Re: The "City of Hinkle"
| May 31, 2020 09:44PM |
Since it is most unlikely that the "City of Hinkle" will ever appear on the NGDF again, I will toss in a few shots taken from the open dutch door window in August, 1968 (no objections to vestibule/open window travel by the friendly UP crew)
Leaving Spokane
The train starting to cross one of the huge steel trestles on the southwest edge of Spokane
Crossing the biggest steel trestle of all, the Joso trestle across the Snake river
Leaving Spokane
The train starting to cross one of the huge steel trestles on the southwest edge of Spokane
Crossing the biggest steel trestle of all, the Joso trestle across the Snake river
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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