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The '''Ballard Terminal Railroad''', a [[short line]] [[railroad]] [[terminal railroad]] in [[Seattle, Washington]], [[United States|USA]]'s [[Ballard, Seattle, Washington|Ballard]] [[neighborhood]], was formed in 1997 to operate trains on three miles of track on the north side of [[Salmon Bay]]. The spur had been abandoned earlier that year by the [[Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway]]. |
The '''Ballard Terminal Railroad''', a [[short line]] [[railroad]] [[terminal railroad]] in [[Seattle]], [[Washington]], [[United States|USA]]'s [[Ballard, Seattle, Washington|Ballard]] [[neighborhood]], was formed in 1997 to operate trains on three miles of track on the north side of [[Salmon Bay]]. The spur had been abandoned earlier that year by the [[Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway]]. |
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BNSF had only three customers when it decided to abandon service in early 1997: the Salmon Bay Sand & Gravel Co., the Olsen Furniture Co., and Western Pioneer Shipping, a fish processing company. Western Pioneer was hit especially hard by the line's closing. To ensure continued service, the companies and other investors formed the Ballard Terminal Railroad, and it began operation early the next year with a 1940s-era [[locomotive]] formerly belonging to the [[Milwaukee Road]]. |
BNSF had only three customers when it decided to abandon service in early 1997: the Salmon Bay Sand & Gravel Co., the Olsen Furniture Co., and Western Pioneer Shipping, a fish processing company. Western Pioneer was hit especially hard by the line's closing. To ensure continued service, the companies and other investors formed the Ballard Terminal Railroad, and it began operation early the next year with a 1940s-era [[locomotive]] formerly belonging to the [[Milwaukee Road]]. |
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Revision as of 00:20, 13 October 2008
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| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington |
| Reporting mark | BDTL |
| Locale | Seattle, Washington |
| Dates of operation | 1997–present |
The Ballard Terminal Railroad, a short line railroad terminal railroad in Seattle, Washington, USA's Ballard neighborhood, was formed in 1997 to operate trains on three miles of track on the north side of Salmon Bay. The spur had been abandoned earlier that year by the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway.
BNSF had only three customers when it decided to abandon service in early 1997: the Salmon Bay Sand & Gravel Co., the Olsen Furniture Co., and Western Pioneer Shipping, a fish processing company. Western Pioneer was hit especially hard by the line's closing. To ensure continued service, the companies and other investors formed the Ballard Terminal Railroad, and it began operation early the next year with a 1940s-era locomotive formerly belonging to the Milwaukee Road.
The Ballard Terminal Railroad runs from N.W. 40th Street and 6th Avenue N.W., just south of its Bright Street Yard and on the edge of Fremont, northwest toward Ballard proper. There, it passes the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks and runs along Seaview Avenue N.W. to its Shilshole Yard, where it joins the BNSF mainline just north of N.W. 68th Street.