The locomotive as it sat in Pasco at the Railroad Museum in June 2009 (4 color photos by Joe Drazan) |
The Mountain Queen (from Up-to-the-Times Magazine, 1914) |
Baker's Rawhide Railroad, by Washington State Governor Miles C. Moore, Dec 1918 |
Dorsey S. Baker |
Rawhide Railroad and photo of the first locomotive (WW Bulletin, Dec 15 1915) |
Title page, Prefaces, and selected illustrations to George Estes yarn on the Rawhide Railroad. (Click this link for Full text of Rawhide Railroad by Estes https://archive.org/stream/rawhiderailroad00esteiala/rawhiderailroad00esteiala_djvu.txt Thanks to Mike Boyer for finding the link) |
Half full bottle of whiskey used for level |
Locomotives "Ladd" and "Blue Mountain" |
Hunting dog on platform replaced cowcatcher as being more proficient. Illustrations from Estes booklet. |
Tailendum of the Estes yarn |
Myth revisited by the Union-Bulletin's roving reporter Nellie Nelson in January 1948 |
After its service and abandonment in Alaska, the engine is now being restored for exhibit at Fort Walla Walla Museum (photo from WW Union-Bulletin, 3-27-2017) |