Tacoma Eastern Railway
Tacoma Eastern Railway - TE
- Route:
- Tacoma Jct - Frederickson - Graham - Park Jct - Morton, WA (66.3 miles)
- Frederickson - Western Jct - Chehalis, WA (54.5 miles)
- Park Jct - National, WA (3.5 miles)
- Headquarters:
- Tacoma, WA
- Junctions with other railroads:
- BNSF: Centralia and Chehalis, WA
- UP: Tacoma Jct and Centralia, WA
- WTCX: Skookumchuck and Western Jct, WA
- Radio frequencies:
- 160.245, 160.635
- History:
- Line built by Tacoma Eastern Railroad Co.
- Came under control of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul by 1918.
- Sold by Milwaukee Road to Weyerhaueser Co. in 1980.
- Operated by Weyerhaeuser as Chehalis Western Railroad from 1980 to 1992.
- Graham to Mount Rainier portion of the line donated to City of Tacoma in 1990.
- Remainder of trackage (Tacoma to Chehalis) sold to City of Tacoma in 1995.
- TE contract operations of the line started on February 1, 1995.
- TE's contract terminated by City of Tacoma.
- TE ceased operations on November 15, 1998.
- Operations assumed by Tacoma Rail (TMBL) on November 16, 1998.
| Unit | Bldr. | Model | B/N | F/N | B/D | History | Acq. | Ret. | Notes |
| 301 | GE | 45ton | 15246 | | 4/1942 | ex MRSR; ex General Services Admin 2:2 (Bell,CA); ex USA 7047 Casad Ordnance Depot (New Haven,IN); nee USA 7047 Raritan Arsenal (Metuchen,NJ) | | | to LeMay Family Collection/TE 301 (Spanaway,WA) |
| 439 | EMD | SD9E | 20214 | 5365-50 | 5/1955 | ex (D)Chrome Crankshaft; ex SP 4439; ex SP 3914; nee SP 5436 | 1995 | 1998 | to LMLX; to YW/LMLX 439; to WRIX 439; to CBRW/WRIX 439 |
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Last updated: May 27, 2019
