Checks can be sent to:  R. Donald Ross, 3821 Crater Lake Ct, Irving, TX 75062-4015

This little interurban system in eastern Washington began operating in approximately 1907. It built a line west to Henrybro which was reached in 1910. Another line north to Speyers was completed in 1913. From the earliest years, it was a Union Pacific subsidiary as a means to compete with the Northern Pacific in the area. Local service was operated until 1946. A local group began streetcar service again in 1976 as a heritage tourist line and the property was sold to the City of Yakima. Freight continued to operate with electric power until approximately 1990 when a trackmobile was acquired.

6 was built by Stephenson Car Co in 1910.  It was scrapped in 1937.

20 was built by American Car Co in February 1930, #1456.  It was sold as Portland Traction Co 4008 in 1946.

21 was built by American Car Co in February 1930, #1456.  It was sold as PTCo 4009 in 1946 and was saved in 1960 after the Portland lines quit, and it is now back to its original number and paint scheme in Yakima.

22 was built by American Car Co in February 1930, #1456.  It was sold as PTCo 4010 in 1946 and sold to Robert Hively in 1958.  It returned to Yakima in 1989.

100 was built by Niles Car Co in 1909.  It was scrapped in 1947.

297 was built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in August 1923, #56937, as Glendale & Montrose RR 22. This was another UP subsidiary, and in May 1931, the locomotive became Union Pacific E-100. It was sent to the YVT as 297 in September 1942. It is now preserved at the museum at Perris, CA.

298 was built by General Electric in October, 1922, #8788. It is still in Yakima and is used occasionally.

299 was built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in October 1907, #32061. It was formerly United Rys 1 and scrapped in 1958.

300 was built by Niles Car Co in 1909.  It was scrapped in 1956.

1976 was built by CCFP in 1928 as CCFL 254.  It became STCP 254 in 1946 and sold as as YVT 1976 in 1974.

4003 was built by Kuhlman Car Co in 1927, #924, as Interstate Public Service 266.  It became Indiana RR 205 in 1930 and sold to PTCo as 4003 in 1940.  It was preserved by Puget Sound Railway Historical Assn in 1959 and then by Yakima Electric Railway Museum in 1989.  It was sold as Illinois Railway Museum in 1993 as IRR 205.

A was built by Niles Car Co in 1909.   It accepted by the City of Yakima in 1985.

AMDG

3/4/2021

Memorial of Saint Cillene

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