Guys, Does anyone know if there are any photos of the roundhouse there? What year did it get torn down?
I didn't know there had been one. So if something turns up, it would be fun to see it! The only thing I have from Coulee City, is a slide I was given years ago, of the depot. Boxcab E50
Yes. But I don't have a slide scanner. Don't know anyone who does. I keep hoping to scrape up enough money, and get one. Boxcab E50
Dan- Hope you're still checking in! If you have access to anyoen with NP related books, or have a copy, check out page 83 of Northern Pacific Color Pictorial-Volume 2, by Joseph Shine. There is a before and after view showing the Coulee City depot as built, then what it looked like after major remodeling. Only end views, a the focus is on the train. But better than nothing. He doesn't give a date, or reason for the work. I'd be interested in knowing! Boxcab E50
I just checked the pictures, and a couple things I notice is that the telephone pole on the top picture looks only a few years newer than the one in the bottom picture, which don't look too old itself. Also the tree behind the station has grown a few years taller (besides being trimmed ). Same window treatments on top of the grain tower on the left of the tracks. Before and after pictures are fun!
I'm still here!!! The depot is still in town, just a few hundred feet from its original location, now housing a senior center. It has been remodeled a bit, but it still has "Coulee City" signboards on both ends. White lettering on black background. I recently found out that the elementary school had old pictures in the halls, one of the roundhouse. Unfortunately I do not know if they are still there as the school got remodeled 2 years or so ago.
BTW, I've seen the pictures in Shines book. It does look different now! Where the depot used to stand there are now 2 large concrete grain silos. They can load 26 cars in 2 hours with it. Quite a change from the boxcars I used to see there in the late 70s.
