Tragic fire, Mount Rainier Scenic RR

BoxcabE50 May 6, 2025

  1. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    So far well over $100K in donations have been raised. There are many articles, etc. Here is just one link:

     
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    The GoFundMe is now almost at $125K. Far from enough to rebuild, but it will make a good start.
     
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  3. Kurt Moose

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    Can't hit the "like" button on this one, but really hoping my donation and the hundreds of others will help get this back in place. More than likely if they do get it rebuilt, probably will be steel and just won't be the same. Sad that it was rebuilt not long ago, was in great condition, and they were going to get the line working again.:unsure:

    Whoever torched it, hope they are brought to justice.....
     
  4. Pfunk

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    wow, that is horrible. Have to wonder what goes through someone's mind sometimes. Quick Google shows they have a suspect in custody for the arson but have not released names yet. Not that that's the point, but still.
     
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    I am happy they may have a suspect. I just want to know why.
     
  6. Pfunk

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    ^this. I just can't imagine the motivation for such a senseless act of destruction.
     
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  7. gmorider

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    Strange and evil.
     
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  8. Kurt Moose

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    Local talk radio here in Seattle suggested it was a local who lives near the RoW, and didn't want the traffic that was gonna' resume.

    But that was just speculation.....:cautious:
     
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  9. wingnut1974

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    that is not reason to torch bridge there would a couple trains a day rail road was there first . the noise would not be that bad
     
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    When it was a common carrier operation, there were multiple trains each way, daily. Even in the latter years of such use.

    Updating, the GoFundMe is over $200K now.

    Here is a post-fire update video:

     
  11. Kurt Moose

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    The Milwaukee Road's "Morton Logger" was something to see on them tracks! :love:
     
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    The slide roll of 36 K64 I ever shot in the Tacoma area included the Logger. (February of 1980.) Somehow, the processor lost the roll. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: I have often wondered who has those views in their collection. Decades later, I would know them instantly, if I ever saw them!
     
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  13. Kurt Moose

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    Dang!!

    That sucks!!:mad:
     

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