BNSF and Tacoma are in complex negotiations currently to transfer ownership of the railroad's "Prairie Line" to the City, in exchange for the closure of a dangerous road crossing near the waterfront. If completed, this unused right-of-way could become part of a comprehensive trail system that cuts through the UW Tacoma campus.
The Prairie Line is the oldest line in Tacoma, being part of the original Northern Pacific route to the waterfront.
"Erie Built's"
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Union Pacific Railroad, Argo Yard, Seattle, July 1958. The first time I saw
the Fairbanks-Morse “Erie Builts” was in the summer of 1958. The family had
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