Combined 8mm home movie shot in early 1959 of a Northern Pacific banana train from Stacy Street, Seattle on Belt Line around Lake Washington and train #675 to Sumas, WA.
@brfts2001 BEST GUESS. The NP freight depot in Bellingham still saw freight cars up to about 1970. However, by then those may have come up GN tracks on the Sound and then pulled up the Milwaukee tracks to the depot...seems unlikely but maybe.. But my parents house in Bellingham still heard trains coming down Alabama Hill off Lake Whatcom until the late '60s. So Clear Lake had to still have operations up until then.
Very cool video! I used to visit relatives in Clear Lake and still remember that NP truss bridge standing over the Skagit River. Does anyone here know when the line was abandoned? There isn't much trace of the railroad bed through Clear Lake so looks like it's been quite awhile. Inquiring minds would like to know!
Great vid - thanks for sharing though i do wish the train that day had cut down the Bellingham Spur. Thanks for posting
Duckleft 3 months ago
@brfts2001 BEST GUESS. The NP freight depot in Bellingham still saw freight cars up to about 1970. However, by then those may have come up GN tracks on the Sound and then pulled up the Milwaukee tracks to the depot...seems unlikely but maybe.. But my parents house in Bellingham still heard trains coming down Alabama Hill off Lake Whatcom until the late '60s. So Clear Lake had to still have operations up until then.
Duckleft 3 months ago
Wow! Neat footage!
cochranexyz 7 months ago
Great, EMS! I wonder why the near-stops at stations with clear order boards. Wonderful views, thanks very much for sharing.
kurtarmbruster 7 months ago
Very cool video! I used to visit relatives in Clear Lake and still remember that NP truss bridge standing over the Skagit River. Does anyone here know when the line was abandoned? There isn't much trace of the railroad bed through Clear Lake so looks like it's been quite awhile. Inquiring minds would like to know!
brfts2001 8 months ago
Fabulous footage! Thanks much!
polar19511948 10 months ago