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  • Collection: Northwest Rails

northwestrailroadsowrncup_14.tif
Railroad worker and cat pose on the rail line between Hooper and Joso, ca. 1920.

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Worker rests on what may be the Joso Viaduct across the Snake River, ca. 1920.

northwestrailroadsowrncup_16.tif
Photo taken of worker and dogs on a chair on the rail line between Hooper & Joso in Whitman and Franklin Counties near Palouse Falls, ca. 1920.

northwestrailroadsowrncup_17.tif
The rail line between Hooper & Joso in Whitman and Franklin Counties near Palouse Fall, ca. 1920.

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A cat sits on a small handcar near the rail tracks between Hooper and Joso in Whitman and Franklin Counties near Palouse Falls, ca. 1920.

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A cat sits in the sun on rail tracks between Hooper and Joso in Whitman and Franklin Counties near Palouse Falls. Taken c. 1920.

northwestrailroadsowrncup_20.tif
Photo taken of workers and family eating lunch on the rail line between Hooper & Joso in Whitman and Franklin Counties near Palouse Falls, ca. 1920

northwestrailroadssps_1.tif
A railroad cut and tunnel along the canyon of the Palouse River. Date unknown.

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A hand-tinted view down the tracks of the Kettle Valley Railway in British Columbia.

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Railroad tracks cut through the mountains. Taken August 17, 1913.

northwestrailroads_3.tif
American R.R. Ditcher working at the entrance to a tunnel on the the Spokane International (SI) Railway. Taken east of Bonners Ferry, July 1918. H.B. Burnett is the operator and Ted Johnson is the fireman.

northwestrailroads_4.tif
Driving first railroad pile in waters of Elliot Bay in 1874. Near the corner of present-day King Street and First Avenue in Seattle.

northwestwashingtonmedicallake_1.tif
The depot of the Washington Water Power Interurban in Medical Lake. Date unknown.

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Railroad car loaded with lumber. Unidentified location.

spokanerailroadsdepotgreatn_1.tif
The Great Northern Railway depot and clock tower are backlit by the afternoon sun in this undated sepia photograph.

spokanerailroadsdepotgreatn_2.tif
Great Northern station and the adjoining postal substation at night, ca. 1965.

spokanerailroadsdepotgreatn_3.tif
The Great Northern and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle station is reflected in the calm waters of the Spokane River above the falls.

spokanerailroadsdepotnorthernp_1.tif
Original Northern Pacific passenger depot converted to a home and moved to 2nd between Madison and Jefferson. North side of the street taken in 1902.

spokanerailroadsdepotoregon_1.tif
The river between the Division St. diversion dam and middle falls, high water, winter 1934. The Oregon Railway and Navigation Co. station stands on the north bank of the river.

spokanerailroadselectric_1.tif
Early photo of Greenacres electric interurban train depot, 1904.

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Inland Empire Electric Railroad Station at Greenacres in 1909.

spokanerailroadselectric_7.tif
Men waiting at the Greenacres depot and power plant as a train pulls away, ca. 1935.

spokanerailroadselectric_8.tif
A train leaves Spokane for Palouse and Moscow, Idaho. S&IE Railway organized by Jay P. Graves in 1904 as an electric interurban. Renamed to Spokane, Coeur d'Alene & Palouse in 1927 after takeover by Great Northern Railroad. Photo taken in east…

spokanerailroadsgreatn_1.tif
Great Northern Railroad shops at Hillyard, Washington. Taken February 15, 1964.

spokanerailroadsgreatn_3.tif
Building the tracks east of Division and south of the Spokane River. Date unknown.

spokanerailroadsgreatn_4.tif
Workers watch as a steam shovel moves earth into a horse driven railcart during the building of tracks east of Division and south of the Spokane River. Date unknown.

spokanerailroads_greatnorthern007.tif
Workers clear stones and lay tracks for the Great Northern Railway in this undated photograph.

spokanerailroadslakeshore_1.tif
Laying railroad track along the north bank of the Spokane River between the present Downriver Park and the Bowl and Pitcher. This railroad was projected to be built between Spokane and Seattle. Capital failed and the railroad only reached Davenport.…

spokanerailroadsnorthernp_1.tif
Copy of a photo by William Donahue showing the construction of the first Northern Pacific freight depot in Spokane - located between 2nd and 3rd on Madison. Sill plates of the structure are in the process of being laid. Passenger depot is the two…

spokanerailroadsnorthernp_3.tif
Arrival of the first Northern Pacific train over the grade separation tracks within the city, ca. 1915.

spokanerailroadsunionp_1.tif
Spokane; Union Station. Reverse note reads "This attractive bldg (building) has become a mausoleum and only one train arrives and departs each day." Early 1970s.

spokanerailroadsunionp_4.tif
View of an exhibition streamlined train visiting Spokane on 31 March 1934.

spokanerailroads_2.tif
The work train with engine Number 11 at Sawyer (Idaho) in 1918. Acquired by the Spokane International Railway in 1906 and then sold to the Humbird Lumber Company in 1923.

spokanerailroads_3.tif
A woman poses on the stairwell of a railway car on October 31, 1901.

spokanerailroads_4.tif
Digging tracks for Chicago/Milwaukee Railroad in Spokane on E. Trent. Schade Brewery in background. Date unknown.

spokanerailroads_5.tif
A Pullman car decorated in honor of Olympia Day at the 1890 Spokane Exposition.

spokanerailroadsmilwaukee_1.tif
A work train dumps fill for the Milwaukee Road embankment and viaduct. Date unknown.

spokanerailroadsmilwaukee_2.tif
The Milwaukee Road tunneled for about a block past the old Schade Brewery. This is all remains of it in 1995.

spokanerailroadsmilwaukee_5.tif
Milwaukee viaduct under construction. Date unknown.

Spokane_Street_Railways002.jpg
T. W. Tolman photo of first horse-drawn street car in Spokane.
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