Up inside the interlocking tower I am busy lining up the switches and signals for a UP train. To hear the actual sounds of working the interlocking levers, click on the play button above. You may have to enable active X for the sound system to work in some internet browsers. Disk 7

If you look at the upper left corner of the board, you can see the diagram for the old Northern Pacific Black River Junction and wye. The Northern Pacific abandoned its trackage from this junction to Renton around 1970 and used trackage rights over the Pacific Coast (Milwaukee Road had trackage rights) to get to Renton and its trackage up the east side of Seattle to Everett. Disk 8

The Everett Turn departs Black River Tower as Extra 752 West at 2:20PM on February 23, 1973. This train came up from Auburn and used the interchange track to get onto the Pacific Coast Railroad double track. The Milwaukee Road used the Pacific Coast Railroad to access Seattle. The power then ran around the train. The train will proceed east to Renton, then shift to former NP trackage and go up the east side of Seattle. Disk 8

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