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  • Collection: Northwest Rails

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.

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

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

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Early photo of Greenacres electric interurban train depot, 1904.

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Inland Empire Electric Railroad Station at Greenacres in 1909.

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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.

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

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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.

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.

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.

northwestrailroadscelilo_2.tif
A train rounds the Celilo Portage in the Columbia River Gorge. Date unknown.

northwestrailroadsaccidents_2.tif
The "S" bridge near the town of Wallace before the great snow slide of Feb 18, 1915.

northwestrailroadsaccidents_3.tif
Passenger train wreck at the "S" curve bridge near Wallace on February 18, 1915.

northwestrailroadsaccidents_4.tif
Wreck on bridge caused by snow slide on February 18, 1915. The passenger car hangs precariously from the ruined trestle.

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

northwestrailroadselectric_1.tif
Formally dressed passengers wait at the electric railroad station at Liberty Lake Junction (north of the current site of the freeway). Taken c. 1905.

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

northwestrailroadslocomotives_6.tif
First train to Astoria returning to Portland from Astoria on May 16, 1898.

northwestrailroadslocomotives_12.tif
Men pose near a locomotive idling. Presumed to be in Spokane Valley, ca. 1920.

northwestrailroadsnorthernp_1.tif
A view of 3rd Avenue to Spring Street in September 1883 during the celebration of the completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad at the University of Washington grounds.

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First train arriving in Seattle over the Columbia & Puget Sound Railway in September 1883. This was also the first passenger train to arrive in Seattle and it brough officials of the Northern Pacific Railway of which the Columbia & Puget Sound was a…

northwestrailroadsnorthernp_3.tif
Railroad barbeque by whites and Indians on the University of Washington campus celebrating the completion of the Northern Pacific Railway and the arrival of the first train in September 1883.

northwestrailroadsowrncup_2.tif
Photo taken of workers on the rail line between Hooper & Joso in Whitman and Franklin Counties near Palouse Falls, ca. 1920

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

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Locomotive on the rail line between Hooper and Joso, ca. 1920.

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Two locomotives prepare to pass each other on the rail line between Hooper and Joso, ca. 1920.

northwestrailroadsowrncup_8.tif
Rail worker and family in front a house on the line between Hooper and Joso, ca. 1920.

northwestrailroadsowrncup_9.tif
Photo taken of a worker in front of a house on the rail line between Hooper and Joso, ca. 1920.

northwestrailroadsowrncup_10.tif
Photo taken of a rail worker and his family near the rail line between Hooper & Joso in Whitman and Franklin Counties near Palouse Falls, ca. 1920.

northwestrailroadsowrncup_12.tif
Railroad workers pose with cats on the rail line between Hooper and Joso, ca. 1920

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Rail line between Hooper and Joso in Whitman and Franklin Counties, ca. 1920.

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.

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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.

northwestrailroadsowrncup_19.tif
A cat sits in the sun on rail tracks between Hooper and Joso in Whitman and Franklin Counties near Palouse Falls. Taken c. 1920.
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