Visit to Port Angeles

[sirenwerks]

Next Sunday I am crossing the Columbia and driving up the Olympic Peninsula to Port Angeles for a week of FEMA training, and coming home the following Saturday.  Is there anything railroad-related in the area I could hit o the way up or down or visit after 1700 in the Port Angeles area during the week?  Besides general RR history and LHS, I am especially interested in remaining industries and industry remains.


Bryan

[wazzou]

Not really.  The Milwaukee Road served PA via barge from Seattle to Port Townsend but that’s obviously ancient history.
There’s always the PSAP.  The Puget Sound & Pacific, (G&W) headquartered in Elma, WA. 
It interchanges with the BNSF in Centralia, WA and heads West to Elma, Aberdeen and Hoquiam or NE to Shelton and Bremerton, all on former Northern Pacific (BN) trackage.

Hit me via PM if you want any additional info.

[sirenwerks]

Not really.  The Milwaukee Road served PA via barge from Seattle to Port Townsend but that’s obviously ancient history.
There’s always the PSAP.  The Puget Sound & Pacific, (G&W) headquartered in Elma, WA. 
It interchanges with the BNSF in Centralia, WA and heads West to Elma, Aberdeen and Hoquiam or NE to Shelton and Bremerton, all on former Northern Pacific (BN) trackage.

Hit me via PM if you want any additional info.

Kinda what I thought.  I'll just keep my eyes and camera peeled along the way.  Hoping I can score some time to hop the ferry to Victoria.

[x600]

If you get a chance, Chehalis and Centralia are "railroady" towns. Close to I-5, good place to watch a train go through.
Stations in both, Chehalis has a museum in the station, Amtrak stops at Centralia. Both have places to park and watch trains.

Blow the horn when you go by the propane cars on the left after exit 88, I'll wave!

Greg O.

[signalmaintainer]

The old Milwaukee Road Howe truss bridge over the Dungeness River is still extant, along with some of the approach trestle on the east end. It's part of an Audubon Society reserve area but easily accessible off River Road in Sequim.

But other than that and the old Milwaukee Road freight house in Port Angeles, now a hobby shop, that is it for tangible, easy to find railroad history on the east end of North Olympic Peninsula.

[sirenwerks]

Greg O.,


Is the Chehalis show back up and running yet?  That's not too bad a drive from Hillsboro on a normal day. 


With COVID changing the workplace, the wife and I are thinking about moving to the north side of the Columbia.  Portland and its suburbs are going to hell in an expedited fashion.  Being close to the office (which I haven't seen in two years) and no sales tax ain't worth it anymore.


Bryan Bohn

[Van Horne]

The old right of way is a bike trail. It goes from Port Townsend to Port Angeles. My wife and I rode part of it 3 or 4 years ago and over the truss bridge at Sequim.

[x600]

Hi Bryan, Yes, they just had the show the first weekend in April, next one is in Oct.
Small show, but there is enough N to at least make it interesting.
 We were supposed to have our small loop layout there, but they used the space for sales tables
instead. Good for them.
 Both of my daughters live in Battle Ground and love it. We were looking to move closer, but the prices went up in the little towns along I 5. Still some nice places, but there is a lot of building going on.
Lotsa big sub-divisions going in in Ridgefield etc.  Still not a bad commute to P Town if you leave
at 0-dark early.

Greg O.

[sirenwerks]

Hi Bryan, Yes, they just had the show the first weekend in April, next one is in Oct.

Greg O.

Thanks, Greg.  I'll try to find a mailing list to sign up for the October announcement.  I haven't been to a train show since I left DC seven years ago, even before that.

Lotsa big sub-divisions going in in Ridgefield etc.  Still not a bad commute to P Town if you leave
at 0-dark early.

Luckily, my agency is eager to cut its footprint and handing out work from home seatng assignments like candy, and my job is especially suited for that so commuting into Portland won't have to happen frequently at all.