Tacoma Division AFE Collection

 

Authorization for Expenditure files preserved at PNRA from the Fredrickson and Tacoma Public Library collections.

leases for spur track and crossings for Cascade Lumber Co.

General history, newspaper clippings

Weather conditions for 1930

Riprap canceled

about the Mountaineers building a lodge 1922 - 1939

Costs of these walkways assigned to the customers -Pacific P&L & Yakima Co.

Moving crossover and building 1410' of new track to serve business

Ice House improvements MULTIPLE LOCATIONS -

Various subjects especially waste water from Tree Top plant

Ventilation plant issues

Concern for live stock entering the right of way

Service for Morgan lumber + copy of 1890 correspondence

9,838' of track - REQUEST DENIED

Laying timbers between tracks canceled and covered by AFE 1319-20

Ice House expansion proponed for 1915

20,000 gal water tank

3,300' passing track

192' extension to the passing track

1,000' storage track

3,000' passing track to the east of the Junction

between NWI, NPRY, and Pacific Coast Coal: creation of "Henrys"

395' passing track

3,000' extension to passing track plus 800' siding

Construct a four pocket arrangement

Construct ash track and coal bunker to GN's standards(?)

100' long dyke / cooperative effort between RR, King County and residents

Instructions to remove Consummers Coal Co. spur

Excavate and provide support for canal under the tracks

Section house, bunk house and tool shed

150' P.S. through span section for bridge 23

Combined improvements: add switch tracks (2770' & 1370') plus leads to roundhouse and coal dock

{MP 118} Passing track (Post this AFE, the site became known as Indio) AFE 452 (cost over run note to effect that instead of estimated $1 a day for labor, actual cost was $1.75 for WHITE labor

Yard Change

540' spur to serve Summit adjacent to NWI spur, later ('20) used by Independent

85' turn table to replace existing 65' model to handle loco's larger than 10 wheelers

3331' passing track approved 06 / cost adjusted 07

Passing track

2320' passing track

Extend southside passing track 378' for total of 3369' & n-side by 3188 for a total of 4871'

2320' extension to the W bound passing track including a crossover

4th class combined depot - $788.19

Contruct 4th class combination depot

3327' lap siding

Rebuild N.Yakima Freight House after fire

CB Brussell's Canning site

4068' spur for Gale Creek Lbr

Build Ice House N.Yakima 200 ton unit

Relay rail with 85#

Extend Lombard & Horsley Spur for benefit of Garrett Bros. Brick

Swap out worn out unit, move 80 ton scale into its place, then install new 125 ton unit in its place

Steam boiler unit

Improving bridge 88, correspondence about "filling" instead / cost over run explained 09

Spokane Gas

3798' passing track

410' connection of wye with passing track, plus 450' extension to storage track

1,550' run around track for gavel pit spur

525' spur for F C Wescott's log loading needs

Replace scale and rearrange track for Northwest Improvement Co.

Connect passing tracks of Ravensdale and Henry's

600' spur for H.H Howard

Extend old passing track and add a 3200' new ps track

80' Through Plate Girders (?)

90' spur connection with CMStP&P (Milwaukee) line which was under construction

Protection for bridge 146, Canceled

Work under '07-541 discontinued when fire distroyed brewery, completed here

Gravity water supply x Cabin Creek

290' coal spur to allow coaling of engines during the night

Original approval $1436.43 (Wenas)

62' extension to spur to serve Yakima Rex Spray Co.

2000' spur for Cascade Lbr between the main line and Yakima River

Extend team track an additional 1040'

Consolidated Fuel

710' spur for St Paul and Tacoma Lumber Co.

Add second lead to E end the St P&T Co. spur (above)

Replace 2.1 miles of 85# rail laid in '05 with 90# open hearth

Reset track to align with new coal dock

380' extention of W bound passing track

300' spur to serve Selah Horticulture Union

Rearrange track for new station

Independent Paving CANCELED

Relay rail with 90# rail

Move old station / convert for use as a freight house

561' of track for Lucas Lbr (track only)

Hubner being recognized as name for spur

Extend engineer's room to provide a bath room

3 Cross overs

Replace two 30' I-beam spans with reinforced concrete slabs Bridge 3

4127' of track for Morgan Lbr to create muliple spurs

Extra track for interchange use

Replace bridge #123 with a "double rail top culvert" and fill

200' extention to former "Wrights" spur for Cascade Lumber, now to be called the "Younger" spur

Bank Widening

Upgrade to a new combination station, postponded then approved in 1912

Errect a 20' x 40' machine shop

Ballasting

Relay short sections of passing track

Sidewalk on each side of Yakima Ave.

1182' extension to EB passing track

690' extension to the eastbound passing track

Extend team track as more needed for general access use

550' track for farmers (Mrs Loomis) to directly load hay

Grade raise

Extend passing track 951'

Remove and replace old roundhouse with structure large enough to handle "Mikes"

Intstall electric turntable tractor (motor) to cut payroll expense

1010' extension to east bound passing track to allow 70-75 car consists

832' extention to W bound passing track

684' extention to W bound passing track to handle consists of 70-75 cars

1010' extension of E bound passing track

1075' extention to E bound passing track to handle 70-75 car consists

Extend E bound track 1177' / W bound by 1146' to handle 70-75 car consists

680' extension to E bound passing track to handle 70-75 car consists

Replace 85# rail with 90#

270' extention to "Younger" spur

Replace 56# rail with 85# in pasing tracks at Kanasket, Bryd, Ravensdale, Covington, Wynaco, Auburn

Relocate gravel pit track and setup to work new pit - includes correspondence in 1920

Replace 72# & 85# for original 56# "(too) many derailments (on curved track"

Replace 48,000 gal wood water tank with 100,000 gal steel tank & associated improvements

Auto block signal at Lucas Lumber spur

Yakima Hardware

Auburn to Easton - helper engine fuel oil station. Similar stations in Auburn & Lester

24" cast iron pipe culvert

1,123' extension to W bound passing track

200' extension to ice pond spur

84' extension to Rex Spray Co. spur for Wa. Refining Co.

Canceled in leiu of renewed business from Pocahontas Development Co.

Relocate track to commence use of new bunkers / NW Improvement Co. involvement

(Aprox) 1050' of track to service 3800 ton ice house on south side of tracks

Extend passing track 1126'

Extend E-bound siding 1000'

to handle hop traffic

774' extension of E bound passing track

Additions to telegraph offices at Martin and Sampede for tunnel rescue gear

981' extension to passing track

250' long / inverted arch to check inward movement of south wall (Between sta's 1308 & 1558)

185' extension

Install 80' long system of concrete and cast iron pipes to meet irrigation obligation due the adjoining land owner

Construct system for handling and storing boiler fuel oil

Relocate team track to the north side of the main line

700' spur for use by the U.S. Reclaimation Service

Structure to cover the turntable

Additional track for storage of GR branch traffic and not block passing track

Set out track for bad order cars

652' extension to the passing track

690' extension to passing track

Wiring and electric lights for roundhouse & machine shop

1202' extra spur off gravel pit spur to quarry gravel for King County

Changes to better compete with arrival of ORN service

Replace rail laid down in early 1910

Replace "turnouts" with 85# rail

Sanitary decking of bridges through the Tacoma's new watershed

Relay Rail

52' x 32' expansion of stock yard

Sanitary toilet flushing to a wooden vault installed to protect the Tacoma water supply

Remove the need for two small bridges under side tracks by filling under them

Repair roundhouse that was damaged by July 7th fire leveling town

Rebuild section house destroyed by chimney fire on July 19

6,000' of fence to protect Bart Bruno's cattle

Cast iron pipe (CIP) culvert to replace bridge

300' spur for Selah Horticultural Union

Request for spur to serve Cascade Lbr, canceled after authorization

Rearrange ice pond trackage

ABS installation