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  • Collection: Northwest Rails

Spokane_Street_Railways028.tif
Trolley on Spokane street.

Spokane_Street_Railways027.tif
"The Washington Water Power Company was in the transportation business from 1891 until 1945. Ridership on the company's rail system peaked in 1910 when the system carried nearly 25 million passengers. The huge increase in riders led the company to…

Spokane_Street_Railways024.tif
"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."

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

Spokane_Street_Railways017.tif
"Spokane Traction Company streetcar to 11th & Freya, 1915. Open end with conductor, rear, Motorman in front Right. E. Sprague - Union Park Line."

Spokane_Street_Railways016.tif
Group of unidentified workers at a streetcar depot.

Spokane_Street_Railways014.tif
Spokane streetcar advertising Natatorium Park.

Spokane_Street_Railways009.tif
Isabel Marguerite Whalen Fuchs in front of a streetcar with Manito on the front. Manito streetcar took people south to Spokane College at 29th and Grand.

Spokane_Street_Railways008.tif
Two trolley car drivers on car. One man might be Dan Bishop.

Spokane_Street_Railways005.tif
Two streetcar employees. Man on the right is A. A. Maxfield.

Spokane_Street_Railways004.tif
"Leading section of parade on Main Avenue at close of street car use in Spokane, August 31, 1936. Washington Water Power Company owned."

Spokane_Street_Railways003.tif
"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."

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

spokanerailroadsmilwaukee_5.tif
Milwaukee viaduct under construction. 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_1.tif
A work train dumps fill for the Milwaukee Road embankment and viaduct. Date unknown.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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…

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.…

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

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.

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

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

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…

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

spokanerailroadselectric_2.tif
Inland Empire Electric Railroad Station at Greenacres in 1909.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Oversize_Box10_004.tif
Railroad car loaded with lumber. Unidentified location.

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