was convered to freight motor 322. Henderson collection from a copy negative
by Harold A. Hill. |
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| Freight motor
600 poses at the WWV carbarn at 13th and Cherry in an undated photograph.
The car wears a dark-colored paint scheme, which it gave up for a bright
yellow coat in later years. The 600 was a former interurban coach converted
to freight-l.c.l. service. |
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| A Harold A.
Hill photograph from June 6, 1946, shows the 600 again at the carbarn, its
overalled crew switching after bringing in a train from Milton-Freewater.
Though passenger service ended 15 years previously, the baggage cart still
gets a workout with the WWV's healthy less-than-carload freight business,
hauled in the 600's baggage compartment. John Henderson collection. |
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| The WWV must've
been busy on June 6, 1946: here's another Harold A. Hill that day, box motor
500, the newest addition to the WWV roster, entering the carbarn. The
locomotive was purchased for $4,000 in 1943 from a Spokane scrap dealer. It
originally served on the Spokane, Coeur d'Alene & Palouse (SC&P), a GN
property. Henderson collection. |
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| One last view,
again of the 19 switching a New York Central steel boxcar in streets of
Milton, Oregon, on June 6, 1946. Harold A. Hill photo, Henderson collection. |
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