Photos by Tag: anne
March 9th, 2020
Railroad owners: Tommy & Anne
Anacortes Railway Co. owners Anne and Tommy Thompson. Tommy hand-built this locomotive and passenger cars, operating several years on a narrow gauge track between 4th Street and the Calico Cupboard Restaurant on Commercial Avenue. Tommy died in 1999, and Anne donated the train to the City of Anacortes.
January 22nd, 2005
Tommy Thompson Parkway
Shortly after noon Saturday, Anne Thompson cut the ribbon in a ceremony dedicating the 3.8-mile Tommy Thompson Parkway stretching from downtown Anacortes to Fidalgo Bay. Anne (right) is the widow of Tommy Thompson, whose dream was to run a narrow gauge railway along the northeast perimeter of the island. That dream was not realized, but […]