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The Last Run of the
WWV. . . .for now, anyway. . .
In early October, 2004, the bedroom-sized WWV
layout made its final run. Mary and I purchased a home with a bit more room for
our growing family, so I invited a few folks over for one last hurrah before
pulling the plug, cutting the rails at the sectional benchwork joints, and
dismantling the railroad. It was sad to see it go--I had a great time building
it, and an even better time sharing it with friends old and new who came over to
operate. There is a new WWV on the drawing board, though, in a much larger room,
so I don't look at the end of this version of the WWV as anything other than a
progression to bigger and better things.
The 770 curves under the overpass as it enters the Potlatch lumber complex with a few empty boxcars in tow. Another view of the 770 approaching Potlatch. The PFE mechanical on the left is parked on the UP interchange track. The 770 blows for the N 13th St. crossing, passing Marvin's Highball. That's the Rogers cannery in the background. The 770 takes a pull on a cut of mechanical refrigerator cars spotted at Northwestern Ice And Cold Storage. That's the Milton Box Co. on the left. The crew of the 770 is taking their lunch break across the street at Marvin's Highball, giving us this view of the high hood Alco tied onto a silver NP mechanical reefer spotted at Northwestern Ice And Cold Storage. Drivers pause as the 770 crosses N 13th St. while switching the team track. Across the street are a pair of ice reefers being loaded with cherries at the Blue Mountain Prune Growers Cooperative, which, despite its name, also ships cherries and apples.
The 770 curves under the overpass as it enters the Potlatch lumber complex with a few empty boxcars in tow.
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