Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Monday, June 24, 2013

Friday, June 21, 2013

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

McCue in 2009


Looking on the up grade at where McCue used to be.  The siding for McCue ran thru where the large willow tree is in the background.  Main line was where the gravel road is.  Behind me is where bridge #10 used to cross.  Here is a picture of the train coming down the tracks about 25 years earlier.  





Looking on the down grade with back towards where bridge #10 used to be.  Picture of the tracks in place along this stretch of road bed.





About a 1/2 mile down from McCue


Thursday, June 13, 2013

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Locomotive BN GP39-2 #2730

This is it of my 'Last Train' photos.  All the following photos were taken in Douglas, by Anita Sprauer, on March 2, 1985 when the last train ran the Mansfield Branch Line.


Anita's daughters and husband pose in Douglas.




Jennifer and Suzie Sprauer stand on the lead locomotive.








Joe Sprauer snaps a picture of train in Douglas.





Tuesday, June 11, 2013

2008 Photos of MB Line

2008 photos of the line between bridge #20 and #30


On the down grade just north of bridge #30





On the up grade just north of bridge #30





Looking on the down grade across bridge #30





Standing on a rock cut at the south end of bridge #30 looking on the down grade.





Looking on the up grade between bridge #29 and #30





Looking on the down grade between bridge #29 and #27





Looking on the down grade between bridge #29 and #27





On the down grade just noth of bridge #27





Looking across bridge #27 on the down grade





Looking across bridge #27 on the up grade





Rock cut just south of bridge #27 on the down grade





Large rock cut at the south end of bridge #25 looking on the down grade.





On the down grade looking across bridge #24





Between bridge #24 and #23 on the down grade.





Looking across bridge #23 on the up grade.





Rock cut between bridge #21 and #20 on the down grade.





Standing high on a rock cut looking on the up grade across bridge #21





Looking on the down grade across bridge #20




Monday, June 10, 2013

Friday, June 7, 2013


A BN caboose finishes off the 'Last Train' in Douglas on March 2, 1985.  Photo by Anita Sprauer.


Thursday, June 6, 2013


Speeder at Douglas Creek Falls about 200 yards north of the tunnel.  March 8, 1986 photo by Ryan Reed.  The line was abandoned a year before.


Wednesday, June 5, 2013


Train crossing bridge #1 on the up grade.  View from the SR 28 overpass.  June 14, 1981 photo by Tim Repp.  


Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Bridge #19


June 1948 flood damage photo of bridge #19.  1949 aerial of this section of line.