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For this series we begin at the engine terminal at Interbay Yard in Seattle. We will follow the former Great Northern trackage east working our way over the Cascade Range through the Cascade Tunnel and end at Harrington, WA about 50 miles west of Spokane. In 1919, the Great Northern added automatic block signals to 23 miles of single track between Wenatchee and Leavenworth, and 53 miles of single track between Skykomish and Everett, WA. By the end of 1919, the GN had 444 miles of single track and 358 miles of double track with automatic block signals. The Great Northern installed its first CTC in 1954 on short stretches in Montana and in the Iron Range. CTC was added from Merritt (42 miles west of Wenatchee) to Columbia River (15 miles east of Wenatchee) in 1965. By the end of 1969, the GN had over 1,300 miles of CTC. All pictures in this series are on disks 6 and 7. You can purchase a disk and printout any of the pictures for your own use to dress up your train room or add color to a house that just cries out for more train pictures. Interbay Yard
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