| Lester was the NP's "mountain town" on Stampede Pass in the Washington Cascades. Located west of the pass and tunnel, Lester was home to a six-stall roundhouse until 1956 and remained an important train order station until well after the 1970 BN merger. The little town personified "out of the way" being inaccessible from the west by anything but rail due to the Tacoma watershed and reached from the east ony by narrow logging roads that crossed Stampede Pass. The route between Auburn and Yakima was largely shut down in 1982 in favor of GN's parallel Steven's Pass and remained dormant until reopened in the mid-1990s by BNSF. The depot was demolished in 1992. This view looks downhill to the west. |
| Date:
7/15/1989 |
Location:
Lester, WA Map  |
Views:
444 |
Collection Of:
 
Rick Morgan |
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Author: Rick Morgan
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| Picture Categories: Station |
This picture is part of album: Washington 1980s |