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Union Pacific
Burns Branch photos by Wayne Monger
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If February 1984 the rising waters of Malheur and Harney Lakes threatened the continued operations of Union
Pacific's Burns branch and the connecting Oregon & Northwestern Railroad. A small group of photographers
made the long trip to central Oregon to record the end. One of those fans, Wayne Monger, recorded these
images of what may have been the second to last UP train to Burns on the morning of 23 February 1986.
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UP GP38-2 #2051 resting next to the Burns depot, ready for the eastward departure. On the
right side of the photograph the second to last Oregon & Northwestern railroad train to ever operate north from
Burns can be seen behind their Baldwin AS-616 #1.
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Another shot of the #2051 waiting for departure.
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The #2051 is doing some switching in the Burns yard before starting the long trek eastward
across the desert to the mainline connection in Ontario.
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