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Viewing Album:  Yakima Valley Trolleys
 
By:Keith Owen
Dates:7/1/2007 - 10/14/2017
Album Info:Formerly Yakima Valley Transportation. Was owned by Union Pacific and abandoned in 1985. Now owned by the city of Yakima and operated as a museum.
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Looking at You
Title:  Looking at You
Description:  YVT Brill cars 1976 and 1776 at the car barn. Several years iater during the summer of 1992 I operated both of these cars as a Class C motorman.
Photo Date:  7/7/1978  Upload Date: 1/31/2006 2:12:20 AM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  YVT 1776(Trolley) YVT 1976(Trolley)
Views:  600   Comments: 0
Brill Car
Title:  Brill Car
Description:  Running beside Ahtanum headed for Yakima.
Photo Date:  7/7/1978  Upload Date: 8/13/2006 7:24:47 PM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  YVT 1776(Trolley)
Views:  524   Comments: 0
Brill Car
Title:  Brill Car
Description:  Enter Condon Orchard heading toward Yakima.
Photo Date:  7/7/1978  Upload Date: 8/13/2006 7:25:28 PM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  YVT 1776(Trolley)
Views:  463   Comments: 0
YVT 1976
Title:  YVT 1976
Description:  Crossing the Naches River. The bridge to the right was Washington Central at the time of the photo. It is now BNSF.
Photo Date:  7/1/1985  Upload Date: 11/30/2016 2:05:50 PM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  YVT 1976(Trolley)
Views:  231   Comments: 0
Brill Car
Title:  Brill Car
Description:  Crossing the Naches River.
Photo Date:  7/1/1992  Upload Date: 2/27/2017 1:39:47 PM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Kimdel Owen
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  121   Comments: 3
Brill Car
Title:  Brill Car
Description:  Crossing the Naches River
Photo Date:  7/1/1992  Upload Date: 2/27/2017 1:40:40 PM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  98   Comments: 0
Brill Car
Title:  Brill Car
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/1/1992  Upload Date: 2/27/2017 1:41:48 PM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  122   Comments: 1
Brill Car
Title:  Brill Car
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/1/1992  Upload Date: 2/27/2017 1:42:18 PM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  92   Comments: 0
YVT 1976
Title:  YVT 1976
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/1/1992  Upload Date: 2/27/2017 1:42:55 PM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  YVT 1976(Trolley)
Views:  212   Comments: 0
YVT 1976
Title:  YVT 1976
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/1/1992  Upload Date: 2/27/2017 1:43:30 PM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  YVT 1976(Trolley)
Views:  218   Comments: 2
YVT A
Title:  YVT A
Description:  This is the original locomotive purchase by YVT in 1909. The box in front of the cab and the platform behind it were added several years later.
Photo Date:  7/1/2007  Upload Date: 7/7/2007 12:50:11 AM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  YVT A(MOW Trolley)
Views:  1105   Comments: 0
YVT A
Title:  YVT A
Description:  Looking inside the cab from the ground.
Photo Date:  7/1/2007  Upload Date: 7/7/2007 12:50:34 AM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  YVT A(MOW Trolley)
Views:  596   Comments: 0
YVT A
Title:  YVT A
Description:  This locomotive is now used for MOW. The platform was added for ease of working on the overhead. Since it is wooden maintenance can be performed with the line live.
Photo Date:  7/1/2007  Upload Date: 7/7/2007 12:50:58 AM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  YVT A(MOW Trolley)
Views:  591   Comments: 0
YVT A
Title:  YVT A
Description:  Sitting on Pine Street in front of the shop.
Photo Date:  7/1/2007  Upload Date: 7/7/2007 12:51:15 AM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  YVT A(MOW Trolley)
Views:  1309   Comments: 0
YVT A
Title:  YVT A
Description:  Looking toward the BNSF interchange two blocks away.
Photo Date:  7/1/2007  Upload Date: 7/7/2007 12:51:40 AM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  YVT A(MOW Trolley)
Views:  567   Comments: 0
YVT 1776
Title:  YVT 1776
Description:  Now back in the original colors. This car was brought to Yakima in 1975 from Portugal. Yakima owned several cars like this in the early 1900s.
Photo Date:  7/1/2007  Upload Date: 7/7/2007 12:31:56 AM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  YVT 1776(Trolley)
Views:  492   Comments: 0
YVT 1776
Title:  YVT 1776
Description:  Interior of 1776. This is one of the cars I operated in the summer of '92,
Photo Date:  7/1/2007  Upload Date: 7/7/2007 12:32:51 AM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  YVT 1776(Trolley)
Views:  498   Comments: 0
YVT 1776
Title:  YVT 1776
Description:  Control stand and manual brake wheel.
Photo Date:  7/1/2007  Upload Date: 7/7/2007 12:33:20 AM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  YVT 1776(Trolley)
Views:  413   Comments: 0
YVT 1976
Title:  YVT 1976
Description:  This is the other car I operated.
Photo Date:  7/1/2007  Upload Date: 7/7/2007 12:33:46 AM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  YVT 1976(Trolley)
Views:  432   Comments: 0
YVT 1976
Title:  YVT 1976
Description:  Interior of 1976.
Photo Date:  7/1/2007  Upload Date: 7/7/2007 12:34:11 AM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  YVT 1976(Trolley)
Views:  331   Comments: 0
YVT 1976
Title:  YVT 1976
Description:  Control stand.
Photo Date:  7/1/2007  Upload Date: 7/7/2007 12:49:51 AM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  YVT 1976(Trolley)
Views:  374   Comments: 0
YVT 21
Title:  YVT 21
Description:  This car is currently operable. One of three built for the city of Yakima in the '30s. See notes for more info.
Photo Date:  7/1/2007  Upload Date: 7/7/2007 12:08:13 AM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  YVT 21(Trolley)
Views:  1131   Comments: 0
YVT 21
Title:  YVT 21
Description:  A little wider shot. The unit was not being run on this day due to intemittant arcing in one of the traction motors.
Photo Date:  7/1/2007  Upload Date: 7/7/2007 12:09:30 AM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  YVT 21(Trolley)
Views:  419   Comments: 0
YVT 22
Title:  YVT 22
Description:  This unit is used as parts for the 21 car. The third unit, number 23, is still in the forest near Snoqualmie, WA with a tree growing up through the middle of it.
Photo Date:  7/1/2007  Upload Date: 7/7/2007 12:09:57 AM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  YVT 22(Trolley)
Views:  1053   Comments: 0
YVT 298
Title:  YVT 298
Description:  Sitting on the 6th Ave line to Selah. This line is currently out of service do to several sections of overhead having been stolen by methheads. They hope to have it reopened by the end of the summer.
Photo Date:  7/1/2007  Upload Date: 7/7/2007 12:10:22 AM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  YVT 298(Steeple Cab)
Views:  787   Comments: 0
YVT 298
Title:  YVT 298
Description:  Sitting behind the shop.
Photo Date:  7/1/2007  Upload Date: 7/7/2007 12:10:40 AM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  YVT 298(Steeple Cab)
Views:  678   Comments: 0
YVT 298
Title:  YVT 298
Description:  Behind the shop. See notes for more info on this locomotive. It is currently missing one of its traction motors but is operable.
Photo Date:  7/1/2007  Upload Date: 7/7/2007 12:11:15 AM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  YVT 298(Steeple Cab)
Views:  1451   Comments: 0
Engineer?
Title:  Engineer?
Description:  Not really. Yours truely sitting in the cab. I volunteered as a C Motorman/Flagger/Conductor in the summer of '92. So was allowed some freedom of photography.
Photo Date:  7/1/2007  Upload Date: 7/7/2007 12:31:27 AM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  YVT 298(Steeple Cab)
Views:  894   Comments: 0
Inside the Shop
Title:  Inside the Shop
Description:  This is the original belt driven machine shop. It is still operable.
Photo Date:  7/1/2007  Upload Date: 7/7/2007 1:04:20 AM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  320   Comments: 0
Inside the Powerhouse
Title:  Inside the Powerhouse
Description:  The power used to be generated here. Now it comes in from outside. The generators are still in the building but are not connected to anything.
Photo Date:  7/1/2007  Upload Date: 7/7/2007 1:04:39 AM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories: 
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Views:  316   Comments: 1
Corner of Tieten Drive and 16th Ave
Title:  Corner of Tieten Drive and 16th Ave
Description:  The West Valley line of the YVT ran along the edge of the lawn behind the bus stop. This line was abandoned from Pine St and Tieten Drive westward in 1985.
Photo Date:  10/14/2017  Upload Date: 12/8/2017 12:27:23 AM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories:  Scenic
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Views:  166   Comments: 0

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