A member of the Great Northern Railway Historical Society and donor.
"Casey" Adams was raised in Minot, North Dakota, where his father was stationmaster of the Great Northern depot. After service in the United States Army and Air Force, he received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Oregon State University and joined the Boeing Company in 1951, eventually becoming head of the patent-engineering program. He was a railroad photographer, who frequently sold photographs to the public and made presentations to railway historical societies.
A donor to the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive.
The American Locomotive Company (often shortened to ALCO, ALCo or Alco) was an American manufacturer that operated from 1901 to 1969, initially specializing in the production of locomotives but later diversifying and fabricating at various times diesel generators, automobiles, steel, tanks, munitions, oil-production equipment, as well as heat exchangers for nuclear power plants. The company was formed by the merger of seven locomotive manufacturers and Schenectady Locomotive Engine Manufactory of Schenectady, New York. A subsidiary, American Locomotive Automobile Company, designed and manufactured automobiles under the Alco brand from 1905 to 1913. ALCO also produced nuclear reactors from 1954 to 1962.[2] After World War II, Alco closed all of its manufacturing plants except those in Schenectady and Montreal.
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Kurt E. Armbruster is a Seattle native, historian, professional bassist, and singer-songwriter. He has played music of many genres and has written numerous historical articles and three books, including two on railroading: "Orphan Road" and "Whistle Down the Valley". He lives in Seattle, Washington.
John I. Aspbakken (born 1955) is the son of Ivar Aspebakken. Ivar Aspebakken (1921-2009) was born in Biristrand, Norway on October 11, 1921. As a young man he worked on various fox farms and served in the Norwegian military. In 1948 he immigrated to the United States. He worked on wheat farms near Williston, North Dakota and Froid, Montana. In 1953, he married Marit Nordheim, from ?yer, Norway. In 1955, they moved to the Missoula, Montana area, where Ivar hired on for the Northern Pacific Railway. In 1969, he was transferred to Spokane, Washington, where he worked as a roadmaster for the Burlington Northern Railroad until his retirement in 1985. He was a member of the Northern Pacific Railroad Historical Society.
Phillip Atkins was a Provincetown, Massachusetts native, the son of LeRoy and Virginia Grace Atkins. He was a 1976 graduate of Provincetown High School. In February 1977 he enlisted in the United States Air Force, where he served 8 years on active duty and 9 years in the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard. He was a resident of Washington State from 1988 to 2012. He was employed by The Boeing Company as a machinist for 16 years.
A donor to the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive.
Joseph Baillargeon is the owner of Restoration Books in Seattle, Washington.
Antonio Bertapelle was foreman of the Nothern Pacific's Missoula, Montana coal dock in the 1940's.
The Black Diamond Historical Society was formed by a small group led by Carl and Ann Steiert who decided to honor the nation?s bicentennial by preserving a little bit of America right at home. Many felt a strong concern for the disappearing buildings and artifacts in Black Diamond. Restoration of the railroad depot began following the formation of the Historical Society in 1976. The group obtained the railroad depot from the City of Black Diamond. It was built around the turn of the century to serve as a depot for the Columbia and Puget Sound and later the Pacific Coast Company. After the depot closed in the ?30?s, the building was used as a restaurant, a library, a telephone exchange, an office for the water department and a storage shed for the city maintenance. Eventually work crews completely renovated the structure. The Museum was opened on June 6, 1982, in a gala celebration honoring the one-hundredth birthday of Black Diamond
David J. Cantlin, a Tacoma area railroad historian and photographer, has written two previous articles about Tacoma Rail. He works for the City of Fife Parks Department. Photographs from many sources—including the Tacoma Public Utilities Archives, Washington State History Museum, Tacoma Public Library, the author, and many private collections—richly tell the history that is Tacoma Rail, locally known as “Tacoma's Own.”
In 1999, a group of volunteers formed “The Friends of the South Cle Elum Depot”. Their goal was the rehabilitation and historic preservation of the Milwaukee Road facilities at South Cle Elum, which were showing the effects of time and abandonment. This group evolved into the Cascade Rail Foundation, or CRF, as it is known today. Cascade Rail Foundation is now a Washington State nonprofit corporation, and operates under a 501(c)(3) tax-deductible status. It is the vision of the Cascade Rail Foundation, in partnership with Washington State Parks , that the South Cle Elum Rail Yard Historic District, in the Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, will become a significant resource for the region and the nation. The goal is to preserve the site of the Milwaukee Road rail yard in South Cle Elum and to tell the story of the Milwaukee’s electrification and route through Washington and the Cascade mountains. The site is dedicated to the interpretation and preservation of the history of the Milwaukee Road’s western extension and electrification. The Milwaukee is considered one of the most significant and cherished railroads ever to exist in the United States.
Herbert T. Chaudiere, born September 3, 1929 in Englewood, New Jersey, passed away on September 9, 2000 in Redmond, Washington. Herb served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He was Vice-President for Bruck, Richards and Chaudiere, Inc., an acoustic firm in the Seattle area, functioning as an acoustical expert. Herb enjoyed chasing trains and recording railway sounds, and was a published artist in this area. A nationally recognized model railroader, he published numerous articles for magazines on how to engineer a model railway, and was involved with the Puget Sound Garden Railway Society, the Narrow Gauge Railroad Society, the Acoustical Society and the Audio-Engineering Society. He also enjoyed building scale model railroads and was an avid photographer, particularly focusing on railroads and old gas pumps.