Early image of the Rock Island Bridge looking geographic north ( railroad east) over the Columbia River, some 10 miles south of Wenatchee, Washington. Taken from an old stereo view card in the Scott Tanner Collection. Scott stimates circa 1905. It shows the bridge in Its original configuration.

Rock Island Bridge and telltale looking south (railroad west). Photo by Mac McCulloch, December, 1967.

Rock Island Bridge looking notheast, (railroad east). Photo by Mac McCulloch, December, 1967.

Great Northern repair crew at work on the Rock Island Bridge. Photo by Mac McCulloch, January 1968.

Great Northern Railway Train 19, Gopher, at Holyoke, Minnesota in 1967. Train 19, Gopher, on trestle at Holyoke, Minnesota. Other subject classes: Bridge

Great Northern Railway Train 24 at Boylston, Wisconsin in 1967. Train number 24, Badger, on Boylston, Wisconsin bridge. Other subject classes: Bridge

Great Northern Railway Train 24, Badger, on stone arch bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1969. Other subject classes: Bridge

Great Northern Railway Train 24, Gopher, at Boylston, Wisconsin in 1967. Train number 24, Gopher, on trestle at Boylston, Wisconsin led by a Class E7 locomotive. Other subject classes: Bridge

Great Northern Railway Train 27 at Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1967. Extra train -- Board of Directors special on Stone Arch Bridge; entire train visible. Other subject classes: Bridge

Great Northern Railway Train 28 east of Essex, Montana on trestle bridge in 1969. Other subject classes: Bridge