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  • Collection: Northwest Rails

northwestrailroadsdepots_9.tif
"Lester; King County. Once an important division point, this Northern Pacific Eastern Mountain King Co. Station only occasionally draws old time crowds by Casey Jones special trains. View South.

northwestrailroadsdepots_17.tif
"Snoqualmie; King Co. This attractive station long has been a favorite of all railroad lovers. View N. E."

northwestrailroadsdepots_5.tif
"Edmonds, Snohomish County. New suburban station of the Great Northern Railroad. View N. E."

northwestrailroadslocomotives_8.tif
Rayonier, Inc. logging locomotive #10 on display in Forks. Date unknown.

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.

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.

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

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.

avalanches004.tif
"Snow cut made from snow slide March 29, 1894"

northwestrailroadsowrncup_1.tif
The old type of rotary plow maintained by the Union Pacific Railway for the purpose of keeping tracks cleared of snow. Taken c. 1890 by the Barnard Studio (?).

northwestrailroadsaccidents_1.tif
On January 22, 1889 a westbound Northern Pacific train was nearing the low trestle over Hangman Creek. A man named Gustoff Hahndorff, who was hitching a ride, fell off and under the train causing it to derail. This picture shows the aftermath of…

Spokane_Street_railways022.tif
Trolley car with Irving School visible. Taken at Maple and 5th Avenue.
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