MILW 618 heads a transfer from Black River Jct., near Renton, WA where the MILW mainline separates from the Pacific Coast Railway, into Seattle. Main line trains from Chicago terminated in Tacoma, dropping cars at Black River yard. A switch crew from Seattle would pick them up and drop off eastbound cars. This view is at Argo where the MILW transfer is on Pacific Coast trackage with BN mainline trackage to the right. The diamonds to the right of the train lead UP/MILW trackage into Union Station, while the diamond on the left is BN trackage to local industries, including Rainier Brewing Co.
Documenting the comparative traffic of the Burlington Northern, the Milwaukee Road, and the Union Pacific between Puget Sound and the Midwest, mainly focusing on the 1970s but including other time periods as well. Also featuring Milwaukee Road freights on
