Ahh... the era when Fairhaven, aka South Bellingham was a real blast for the under 40 crowd. Mighty Yuppy at present. Thanks Krink for your series of old Whatcom county pics.
I was a semi-regular at "The Fairhaven"resturant during the late 70's.
They had the greatest "Onion Soup" you ever tasted. Last time I passed
by the resturant it is no more or something different. I love taking pictures
at South Bellingham. The sunsets in Bellingham produce some very interest
light to work with.
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A picture I took at South Bellingham long ago I tried to find the negative for it today and I was successful in finding it. Interesting the print I have for this picture cuts off some very important scenery to the left hand side while the negative yeilds more to the picture. This is a favorite shot of mine because I know the hogger very well...Jack Dootson. A character you would just have to meet to get an idea. An old head that loved to go fast as a senior engineer. Jack was always at full throttle...whenever.
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This is a favorite shot of mine because I know the hogger very well...Jack Dootson. A character you would just have to meet to get an idea. An old head that loved to go fast as a senior engineer. Jack was always at full throttle...whenever.
Knew an oldhead Hawg just like Jack. His name was Ralph Hall. He always had his window open and he always had a big floppy cowboy hat on. Whenever they ran a steam loco on the mainline he was on a short list of qualified Hawgs. He once told me the secret to running a good train was to keep the slack streatched out. If ya slow down and let them cars fight against each other, that's when the problems start...I keep yankin on em!
I dont know about other railroads in the USA say around 1970 but I think
it was prevelent everywhere when it came to "making up time" on
passenger trains. The very experienced hogger knew what speeds
the tracks were good for and on certain segments of trackage
you may hit 90mph for 5-10 minutes and get away with it.
Looking back I dont have any great "making-up time" stories
from my time on the railroad. Sometimes it was the dare-devil
freight hoghead that some very fast runs that had everybody
wondering.
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BN was still running F units on lotsa locals outa Hillyard. We'd test six, seven of 'em at a time, and the hostelers ran 'em out ta either Erie Street, or the big NP yard "Yardley" for a fast eastbound!
Workin' Yardley at midnight, we'd inspect 'em, service, and nine times outa ten, change speed tapes on the old Barco speed recorders... More than once we'd see spots on the ol' NP line south where it split off at Sandpoint, where they'd hit 75-80 MPH! Those old 567s were sprinters! After 1980-1983, BN started relegating the Fs to 'branch-line' service... The traction motors were geared for 70 MPH. But we knew better! Push 'em into the red, and they'd handle the amperage!
Where are all BNs F units now?
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During the F-Unit days on the GN/BN Bellingham Sub for freight it was
a 50mph maximum speed in some places like English to Bow and maybe
Ferndale to Blaine. I think it was "P-79" in those same stretches of track
so it was a known zone to maybe do 5-10mph over. Of course this is
30-40 years ago now and who cares.
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After all's said and done Krink, what we got is memories! Butcha can't live in the past, but photos, and 'souvenirs' and stuff can make those memories a bit more phun, and breathe life into 'em!
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