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Rocky's Tavern is an inexpensive kit that represents Mike's Chili Parlor (and tavern) just adjacent to the Ballard Bridge in Seattle. I believe the GN crews stopped here for beans in the old days.
Ballard Terminal Railroad SW-1 passes below BNSF Bridge 4 just as Amtrak pushes south from Bellingham. (Usually the power is on the south end of the Talgo, with a cabbage on the north end.)
I must confess to a bit of digital enhancement here - the extension of the bridge to the right of the...
Ballard Terminal Railroad #98 arrives at the interchange light to pick up cars delivered by BNSF. These would most likely be loads of cement or empty reefers.
The BDTL SW-1 #98 is passing Seaview East on its was to Salmon Bay to pick up a couple of empty cement hoppers that will be interchanged with BNSF at Ballard Junction.
The railroad's general manager located this former City of Tacoma trolley being used as a shelter for some homeless people. To protect it for future preservation, he moved it to its present location next to the locomotive pen where a fence will be constructed around it soon.
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