Logging Locomotive Stolen and Abandoned on Tracks
A joyride on the Tacoma Eastern line ends in a collision after thieves abandon a logging engine on a blind curve.
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Steaming up a logging engine which stood on a spur near the Pacific Boiler works, East E and 23d sts., yesterday, two men ran it up the Tacoma Eastern tracks almost to Bismarck and abandoned it just in sight of a sharp curve. A short time later a logging engine, pulling a train of logs, crashed into the deserted locomotive. The only damage done was to the unmanned locomotive, which was knocked off the track.
“Steaming up a logging engine which stood on a spur... two men ran it up the Tacoma Eastern tracks and abandoned it.”
The intersection of East E and 23rd Street sat at the heart of Tacoma's industrial rail infrastructure. Modern Tacoma still navigates the legacy of these industrial rail corridors as the city redevelops its waterfront.
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