Photo Archives
"Railroads"
Railroads001
Description
Date
Taken
Notes
File No.
~1898
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Railroads003
Railroads002
Railroads005
Railroads004
Railroads007A
Railroads006
Railroads007B
Railroads007C
Railroads009
Railroads008
Railroads010
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Railroads012
Railroads011
Railroads014
Railroads013
Railroads015
Railroads014A
Railroads017
Railroads016
Railroads018
Railroads019
Railroads020
Railroads021
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Railroads019A
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Railroads020A
Railroads024
Railroads023
Railroads022
Railroads025
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Railroads027
Railroads026
Railroads030
Railroads029
Railroads028
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Railroads032
Railroads031
Railroads033
Railroads034
Railroads036
Railroads035
Railroads038
Railroads037
Railroads039
Railroads040
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Railroads041
Railroads041B
Railroads041A
Railroads042
Railroads043
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Railroads044
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Locomotive on Oregon Pacific Railroad. Engineer is Charles Kennedy. Tie to Steilacoom is not known.
Dec 15, 1914
Admiral Dewey streetcar standing at corner of Lafayette and Wilkes Street. Conductor , Jessie Clendenin; motorman, John McNeese. The Admiral Dewey made the trip from Steilacoom to Tacoma and back several times daily. Read an article about the history of the railway.
Crew working on streetcar track laying spur at Lafayette and Wilkes Street in front of Bair the Druggist store. Streetcar in background.
~1900
Streetcar Admiral Dewey on bridge over Chambers Creek, one of three such bridges over Chambers Creek as the streetcar line wound its way to Tacoma
1895
Open-air streetcar on "special" Tacoma-Steilacoom run for celebration of some sort. Note streetcar is full of passengers including Mrs. Dora Clendenin, Charles Prudy, supervisor at right rear, and conductor Jessie Clendenin. Streetcar is neer peach farm (near present Charles Wright Academy. Clenda Davidson is also on streetcar.
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~1898
U. S. Mail streetcar which ran daily from Tacoma to Steilacoom and back. The two postal employees are unidentified.
~1898
Train wreck at trestle over 5th Street waterway. The wooden trestle caught fire after the wreck.
Streetcar Admiral Dewey in middle of Lafayette, crossing Wilkes.
Mar 1954
1898
Photo by Milt Davidson
Train wreck at trestle over 5th Street waterway. The wooden trestle caught fire after the wreck.
Mar 1954
Photo by Milt Davidson
Traffic jam after train wreck at trestle over 5th Street waterway. The wooden trestle caught fire after the wreck.
Photo by Milt Davidson
Mar 1954
Streetcar offloading passengers in Steilacoom to participate in Pierce County Picnic at Masonic Hall.
Streetcar #63 in front of Bair the Druggist store.
Streetcar track and bridge over Chambers Creek at site of current bridge and dam. See also Railroads048 which was cropped from this photo.
~1905
~1900
~1890
Streetcar #54 on Lafayette Street in Steilacoom
Streetcar #104 near Albert Whyte peach farm (presently the location of Charles Wright Academy in University Place). Mrs. Dora Clendenin Teevin is aboard.
1898
~1900
Streetcar track going up the hill from vicinity of what is now Sunnyside Park into downtown Steilacoom on Lafayette Street.
Streetcar #35 on Lafayette Street in Steilacoom
1898
~1900
Aerial view of train wreck. Wreck was not in Steilacoom, and possibly along Tacoma waterfront.
Post card showing same scene as Railroads014. Card is dated 1908 and is to Miss Alma Watson in Tacoma from Nell and (probably) her husband in Steilacoom. Note the 1-cent postage!
Unk
1898
Early train at unknown location, except that it might be Lakeview (now Lakewood) on the "plains" route from Tenino to Tacoma
Streetcar on Lafayette Street
Unk
1900
Celebrants at the inagural stop of the train on its "water route" from Tacoma to Steilacoom
Women and children at the Steilacoom train depot during the first year the depot was in operation for passengers
Dec 15, 1914
1914
See Buildings044
See Buildings044
See Buildings044
Steilacoom train depot. Date unknown but possibly latter 1940s, early 1950s from appearance of cars in parking lot.
~1950?
Celebrants at the inagural stop of the train on its "water route" from Tacoma to Steilacoom as featured in the Tacoma paper
Dec 15, 1914
See Buildings044
Streetcar bridge, the center one of three over Chambers Creek on the run from Steilacoom to Tacoma
Great Northern RR locomotive southbound through Steilacoom.
~1900
Unk
Steam engine and train coming along shore near Steilacoom. Steam engines were replaced by diesel-electrics in the early 1950s
~1950
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1957
This is a cropped view of Railroads029
Steilacoom railway station and track crossing bottom of Union heading to ferry dock
Steilacoom railway station under construction
1961
1913
Union Pacific train northbound at Sunnyside Beach
Union Pacific train southbound from Steilacoom (ferry dock in background)
1957-58
1957-58
Dec 13, 1957
1957-58
1957-58
Great Northern freight train southbound through Steilacoom. Train is crossing Union Avenue, train depot in background
Union Pacific streamliner southbound through Steilacoom
Union Pacific train northbound having just crossed Union Avenue leading to ferry dock
Aftermath of train having hit automobile at bottom of Union Avenue crossing. Mrs. Hull killed.
Union Pacific freight train southbound through Steilacoom
Nov 29, 1939
1957-68
1957
Northbound train at Saltar's Point
Panoramic view of Northern Pacific #408 passenger train southbound through Steilacoom. McNeil Island in background. To read about the establishment of NPRR service to the Puget Sound region, click here.
Sep 19, 1965
Crossing at ferry dock. Pioneer Sand and Gravel Company gravel pits in background in what is now University Place.
Railroad track, looking south toward Saltar's Point
Nov 1958
1965
Union Pacific "City of Portland" northbound through Steilacoom having just passed Saltar's Point
Union Pacific train headed northbound, crossing small trestle.
Union Pacific train southbound, passing Steilacoom depot
Jun 1957
1957
1950s
Union Pacific southbound train crossing trestle at 5th Streed waterway.
Southbound train approaching Steilacoom train depot
Northbound train having just passed Steilacoom train depot
Sep 20, 1965
Sep 20, 1965
Sep 20, 1965
Clear track passing Steilacoom train depot
Yard engine hauling logs in West Tacoma
1965?
Seattle - Portland "Pool" train
1965
Photo provided by Steilacoom resident Doug Walker
Railroads045
First train to Steilacoom. Second stop on "Tacoma Water-Grade Route" originating in Tacoma and reaching Tenino on the "water" route, and returning to Tacoma through Yelm and Rainier on the "prairie" route. Celebrations were held at eight stops along the route, including a 15-minute celebration at Steilacoom.
Railroads044A
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Cropped from Railroads044 above.
Railroads046
Railroads047
ca. 2008
Railroads048
Not UsedStreetcar track and bridge over Chambers Creek at site of current bridge and dam. See also Railroads008 which source of this cropped photo.
Tacoma-Steilacoom streetcar stop at Chambers grist mill. Body of water is Chambers Creek bay, at the far end of which is currently the Northern Pacific bridge. The photo is taken from the grist mill, and the puncheon road was used for carrying grist mill products to the loading dock shown at water's edge.
~1890
Train derailment at Sunnyside Beach spilling grain over several hundred feet of railroad bed and consequent growth of vegetation.
Railroads049
Railroads050
Railroads051
Construction of NPRR at Steilacoom under contract to Copenhagen Brothers. Left to right is one of the Copenhagen employess and Howard Doering.
1911
North bound training having just passed the train depot at Steilacoom. Note sidings going behind the depot.
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Railroads052
