Seattle Photos 4
Washington, USA
28 APR 1940 — Operating
Seattle Metro MAN 4016. Photo by Wally Young.
1994 or 95.
P-S 656 at OERM. Photo
by Ken Josephson, April 1999.
T-C 633 at OERM. Photo
by Ken Josephson, April 1999.
Kenworth Trolley
Truck. 1956. Photo submitted by Ken Wuschke.
Trolley to Everett. Photographer unknown.
The Brill being pushed by fans at a fan trip. Submitted by Zack
Wilhoite.
Seattle T-C 656, view of engine compartment. Photo
by Ken Josephson, April 1999.
Breda 5001 in tunnel
in electric mode. Photo by Zack Wilhoite.
Overhead in Seattle coming down. Normally,
this would be a depressing photo, but in this case the overhead was coming down
in preparation for the rebuilding of the entire system which include several
conversions to etbs and a few extension.
Photo by R. C. DeArmond, April 1978.
Twin Coach 617 at Atlantic Garage shortly
before rebuilding
Twin Coach 643 in the woods in eastern
King Co before rebuilding
Brill 798 at Atlantic Garage shortly
before rebuilding
Brill 798 in the first Day of service
after rebuilding, at 34th Ave. and E. Union St in November 1974. Unidentified
Twin about to pass 798 whose poles are on the wrong set of wires.
Above photos from the collection of Wayne Hom. Date unknown.
First photos of the new Mt. Baker Station and extension of Rte 14. Here the
span wires are going up. S. McClellan St. facing east at Martin Luther King
Way S. Photo by Jack Lattemann. 29 MAR 2009.
The centre left lane is for route 14 trolleys. Photo by
Jack Lattemann. 29 MAR 2009.
The facility comfort station foundation.The camera is pointing SW toward Rainier
Ave. S.Shot taken from the west side of Rainier Ave. W. Photo
by Jack Lattemann. 29 MAR 2009.
The wires and the passing wires are being installed on the #14 lane. Photo
by Jack Lattemann. 29 MAR 2009.
The wires are up but the installation is not complete. This taken from across
Martin Luther King Way S. facing west. In the background is the elevated section
of the light rail line. Passengers will have to cross Rainier Ave. to reach
the Mt. Baker Station, aided by some kind of pedestrian signal. Photo
by Jack Lattemann. 29 MAR 2009.
One of the layover lanes for the buses. I don't think that this one is for route
14. The overhead on Rainier Ave S. is visible in this shot. Photo
by Jack Lattemann. 29 MAR 2009.
Another view of the bus and trolley terminus at Rainier ave. S. The center lane
is for trolleys as mentioned above. The wires are tied of Rainier Ave. before
the special work will be installed. Photo by Jack Lattemann.
29 MAR 2009.
Here is a very good view of the trolley lane for the 14 and its passing wire.
The passing will be used primarily for trolleys on the 14 returned to Central
Base directly. Before,they had to return via the normal 14 wires. This will
noticeably shorten the time to get to the base. Interesting is the fact that
trolley drivers would coast down S. McClellan St. to Rainier Ave. S. where they
would hookup to the Rainier wires and continue via Rainier Ave and Jackson St.
S. 6th ave S. which led to the former Atlantic garage. After the route 7, which
used Rainier Ave S. and South Jackson St. was dieselized in 1963, the power
was turned off on Rainier Ave S. The trolleys from Mt. Baker continued to use
McClellan St. coasting to Rainier Ave. S. where they found no power in wires.
They had to very sheepishly phone central and have their trolleys towed up S.
Jackson St. which was still used by the Mt. Baker trolleys. Next year will see
70 years of trolleys on route 14/10/13 . This route was alternately marked by
various route numbers of the years, except for overhead rebuilding project of
1978/1979. Soon the wires from the Station will be connected to the wires on
S. Rainier. A new set of wires will turn from Rainier Ave. S. to McClellan St.
up the hill to 31st. Mt Baker trolleys will be able use Rainier Ave. S. to reach
Central Base legally. I understand that a southbound track will be built on
Rainier Ave. S. to permit #14 trolleys to go from Central Base in the oppose
direction to S. McClellan.
A wooden pole has been installed to support the new set of trolley wires on
S. McClellan St. The view is taken from the south side of S. McCLellan facing
west. Rainier Ave. S. is just behind the backhoe. Photo
by Jack Lattemann. 29 MAR 2009.
Another shot of the trolley lane. This photos captures the tie off end of the
trolley wires. Photo by Jack Lattemann. 29 MAR 2009.
A new traction pole on MLK Way S. for the yet to be installed wires just outside
the terminus. Photo by Jack Lattemann. 29 MAR 2009.
The foundation for a new traction pole
Photo by Jack Lattemann. 29 MAR 2009.
The foundation for a new traction pole on the 2700 block of S. McClellan St.
east of MLK Way. Photo by Jack Lattemann.
29 MAR 2009.
Here's a comment from Jack: "I was taking photos of bus facilities around Link stations in preparation for a council member tour next Friday. The concrete work at the Mount Baker Station bus facility is complete except for the two boarding platforms, driveways, and Rainier and MLK sidewalk replacement. A Metro Power & Facilities crew completed the overhead work inside the facility for Route 14, and will tie in to wire on MLK and Rainier in the summer. Some of the pole foundations on McClellan have been finished. Farther south, the trenching and ductwork for the Rt. 36 substation connection is about two thirds completed, but no pole foundation work has begun yet. You can see the pink survey markings for pole locations on McClellan and Myrtle/Othello. More batches of photos to follow."
The layover pad at the terminus for route 36 trolleys on S. Myrtle St. near
MLK Way S. The concrete pads will hold two trolleys. Metro wanted to have enough
concrete pad for three trolleys but they were unable to do so. Photo by Richard
DeArmond. 6 MAY 2009.
