Click on Image to View Larger Image
|
| Title: |
BNSF Railway Industrial Switcher in Northwest Portland, Oregon (editor's title) |
| Creator: |
Weismann-Yee, Kyle
|
|
Description:
BNSF Railway's "Job 101" negotiating industrial switching trackage in northwestern Portland, Oregon. The job works primarily in nearby Willbridge Yard, but once or twice a week it ventures across U.S. Highway 30 (visible at right) to serve the remaining customers in the Guilds Lake industrial district. While both Willbridge Yard and the industrial district tracks are owned by BNSF, the locomotive is shown on Portland Terminal Railroad tracks, which connect Willbridge to the industrial district. Such complex arrangements are typical of railroading in urban areas, where multiple carriers both compete and cooperate for business. In this case, the Portland Terminal arrangement is the result of a severed connection. The industrial trackage was once part of BNSF predecessor Spokane, Portland & Seattle's "12th Street Switching District," and it connected directly to the SP&S Hoyt Street Yard. After that connection was severed, likely with the construction of the Fremont Bridge (a highway bridge that opened in 1973), only the Portland Terminal connection remained. For more information and another view of this industrial district, see record 2550. |
|
| Classification: |
Railroads in the Landscape (LCSH)
|
| Date Created: |
2009-12-07 |
| Resource Type: |
Image (DCMI Type Vocabulary)
|
| Format: |
Digital
|
| Rights: |
Kyle Weismann-Yee |
| Coverage: |
Spatial, Portland, Oregon; Temporal, December 7, 2009 |
| Extent: |
10.1 megapixels RAW file |
| Source: |
Kyle Weismann-Yee, Portland, Oregon |
| Url: |
http://www.pbase.com/kentonline/ |
| Depicted Railroad: |
BNSF Railway
Portland Terminal Co.
|
| Location: |
Portland, Oregon |
| Depicted Occupation: |
Brakeman
|
| Train Type: |
Freight train |
| Equipment, Locomotive: |
SW1000 no. 3613 |
| Builder, locomotive: |
Electro-Motive Division, General Motors |
|
Creator Description:
Kyle Weismann-Yee grew up in Portland, Oregon, but took his first railroad photos while visiting Japan as a middle school student. He undertook photography more seriously upon graduation from high school in 2004, and he has gravitated towards overlooked railroad operations throughout the northwest, particularly shortlines, branchlines, and industrial switching districts. In 2008, he graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in ethnic studies, a field he hopes to pursue in the nonprofit sector. |
|
| Collection: |
Kyle Weismann-Yee Collection |
|
