Tim, Thanks for sharing this one!
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I attended school at Western Washington University in Bellingham starting in the fall of 1979. Was only able to see the Milwaukee for a few short months unfortunatelly. Thanks so much for sharing this Tim!
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Good photo with lots of fun details, if you look closely. Looking on a map, it appears this section of Milwaukee RR track was isolated from the rest of the system, like the Port Townsend to Port Angeles section. Sadly, the map shows both are abandoned.
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MILW's islolated Bham-Sumas line was acquired from the Bellingham Bay and British Columbia RR in ~1918. For a time, the Canadian Pacific was considering Bham Bay as its western terminus (BC was still a British possession, and there was no Vancouver yet). Until the mid-1950s, MILW barged their freight south; thereafter it acquired tkg rights from the GN and later on a different routing, over the BN.
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It's Dentin' Fenders!
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