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

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…

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.…

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.

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

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

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…

Inland Empire Electric Railroad Station at Greenacres in 1909.

Early photo of Greenacres electric interurban train depot, 1904.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Milwaukee viaduct under construction. Date unknown.

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

Group of unidentified workers at a streetcar depot.

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

The Oregon Pony on display near Portland's Union Station in 1936. The first locomotive in the Pacific Northwest, the Oregon Pony operated on the Oregon Portage Railway which moved freight and passengers around both the Cascades and the Great Dalles…

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

Two types of the Great Northern passenger locomotives on display in the brickyard east of Division St. On the left is one of the William Crooks's design, first built in 1861, and on the right is the 2500, a P-2 class steam locomotive. Taken c. 1923.

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.

Railroad car loaded with lumber. Unidentified location.

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

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

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

"Burning street car at the close of their service in Spokane after parade held, August 31, 1936. System then owned by Washington Water Power Company."

"Leading section of parade on Main Avenue at close of street car use in Spokane, August 31, 1936. Washington Water Power Company owned."

"Burning street car at the close of their service in Spokane after parade held, August 31, 1936. System then owned by Washington Water Power Company."

"Cheney; Spokane County. This pleasant college town station with its red tiled roof is an attractive departure from the accostomed drab design."

"Fairfield; Spokane County. Union Pacific Station: view N. W. This pleasant 2 story depot with upstairs living accommodation represents another less prevalent station painted chiefly in brown."

"Dayton; Columbia County. Rear view of the state's most picturesque station."

"Dayton; Columbia County. The state's most picturesque station; view S. W."

"Rosalia; Whitman County. One of many small stations being overhwelmed by its gigantic neighbors. The grain elevators, old and new. N. P. Station."

Roosevelt; Klickitat County. Station of the Spokane-Portland and Seattle Railroad. Line to be relocated after completion of John Day Dam on Columbia River; view east.

Oakesdale, Whitman County. One car commuter train at Northern Pacific Station on its daily run from Spokane to Pullman and Moscow, Idaho. View Northwest.

"Lyle; Klickitat County. View East to small S. S. & P. R. R. station with Columbia River in the distance.

Brewster. Okanogan County. Great Northern Station View South. Prototype of white painted stations east and west of Cascades.