The car barn at the Yakima Electric Railway Museum, home of the Yakima Valley Trolleys, is an incredible place. At front-left is YVT 298, a GE electric locomotive built new for the original Yakim... (more)
Heading out Pine St. in Yakima, #298 is on its way to Nob Hill and Congdon Orchards. The track to Selah diverges here heading out 6th St.
Yakima Valley Transportation interurban roots could easily be seen in the street trackage at 6th and W.Pine as #298 returns light from Selah heading for the YVT carbarn a few blocks away.
YVT #298 is working in parent Union Pacific's yard in Yakima.
Inbound to Yakima from the Selah packing houses, Yakima Valley Transportation #298 is rolling along the former interurban trackage. Owner Union Pacific later donated this track to the City of Yaki... (more)