The power and caboose for the Valley Owl local are parked between duties at Sumner, WA, located between Tacoma and Kent/Auburn. This was part of the UP/MILW joint mainline into Seattle and is still in use by UP today. Note the open bi-level auto rack coupled to the caboose. Part of the Owl's duties was to switch the Kent auto unloading facility.
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
