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reload point and those loads were daily brought to
Western Junction as well. The loads then would be combined and brought to Port of Tacoma. In the latter part of the 1980s, Curtis was converted to a pole yard where power poles from a nearby mill were sorted and then loaded to railcars. These pole loads would then be brought to an interchange point in Chehalis with the Union Pacific Railway. Subsequently, the only remaining log reload point was at Vail. Only 42 carloads of raw logs were hauled in daily Monday through Friday to Tacoma after the conversion of the Curtis reload. This practice remained until operations were ceased in 1992.
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Mishael River over a rather deep canyon. Only the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad ever operated trains on an 8-mile segment between Elbe, WA and Mineral, WA during the time between the Milwaukee Road abandonment and the acquisition of the CWWR assets by the City of Tacoma in 1995. Subsequently, much of the Morton Subdivision fell into disrepair that had not been used, but was revitalized by the City of Tacoma after they had acquired it.
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Eastern Railway to begin operations on the line, and then contracted with
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